The Yakuza team's take on Fist of the North Star is looking about as ridiculous as you'd hope and expect. Kenshiro does his old routine. Muscle-bound thugs explode real good. It's fun for the whole family! (Well maybe not that last part.) T...

The hits keep coming from Sega CCO Toshihiro Nagoshi, who opened up to Edge Magazine about several major moments in Sega history. In this instance he shares some inside info on the Yakuza series: it was actually pitched to Microsoft and Nin...

Although the GameCube is rapidly becoming Nintendo's second-lowest performing console (the Switch doesn't have much to sell before it eclipses it already), but was a hell of an era and contained a ton of experimentation. One such experiment...

The brawl is back on. Sega released a patch for Yakuza 0 on PC that fixes crashes during cutscenes, gameplay, a fight in Chapter 10, and while rematching an opponent in the Pocket Circuit mini-game. If these notes sound strangely familiar, ...

Have you ever wondered where Team Liquid's Hungrybox got the nickname of “Clutchbox?” Have you ever thought about exactly what is going through the Smash...

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed will be a tough act to follow. Sega's next arcade racer, Team Sonic Racing, attempts to set itself apart with a more Sonic-focused approach and team-centric mechanics. I spoke about some of this stuf...

While we all wait with baited breath for Sega to release its PS4 remaster of 2009's Yakuza 3, we can check out this batch of newly-released screenshots, showing off the famous (infamous?) underground fighting colosseum.For those yet to jour...

[Update: The demo should be rolling out today on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Valkyria Chronicles 4 is now available to pre-order digitally ahead of its release on September 25. Huzzah!]We are bearing down on the Western release of Se...

When the PC port of Yakuza 0 works, it works well enough, but there's an unfortunate lack of consistency. Some players have struggled to make it through certain substories without crashing, others are dealing with stuttering issues, and som...

I've always been aware of the Yakuza series but never had a chance, or even a desire, to play the games. Much of that was ignorance -- I didn't really know what these games were like. Maybe I had assumed they were Japan's version ...

In Sega's recently-released financial earnings report for Q1, the legendary developer-publisher appear to have listed a PC port of the awesome action-RPG Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.Originally launching on PS4 earlier this year, the sixth ma...

[Given that Yakuza 0 is out for PC today, we're bumping the review up.] Japan in the '80s was a wonderful time for business owners. The yen was exploding in value and money was flowing like water. If you were involved in any kind of bu...

Yakuza 0 comes to PC this week. It feels like word of mouth for Sega's strange and sweeping action-adventure romp through 1980s Japan is at an all-time high, and with its budget price, I'm hopeful lots of curious players become hardened fan...

Understanding what makes the Shenmue series so captivating isn't that much of a stretch. It contains a yet-to-be-solved mystery, some delicious camp, and a lot of variety. But just in case you could never "get it," Sega is producing a "What...

This weekend saw a plethora of images and announcements regarding expensive plastic headed toward the home of Persona 5 fans. Through Wonder Festival 2018, held in Chiba, Japan, we got to see various characters from Atlus' popular RPG immor...

In recent months, leading up to the anticipated release of Sonic Mania Plus, a fun series of short cartoons were commisioned hyping the blue blur and his chums. Sonic Mania Adventures was a return to the 'toons of old; short, funny, colourf...

When the Sega Genesis Classics compilation launched in late May, the PC version of it came with VR support. Allowing users to explore the 3D game room hub with extra immersion, it seemed a bit odd that the PS4 version didn't make use of Son...

As an '80s kid cracking open a full-color manual with a new game was pretty much the best. I didn't care if it was the sequel to a game that I knew from back to front or if the booklet was just a few pages, it was an awesome extra little fe...

Taking a popular console or PC game and transforming it into a mobile title isn't always a recipe for success. Sure, developers sometimes strike gold with titles like Pokémon Go and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, but a hit isn't al...

The crowdfunding for Yu Suzuki's long-awaited Shenmue III has passed the lofty seven million dollar mark, a combination of Kickstarter and Slacker Backer. For reaching this goal, Ys Net has revealed a screenshot of the game's combat, while ...

How do you sweeten the deal for yet another Sonic the Hedgehog port in a post-Sonic Mania world? Why, do a little borrowing! Sega is bringing Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog and Sega Ages: Thunder Force IV to Nintendo Switch next month with o...

If you're excited to see the Western return of Valkyria Chronicles (let's all please forget Valkyria Revolution happened), why not take a gander at the opening cinematic? Sega has uploaded the trailer to YouTube for your viewing pleasure an...

Hospitals have always been a major part of my life. I was born with a rare skin disease that goes by many names but the one I've most heard it referred to as is Giant Congenital Nevus. In layman's terms, the disease is an over pigmentation ...

And that's a wrap! Sega has closed out its Sonic Mania Adventures animated series with its fifth and final short. The previous four episodes have mostly focused on just a couple of characters with some Looney Tunes-style hijinks, but now it...

I love when the marketing team behind retro games dig deep for nostalgic references. Sega's latest trailer for Sonic Mania Plus basically recreates the old "Sonic vs. Mario" ad from 1991 and it is pure nostalgic bliss. As an added bonus, it...

[image credit: Tyler McGrath] Sonic is back. Okay well he had a trademark misstep with Forces, but the charm of Sonic Mania and its subsequent cartoon are undeniable: enough to muster an appreciation that will cleanse the world of the ...