It's been almost 30 years since the original Tekken burst into arcades to face off against Sega's Virtua Fighter and kickstart a decade-long battle for 3D fighting supremacy. Arriving on PlayStation, the game's smooth, detailed 3D visuals, arresting characters and accessible four-button control system brought a new generation of fans to the fighting game genre, and subsequent instalments have built on those solid credentials, although not always with the same impact. While Tekken 7 was subtle step forward rewarding committed players, Tekken 8 feels like the first iteration in a long while to truly up its ambitions and entice newcomers. The result is a thrillingly vibrant video game. For the uninitiated, Tekken 8 is the latest in a series of fighting games by arcade legend Namco, in which a group of gloriously ostentatious warriors compete to win the King of Iron Fist tournament in one-on-one battles in an enclosed arena. Players fight against successively tougher computer-controlled opponents in Arcade and Story modes or against each other in local or online Versus bouts.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the developer behind the celebrated Yakuza franchise, announced a remaster of 2014′s "Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!" titled "Like a Dragon: Ishin!" The mainline Yakuza games are set in contemporary Tokyo, primarily in the fictional district Kamurocho (which is based on the glitzy, real-life Kabukicho), but the franchise has also created a small spinoff series set in 19th-century Japan. "Like a Dragon: Ishin!" will put players in the sandals of Ryoma Sakamoto, a real-life revolutionary and instrumental figure in Japan's Meiji Restoration. However, this game is not a history lesson. Expect to see Ryu Ga Gotoku's brand of over-the-top action and zany humor interspersed with gangster movie drama.