Yakuza: Like A Dragon is filled with shout-outs to the Dragon Quest franchise, and it managed to include one of the longest-running references in the series by swapping out a corpse for a drunk. The mainline Yakuza games are action-adventure/open-world games, with visual elements that are straight of the classic Sega arcade line-up. The most recent game in […]
Yakuza 3, 4, 5, And 6 Coming To Xbox Game Pass
Sega has announced that Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s beloved Yakuza franchise will soon be nearly complete on Xbox and PC. Starting in January, players will be able to add The Yakuza Remastered Collection, which gathers Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 to their Game Pass libraries. Then, two months later, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, joins that […]
Latest Yakuza: Like A Dragon Patch Fixes A Mechanic Nobody Knew Was Broken
A very helpful mechanic has been missing from Yakuza: Like A Dragon ever since launch, but the game’s latest patch has fixed it. With the Yakuza franchise’s last-minute switch from a beat-em-up to a more traditional JRPG, a lot of new features have been introduced. Instead of caving in a goon’s head with a bicycle […]
Yakuza Producer "Would Make A Completely Different Sonic" If Sega Gave Him The IP
Ryu Ga Gotoku’s Daisuke Sato, the director of action-adventure title Yakuza, has said he would like to be involved in a Sonic the Hedgehog video game and would see to it that the game would have a completely different feel from previous ones which have emerged from the franchise. Sato was interviewed by SEGA ahead […]
Yakuza: Like a Dragon turned me into an evil capitalist
Tucked away in an unassuming corner of Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s bar district is a shop called Ichiban Confectionery. Its frazzled heir Eri Kamataki practically begged me to take over as the company president. Who am I to refuse a damsel in distress? It was a chance to make her late father’s dreams come true, […]
Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Scheduled To Release In 4 Days On Xbox Series X/S, Delayed Indefinitely In Japan
We’re just days away from the launch of the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, and along with it Yakuza: Like A Dragon, one of the few new launch titles for the console. And while everything seems to be going smoothly here in North America, something has gone seriously wrong over in Japan. Yakuza: […]
Yakuza: Like A Dragon Review – A New Hero Takes His Turn
Yakuza 6 marked the end of protagonist Kazuma Kiryu’s journey, leaving us with a single question: “What now?” For years, players had explored Japan with Kiryu, becoming attached to the character as well as the template that his games inhabited. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio could have simply dropped a new face in Kamurocho and called […]
Yakuza: Like A Dragon Review: Working Class Hero
What’s in a JRPG? That should be a simple question. “Japanese role-playing game.” Boom! You’re done. Yet when we say “JRPG,” we mean more than that. We mean the tropes, the aesthetics, the musical cues long since associated with the genre’s many moods. “If it’s not about some scrappy lads killing God,” we say, “What […]
Yakuza 0’s Substories Are The Most Human Narratives In Video Games
What has Majima gotten himself into this time? He’s sat next to a girl, who’s sat directly opposite her father. “I told you he had an eyepatch,” she’s telling him. “And a ponytail, and that he gives off this intense aura of death.” Dad’s not bothered about the missing eye or the vague scent of […]
Get This Yakuza And Streets Of Rage Crossover For Free Before It's Gone
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is set to release next month on PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC, and SEGA has created something we didn’t know we needed to hold us off. Streets of Kamurocho combines the Yakuza series’ classic flavor and characters with Streets of Rage 2 to create the […]