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 […]

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 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 […]