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10:30 AM on 03.15.2012

Leaked memo: Microsoft, Activision, pull support for GAME

GAME is still dragging its broken legs behind itself as it crawls across a field of broken glass, suffering further indignity today with reports that both Microsoft and Activision have decided to pull back their support of th...

Jim Sterling

6:00 AM on 03.15.2012

The Yakuza: Dead Souls ending theme song sure is dreamy

Sega's Yakuza: Dead Souls hit store shelves just two days ago, so while it's unlikely that most people out there have completed the game, I suppose it's possible. If you want a preview (not really a spoiler) of what to expect...

Jayson Napolitano

2:00 PM on 03.14.2012

Review: Yakuza: Dead Souls

What a great idea: take the gangsters you know and love from the Yakuza series and put them up against zombies, quarantining them in Tokyo's red-light district. Oh, and give them guns. Lots of guns with unlimited ammo. We've ...

Dale North

7:30 PM on 03.09.2012

Yakuza: Dead Souls trailer shows off huge pre-order bonus

Yakuza: Dead Souls is finally coming to Western shores in a few days for a March 13th release. Have you pre-ordered it yet? If not, maybe this patriotic trailer will help those of you who are undecided out there. If that ele...

Brett Zeidler

10:06 PM on 02.27.2012

The DTOID Show: Pokemon, Binary Domain, & SSX gameplay!

Happy Monday, Destructoiders! It's time for another episode of your favorite, semi-regularly-scheduled internet show about video games. On today's show, Max starts us off with some Pokémon Black and White news, while ...

Tara Long

10:30 PM on 02.16.2012

Get your mini-game on with a Yakuza: Dead Souls trailer

Gearing up for the next month's Yakuza: Dead Souls debut, Sega has released this mini-games trailer, showcasing the many ways a Tokyo dwelling zombie slicer (or one of his three friends) spends his off time. Enjoy bowling, fishing, ping pong and other amusingly un-gangsterlike activities when this bad boy hits North American shelves March 13, 2012.

Holly Green

3:00 PM on 02.01.2012

Developing Binary Domain for the western market

[This is the fourth entry in a series of exclusive guest blogs from the development team at Yakuza Studio on Binary Domain. Lead Game Designer Hiroyuki Sakamoto describes the combat in the game. Binary Domain will b...

Conrad Zimmerman

2:45 PM on 01.19.2012

You'll need friends in Yakuza: Dead Souls

Blood-caked hair vs slicked back hair. The fight of the century. Sega sent us this trailer that shows how you'll need friends to survive another day in zombie infested Tokyo. Yakuza: Dead Souls has you going up against horde...

Dale North

11:30 AM on 12.13.2011

Hands-on with Binary Domain

There seems to be a certain stigma in gaming, as of late, that Japanese developers have lost their touch when it comes to creating experiences that appeal as much to western gamer as they do to the Japanese. Once dominant ...

Wesley Ruscher

6:00 PM on 11.09.2011

Japanese Idol Group 'Idoling' in the next PSP Yakuza game

We know that a couple of months ago, Sega's Yakuza studio announced two new games in the franchise. One of those being Yakuza 5 which is in early development, and is something the studio aren't willing to talk much about righ...

Raz Rauf

1:45 PM on 10.17.2011

A brief look at Yakuza: Dead Souls

[Editor's note: Say hello to Keith Swiader! He's joined our New York preview coverage team and is starting off with some previews on upcoming Sega games. -- CTZ] The Yakuza series will see another release next year on the ...

Keith Swiader

9:50 AM on 10.06.2011

Yakuza: Dead Souls launch trailer explodes your head

Yesterday, we were pleased to tell you that Sega finally announced Yakuza of the Dead for North America. They renamed it Yakuza: Dead Souls and gave it a 2012 release date. That made my day, as I'm sure it also did for all t...

Dale North

10:45 AM on 10.05.2011

YES! Sega announces Yakuza: Dead Souls for US in 2012

Great news, fellow Yakuza series fans. Finally! Yakuza Of The End will be available in the West in March 2012, says Sega. It will be renamed Yakuza: Dead Souls, and it will hit shelves for PS3 next year fe...

Dale North

10:45 AM on 09.28.2011

Euro trademark for Yakuza game could be Yakuza Of The End

A European trademark popped up just yesterday from Sega for "Yakuza: Dead Souls." We're on the same page as Joystiq: this could be a better, more western subtitle for "Of the End." Dead Souls? Zombies? Yes, it sounds like Yak...

Dale North

7:00 PM on 09.05.2011

Yakuza 5 development and PSP sequel announced

Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio ("Like a Dragon" Studio, or just Yakuza Studio to us) has announced two new games currently in the pipeline. The first is the PSP sequel of Yakuza's spin-off series, Kurohyou 2: Asura Hen (Black ...

Raz Rauf

2:45 PM on 08.24.2011

Microsoft turned down Yakuza game

The diehard Yakuza series fan in me wants to point a finger at Microsoft and say that they're stupidheads, but I know that Yakuza isn't some big time blockbuster franchise. As much as I love Yakuza, I know that it has a small...

Dale North