Sega's next entry in the face-mashing Yakuza franchise, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, has received a new trailer to celebrate the launch of its first demo, now available on the Japanese PlayStation Store. The new video, featuring a whopping ten mi...

Speaking in an interview with Famitsu, Masayoshi Yokoyama revealed that a demo will be released for Sega's upcoming strategy RPG Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which is currently in development for PS4.The demo will let players try out first-hand t...

Sega and Team Yakuza have released the remastered edition of Yakuza 4. The sequel arrives as part of the Yakuza Remastered Collection, which is available now on PS4.Originally released in 2010, Yakuza 4 shook up the format by offering a sto...

In the latest issue of Japanese publication Weekly Famitsu, Sega's action-RPG Yakuza: Like a Dragon has revealed three of its character classes, which take the form of vocations for Ichiban Kasuga and his merry band of reprobates.In order t...

Some new details about Yakuza: Like A Dragon have come out from this week's Famitsu Magazine and we're starting to get a clearer picture of what Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios is doing. This latest entry in the long-running series is definitely doub...

With the reveal of Yakuza: Like A Dragon last week, fans were sent into a fury. Actually making good on its promise of doing something different, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios unveiled a dramatically overhauled combat system that steps away from th...

While Lyle continues his scientific journey of unwarranted bullying, here's what's been happening in video games this past week: Yakuza 7 is coming with a different take on combat! Oh god, the bees are now in Minecraft! Telltale Games h...

Sega has officially revealed story and gameplay details for the next entry in its popular and long-running Yakuza franchise, following on from various teases over the past year. Yakuza 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness (or Yakuza: Like ...

[Update: With the fervor from the announcement quelled a bit, we now have concrete details about these remasters. According to Yakuza localization lead Jon Riesenbach, the games will be available under the "Yakuza Remastered Collection" ban...

If you enjoy the Yakuza series, Judgment is probably on your PS4 by now (or it's at least sitting on your to-do list). The two truly go hand-in-hand. But if you don't have a connection to those dramatic, silly, face-smashing action-adventur...

[Update: I mistakenly reproduced an image of winner Eri Kamataki which I believed was the official press photo from publisher Sega but was, in fact, a photo by Famitsu. This was a genuine mistake on my part and is on me as author. I apologi...

At a recent event in Taipei, held to celebrate the Chinese launch of Yakuza 5, Team Yakuza producer Daisuke Sato mused on the possibilities of giving the "Kiwami" remake treatment to the Japan-only Yakuza Kenzan titles.Speaking with Bahamut...

Those of you ready to crack heads in Kamurocho (well, those of you who aren't currently doing it in Judgment), should mark down July 10 in your calendars, as Sega and Team Yakuza has announced that they have new information to reveal on tha...

At E3 2019 this year, I had the distinct honor of sitting down with Kazuki Hosokawa (producer for Judgment and Yakuza) from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios and asking him about the future of the series and how each game gets made. As well as gettin...

Last year, Sega announced that it would be remastering the PS3 Yakuza entries for release on PS4. The idea was to have each game playable on a single console and series producer Toshihiro Nagoshi even commented they were being done for...

To promote the release of Judgment next month, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have teamed up with Escape Room LA to create a limited-time Judgment escape room. Running from June 30 until July 13, "The Detective" room will feature elements fr...

During yesterday's Sega-Nama broadcast, Yakuza series general director Toshihiro Nagoshi stated that work on the story for the upcoming Shin Ryu Ga Gotoku (potentially Yakuza 7) has been completed. Highlights from the live stream, which wer...

Judgment will be returning to Japanese store shelves on July 18 Sega announced today. After drug allegations against actor Pierre Taki resulted in the game being pulled from sale to be edited, developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios got to work on...

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Out of the blue, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios have shown off the new look for Judgment character Kyohei Hamura. Originally played by Pierre Taki, Hamura underwent a redesign after the actor was arrested for alleged cocaine use. Sega made ...

[Update: It's official: Yakuza Kiwami 2 for PC will release on Steam on May 9, 2019. "Rebuilt from the ground up, Yakuza Kiwami 2 uses the Dragon Engine to update one of the series stand-out titles into a modern classic. The PC version in...

In a recent interview with IGN Japan (translated by ResetEra), Judgment producer Kazuki Hosokawa hinted at the possibility of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios' latest game coming to PC. In a question that directly addressed the Yakuza series showing u...

Whenever something is announced on April 1, you have to take it with a grain of salt. Lots of publishers and developers like to have fun by announcing things that will never see the light of day, regardless of how cool they may be. Others l...

During a live stream event yesterday, Sega's chief creative officer Toshihiro Nagoshi spoke about Judgment and the recent scandal with Pierre Taki. Starting things off on a positive note, Judgment has sold through 97% of its worldwide stock...

Last week in Japan, actor Pierre Taki was arrested on charges of alleged cocaine usage after testing positive for the drug and admitting to using a small amount of it. While this would normally be the end of the story, Taki was one of the m...