Tekken 8 is sadly missing in action in arcades for now - but its creators still strive to honor arcade culture

Tekken 8 features a lot of firsts. It also marks some possible lasts. To me, an arcade nerd, one particular first and last stands out from the crowd: this is the first Tekken game to launch on home consoles before it hits arcades. With the way the wind is blowing, this also probably means that we’ve already seen the last Tekken release that is arcade-first, back with the 2015 arcade release of Tekken 7. I understand why this is happening, and Tekken isn’t the first series to do this. Capcom ...