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Tekken 8
is an upcoming fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The eighth main installment in the ''Tekken'' series, the game is set to be released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X and Series S. Gameplay According to director Katsuhiro Harada, ''Tekken 8'' gameplay will focus on "aggressiveness" and will have a new "Heat" system, in addition to returning gameplay features from ''Tekken 7'', such as Rage system-based attacks and “Screw”. The gameplay will reward aggressiveness rather than those who "turtle up". There will also be a focus on stage destruction, character reactions to these, and making the gameplay enjoyable to watch as well as play, since Tekken is now a high level E-Sports game. This new system was based on reception to the predecessor. Rather than recycling content, all the character models and stages are completely new and are meant to be an improvement over previous games. In contrast to ''Tekken 7'', which is powered by Unr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandai Namco Studios
is a Japanese video game development, video game developer headquartered in Kōtō, Tokyo. Its offices in Malaysia and Singapore, Bandai Namco Studio Malaysia and Bandai Namco Studios Singapore, are based out of Selangor, Malaysia and Infinite Studios, Singapore respectively. Bandai Namco Studios is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment, which itself is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. The company works under its parent company as a keiretsu; Bandai Namco Studios creates video games for home consoles, handheld systems, mobile devices and arcade hardware, while Bandai Namco Entertainment handles the managing, marketing and publishing of these products. Bandai Namco Studios was established in April 2012 as the spin-off company of publisher Namco Bandai Games's video game development divisions. Originally known as Namco Bandai Studios Inc., the decision was based on its parent company's restructuring efforts and need for a decrease in development times and increase in prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuya Mishima
is a fictional character in Bandai Namco's ''Tekken'' fighting game series, first featured as the protagonist in the original 1994 game and later became one of the major antagonists and antihero of the series. The son of worldwide conglomerate Mishima Zaibatsu CEO Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya seeks revenge against his father for throwing him down a cliff years earlier. Kazuya becomes corrupted in later games, seeking to obtain more power and later eventually comes into conflict with his son Jin Kazama. Kazuya Mishima possesses the Devil Gene, a demonic mutation he inherited from his late mother, Kazumi Mishima, which can transform him into a demonic version of himself known as . Devil Kazuya has often appeared as a separate character in previous installments (excluding ''Tekken'' (1994)) prior to becoming part of Kazuya's moveset in ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' and later games. Kazuya Mishima is also present in related series media and other games. The character was based on writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekken Games
is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. The main games in the series follow the events of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, hosted by the Mishima ''Zaibatsu'', where players control a plethora of characters to win the tournament and gain control of the company; the conflict between the Mishima family serves as the main focus of the series' plot, while players explore other characters' motivations in aiming to control the Zaibatsu. Gameplay focuses on hand-to-hand combat with an opponent, with the gameplay system including blocks, throws, escapes, and ground fighting. The series later introduced combos and special moves, with characters also able to stage break arenas. ''Tekken'' is noted as being one of the first fighting games at the time to use 3D animation. Japanese video game developer Namco began t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namco Games
Namco was a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company, headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo. It held several international branches, including Namco America in Santa Clara, California, Namco Europe in London, Na ... was a video game developer and video game publisher, publisher, originally from Japan. Bandai Namco Entertainment is the successor to Namco and continues manufacturing and distributing video games worldwide. For Namco games released following the 2006 merger with Bandai's video game division, see List of Bandai Namco video games. For a list of franchises owned by Bandai Namco, see List of Bandai Namco video game franchises. Arcade-based games Namco initially distributed its games in Japan, while relying on third-party companies, such as Atari, Inc., Atari and Midway Games, Midway Manufacturing to publish them internationally under their own brands. Later, it would handle its own publishing worldwide. Electro-mechanical games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandai Namco Games
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Lyon, Lyon, France. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings, an entertainment conglomerate. Bandai Namco Entertainment was formed on 31 March 2006, following a corporate merge between Namco and Bandai on 29 September of the previous year. Originally known as , it merged Bandai Games and Namco Networks in January to create Namco Bandai Games America. Namco Bandai Games absorbed Banpresto's video game division in 2008 and dissolved Bandai Networks in 2009. Development operations were spun off into a new company in 2012, Namco Bandai Studios (now called Bandai Namco Studios), to help create faster development time and tighter cohesion between development teams. Namco Bandai Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam (service)
Steam is a Digital distribution of video games, video game digital distribution service and storefront by Valve Corporation, Valve. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 as a way for Valve to provide automatic updates for their games, and expanded to distributing and offering third-party Video game publisher, game publishers' titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like digital rights management (DRM), Matchmaking (video games), game server matchmaking, Valve Anti-Cheat, anti-cheat measures, social networking service, social networking and video game live streaming, game streaming services. It provides the user with automatic game updating, saved game cloud synchronization, and community features such as friends messaging, in-game chat and a community market. Valve released a freely available application programming interface (API) called Steamworks in 2008, which developers can use to integrate Steam's functions into their products, including in-gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evo 2022
