The company is best known for developing the WWE video game series, based on the professional wrestling promotion of the same name, until 2018.

Founded in 1993, Yuke's was named after founder Yukinori Taniguchi's high school nickname.

[8] Earlier that year, Yuke's had revealed its frustration over what it had been able to achieve with recent WWE 2K games and suggested that its relationship with publisher 2K Sports was partly responsible.

Producer Hiromi Furuta revealed that Yuke's had established a new development team tasked with creating a rival wrestling IP, with the intention of reinvigorating its staff.

[9] On November 10, 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced an upcoming console game developed by Yuke's, led by Def Jam Vendetta and WWF No Mercy director, Hideyuki "Geta" Iwashita,;[10] this game would later go on to become AEW Fight Forever.