It looks like Yakuza Kenzan and Ishin could get a localization in the future, but in the form of a new remake. In an interview published by our German peers at JPGames, and translated in English by Tojodojo, Daisuke Saito hinted it’s possible Yakuza Kenzan and Ishin could gt a localization, and a remake. Daisuke
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Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio held on December 8 a special live stream celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Yakuza series. The first Ryu Ga Gotoku game released 15 years ago on PS2 on December 8, 2005. Note the stream is still ongoing and we’ll keep adding details to this article so keep F5-ing.
Recently, I’ve been playing a ton of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. It’s a phenomenal new direction for the series that changes things up in major ways while also providing a clear path for moving on from Kiryu’s story. However, there is one major problem: it’s literally tearing my house apart. I’m playing it on PC,
This month’s SegaNama had Sega Chief Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi speak on how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting Sega’s activities. Toshihiro Nagoshi also most notably spoke about Nintendo Switch and Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ record sales. We covered that here. One part of the stream also featured Yakuza series Director Daisuke Sato, who shared how
Yakuza: Like a Dragon might be coming to PS5. This month’s SegaNama stream included a corner with Yakuza series’ Daisuke Sato chatting about how the Covid-19 pandemic affects Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega. He explained how game development has slowed down at the studio and Sega as a whole, but it’s still progressing. At
When it comes to news on Yakuza 7’s Western release, all has been quite for a while now. But it looks like that might be changing very soon. Announced as Yakuza: Like a Dragon for the West back in September, the game was listed for Steam on Monday and entered on SteamDB, which probably means
Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi, the key person behind the Yakuza series, mentioned how digital sales of past Yakuza Kiwami games have increased lately in Japan, meaning many of the newcomers attracted by Yakuza: Like a Dragon and its RPG battle system decided to try the previous games. Toshihiro Nagoshi chatted about all that on the March
Sega revealed on today’s SegaNama stream that the Yakuza: Like a Dragon DLC update will launch on April 9. The DLC is officially titled the Premium Masters Pack, to reflect how only players who mastered this Yakuza RPG will be able to clear its contents. The Yakuza: Like a Dragon DLC will have: Two new
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Chief Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama shared some thoughts on the future of the Yakuza series through an interview with 4Gamer. The interview also features Japanese wrestler Danshoku Dino, a huge fan of the Yakuza series, and is full of spoilers. It’s geared toward those who cleared Yakuza: Like a Dragon, as the
The latest entry in SEGA’s gangster-themed Yakuza series, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is seeing great sales over in Japan and Asia. It topped the charts the first week of its release and today, SEGA reported that sales continue to be strong. This new entry has now sold over 400,000 copies. To celebrate this new milestone,
New to the fantastic Yakuza series? Not only is the complete series available on PS4 but now Yakuza 0, for the first time, can be played on Xbox One through their Game Pass program. To celebrate, Yakuza Series Executive Director Toshihiro Nagoshi has come out with a brand new video to give these new fans
Sega announced on this month’s SegaNama stream that Yakuza: Like a Dragon will soon get a DLC adding a New Game Plus mode along with a new difficulty level. New elements geared towards those who already cleared the game will be added as well. Toshihiro Nagoshi mentioned it’ll take a bit of time fro the
Hiro Mashima, the mangaka behind Rave, Fairy Tail, and Edens Zero, also enjoys games, like most human beings on the planet. In particular, he likes the Yakuza series, and he especially liked Yakuza: Like a Dragon. 『龍が如く7』クリアーした！めちゃくちゃ熱い話だった。凄いなー。今までで一番ストーリー好きかもしれない。キャラもみんな良かった。傑作！ — 真島ヒロ (@hiro_mashima) January 30, 2020 Hiro Mashima wrote on Twitter: “I cleared Ryu Ga Gotoku 7! The
Yakuza: Like a Dragon launched in Japan on January 16. According to Famitsu’s estimated physical sales chart, the game is the top-selling game in Japan during its first week out. While the overall numbers aren’t quite up to the franchise’s highs from the PS3 era, this is still promising news in light of the studio
Have you had an overwhelming desire to don an eye patch and break into ’24 Hour Cindarella’? It looks like SEGA has you covered. Following the release of Yakuza: Like a Dragon in Japan, SEGA has released every Yakuza game soundtrack on Spotify. In other words, it’s karaoke time. Noticed first by the Yakuza community on Reddit, the SEGA Sound Team
As you already know, Yakuza: Like a Dragon launched on January 16 in Japan. Celebrating the game’s launch, multiple big Japanese outlets (4Gamer, Game Watch, GameSpark) published interviews with Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi. We summarized the most important bits of these interviews, most notably how the RPG change wasn’t decided yet when that crazy April Fools video
Yakuza: Like a Dragon, known in Japan as Ryu Ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue, just released over there, seeing it’s already January 16 up there as I’m writing this. The game is a huge change for the series, going from action gameplay to turn-based RPG battles. 4Gamer published an interview with Sega’s
Sega published multiple commercials for Yakuza: Like a Dragon as the game will launch in Japan next week. Three of the commercials are pretty hilarious as they focus on introducing the series’ change from action to turn-based RPG and the various Jobs the party members can use. The other three commercials are more traditional and
This week’s issue of Famitsu magazine includes a feature on Yakuza: Like a Dragon, seeing the PS4 exclusive will be out next week in Japan. The feature includes new comments from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio who most notably revealed the game parodies Dragon Quest‘s Puff Puff Girls. By paying 50,000 Yen to a “Nigi Nigi
Sega published a new gameplay trailer, details, and screenshots for Yakuza: Like a Dragon, most notably revealing both Kazuma Kiryu and Majima Goro can be unlocked as Delivery Help, the game’s Final Fantasy-like summon system titled after Delivery Health. The details include information on the game’s new and returning characters, the battle arena, the DLC
The producers of Yakuza: Like a Dragon recently announced they’re confident in the switch to RPG, that the game will be getting a demo and that we’ll learn much more about the story soon. Both promises came true on November 13, when a press conference was held to announce Yakuza: Like a Dragon‘s development is completed.
On November 2, Sega held an autograph session with Toshihiro Nagoshi and Yakuza: Like A Dragon Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama. Fans could also try out Yakuza: Like A Dragon at the event. It was the first in a series of similar events organized by Sega, and you can check the dates on the official site if