SEGA Drops a Free-to-Play Mashup of 'Yakuza' and 'Streets of Rage 2'

Fans of retro gaming will be delighted to learn that as part of SEGA‘s 60th-anniversary event on Steam, the publisher will be releasing a series of new, but retro-inspired mini-titles, all of which will be free to play as long as you download them within a specific window of time. The highlight of the releases […]

Yakuza: Like A Dragon Won't Offer Save Transfers From PS4 To PS5

Yakuza: Like a Dragon will be releasing a few months later for PlayStation 5 users, but PS4 game owners will receive a free upgrade when March 2, 2021 rolls around. Unfortunately for those planning on scooping up the PS4 version of the game in November, those save files won’t transfer to the PS5 in March.  […]

Yakuza: Like A Dragon on PS5 coming four months after Xbox Series X version

Yakuza: Like A Dragon’s PS5 release is not only coming much later, but seemingly only the digital PS4 version can be upgraded for free. Sega has finally confirmed when its upcoming role-playing game, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, will release on PlayStation 5. Unfortunately, PS5 owners will have to wait much longer than everyone else, as […]

Persona 5 And Yakuza 6 Are Around £10 In PS Store’s ‘Big In Japan’ Sale

The Big in Japan sale is now live on the UK and US PlayStation storez and huge titles like Persona 5 and Yakuza 6 are cheaper than ever. The PS4 dominated during the current console generation, becoming the fourth best-selling console of all time. The reason for this success was due to the PS4’s incredible line-up of exclusives, and Persona 5 is one […]

Yakuza examines masculinity with care, but leaves women behind

In a 2019 interview with Otaquest, Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi was asked about his intended audience for the games. He responded simply that the games are stories about men, written by men, primarily for an audience of men. But, he went on: “because we tried to ignore both younger and female audiences, we inherently […]