The 2022 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2022 or EVO 2022) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from August 5 to 7, 2022 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event offered tournaments for various video games, including ''Street Fighter V'', ''Tekken 7'', and ''Dragon Ball FighterZ'', as well as the newly released '' Melty Blood: Type Lumina'', ''Granblue Fantasy Versus'' and ''The King of Fighters XV''. It also marks the first time that '' Skullgirls'' was a main event game 10 years after its release. This is the first tournament held in-person since 2019. This is the first tournament sponsored under the co-sponsors Sony Corporation and Pokimane-led RTS. Venue EVO 2022 was, once again, hosted at the Mandalay Bay resort. The Mandalay Bay Convention Center hosted the first two days of the event, while Michelob Ultra Arena hosted the final day for the fifth consecutive tournament. Games The lineup was announced in Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayonetta
is a series of action-adventure games created by Hideki Kamiya and developed by PlatinumGames. The franchise was introduced in 2009 with ''Bayonetta''. Two sequels were released, ''Bayonetta 2'' (2014) and ''Bayonetta 3'' (2022), as well as a spinoff, ''Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon'' (2023). In the games, players control a witch nicknamed Bayonetta as she wields dual pistols, shooters in her high heels, and long, magically transforming hair which becomes a deadly weapon. Games ''Bayonetta'' (2009) The first game in the series was directed by Hideki Kamiya, who created the ''Devil May Cry'' franchise when he was working at Capcom. It was the third title in Platinum's four-game contract with Sega. The game was released on October 29, 2009, in Japan, and was released worldwide in January 2010 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game received generally positive reviews upon release. More than 1.35 million units of the game were shipped. Although it was Platinum's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekken 3
is a fighting game, the third entry in the ''Tekken'' series. It was released to the arcades in 1997, before being ported for the PlayStation in 1998. The arcade version of the game was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 as part of ''Tekken 5''s Arcade History mode. The game was also re-released as part of Sony's PlayStation Classic. ''Tekken 3'' features a largely new cast of characters, including the debut of several now-staple characters such as Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, Bryan Fury, Eddy Gordo, and Hwoarang, with a total of twenty-three characters. The home version includes a new beat 'em up mode called Tekken Force, and the bonus Tekken Ball mode. The game was a major hit for both arcades and consoles, selling 35,000 arcade units and more than 8 million PlayStation copies worldwide, making ''Tekken 3'' the fifth best-selling PlayStation game. Since its release, ''Tekken 3'' has been lauded as a landmark title in the fighting game genre and is considered to be one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heihachi Mishima
is a Character (arts), fictional character of Bandai Namco Studios, Bandai Namco's ''Tekken'' fighting game series, serving as its main antagonist. Introduced as the boss character from the first ''Tekken (video game), Tekken'' video game from 1994, Heihachi appears as the leader of a military firm known as the Mishima Zaibatsu. He was the protagonist of ''Tekken 2'' and ''Tekken 7'' whereas he was a boss character in two additional installments. He is opposed by many of his relatives who wish for his death out of revenge and to take over the Zaibatsu. This happens across the series and one of the creators of ''Tekken'' Katsuhiro Harada has called it a "family feud". Heihachi wants to defeat his son and grandson, Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama respectively. Heihachi's backstory and motives are revealed in ''Tekken 7'', suggested to be his final appearance in the series. Outside of ''Tekken'' spin-off titles, Heihachi also appears as a playable character in other games such as ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekken 7
is a fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the seventh main and ninth overall installment in the ''Tekken '' series. ''Tekken 7'' was released to arcades in March 2015. An updated arcade version, ''Tekken 7: Fated Retribution'', was released in July 2016, and features expanded content including new stages, costumes, items and characters. The home versions released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in June 2017 were based on ''Fated Retribution''. Set shortly after the events of ''Tekken 6'', the plot focuses on the events leading up to the final battle between martial artist Heihachi Mishima and his son, Kazuya. ''Tekken 7'' introduces several new elements to the fighting system such as Rage Arts and the Power Crush mechanic, making the game more beginner friendly than previous iterations in the series. ''Tekken 7'' was a critical and commercial success, selling over copies . A sequel, ''Tekken 8'', is in development. Plot After th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Phoenix (Tekken)
is a player character from the ''Tekken'' fighting game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Making his debut in the original ''Tekken'' in 1994, he is the only character to appear as playable in every installment of the main series. Paul is a short-tempered biker and Kyokushin practitioner who repeatedly enters the series' King of Iron Fist tournaments in hopes of winning the prize money and to prove he is the world's best fighter, despite his enviable career, he has yet to win the one tournament that would mark him as being one of the true greats, all while developing rivalries with Kazuya Mishima and the anthropomorphized fighting bear Kuma. He is the only guy to ever fight Kazuya Mishima to a draw, and one of only two people to beat Jin Kazama in a tournament match (the second being Hwoarang). He has received mixed critical responses for his personality and his signature hi-top fade hairstyle and has been considered a joke character following his later ''Tekken'' serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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