Video games have been competitive for as long as people could land their three-character initials on a digital scoreboard. The fighting game genre got its start in the 1970s, but it was when Street Fighter 2 hit the arcades in the ’90s that the genre would ascend to a whole new level. Since then, many groundbreaking series have graced the genre, such as Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Super Smash Bros. and much more. 

While fighting games may never have the same mass-market appeal they did in the ’90s, 2023 is proving to be a mini-rennaisance for the genre. We’ve already had Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1 is arriving this fall, and there’s Tekken 8 still to come. That’s without mentioning the upcoming reboot of Dead or Alive or Riot Games’ League of Legends spin-off Project L. It’s a good time to be a fighting game fan — watch the video below for the full story.