Tekken 8 Shows Off Its Opening Movie And Reveals Gameplay For A Classic Returning Character

Fans were just surprised with two exciting Tekken 8 trailers, one revealing the game’s opening cinematic and another showing off the returning character Lee Chaolan. The next chapter of Bandai Namco’s blistering 3D fighting franchise is now over a week away, and much of Tekken 8’s roster and premise have already been shown to the eager gaming public. Many fan-favorite characters from past entries are returning in Tekken 8, with one of the most recent ones highlighted being the warrior tombkeeper Zafina.

Tekken 8’s story will also pick up where previous games left off, with Jin Kazama challenging his father Kazuya Mishima once again as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Having destroyed Heihachi Mishima once and for all at the end of Tekken 7, Kazuya has set his sights on dominating the entire globe with the help of his G Corporation army. As the only remaining bearer of the Devil Gene, Jin is the only person powerful enough to stop him, setting the stage for one final confrontation with the rest of Tekken 8’s playable combatants caught in the middle.

This battle is the primary focus of Tekken 8’s opening cutscene, which was recently shared on the official Bandai Namco Entertainment America YouTube channel. It begins with Jin and Kazuya fighting in the war-torn Urban Square before switching to a montage of the other Tekken 8 fighters preparing for the coming battle. This leads to an all-out brawl between Jin’s allies and G-Corp along a grassy battlefield, before Jin and Kazuya trade blows once again in the rain as the Tekken 8 logo appears.

The pulse-pounding Tekken 8 opening movie wasn’t the only new footage recently shared on the Bandai Namco Entertainment America YouTube channel, which posted a gameplay trailer featuring returning fighter Lee Chaolan. The “Silver-Haired Demon” demonstrates his powerful martial arts skills in two separate bouts against Tekken 8's Nina Williams and Lars Alexandersson, the former taking place in a mansion stage with