Remakes in the gaming space have kind of gone the way of the dodo. With HD remasters being a lot easier to produce, most publishers don’t feel the need to commission full-on restorations of their back catalogs anymore. The last time w...

Sega is continuing to tighten up the PC version of Yakuza 0, a wonderfully weird and charming game that'll consume your life. I don't think I'll ever care to revisit Yakuza 0 -- once on PS4 was enough, and I still have multiple sequels to s...

Sega has revealed the release date for the PC version of Yakuza Kiwami in a very on-brand way. After hopping onto the game's Steam store listing, you're greeted with the usual sights. There's a set of rotating screenshots in which protagoni...

For the past few years on Destructoid, I've listed my top games of every year just like everyone else. It was a way for me to try and organize my thoughts in a manner that I figured everyone wanted to read. Truth be told, I'm not so sure ho...

[Update: The main man behind Yakuza's localization, Scott Strichart, confirmed on Twitter that Judgment will not only contain dual audio, but dual subtitles. What this means is that the English dub will have a set of subtitles specific to i...

Sega has released a new demo of the next release from Team Yakuza, the action-packed detective adventure Project Judge. The succinctly titled Project Judge Chapter One Special Demo is available to download for PS4 from the Japanese PSN stor...

Yakuza fans can't get enough Yakuza. It doesn't matter that they're all the same game, because what a game it is. It took a solid ten years, but the franchise finally hit the big time, taking its rightful spot as a legend in video games, ir...

The time has come. After a pretty rad leak back in early October, we learned that Yakuza Kiwami and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition would be heralding November's PlayStation Plus offerings, and as of right now they're live. Other free N...

That leak from earlier in the month was correct! Yakuza Kiwami and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition will be headling November's PlayStation Plus free games. Both are well worth checking out, especially at the low price of free. I'd suggest no...

Sega has uploaded some footage of Yakuza 4's PS4 remaster to YouTube. Along with showing off a much higher resolution and a rock-solid framerate, this is also the first look we're getting of protagonist Masayoshi Tanimura's new actor. Famti...

Yakuza 4's PS4 remaster will be hitting Japanese stores on January 17, 2019. The news came from the latest Famitsu magazine [Thanks, Gematsu] and also revealed a few details about changes to the game. The biggest shock is that protagonist M...

After Star Fox Zero flopped, I feared that Nintendo was going to leave the beloved space shooter series in the dust. So when I saw that Star Fox would have a major cameo in Ubisoft's Starlink, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s a far cr...

Legendary developer publisher Sega has released their latest integrated sales report, giving us a look at some of the incredible numbers that have been reached to date by their most successful flagship franchises, first-party or otherwise.T...

One of the cooler bonuses in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is the ability to play the game as Yakuza protagonist Kiryu Kazuma. It brings an entirely different light to the game that further cements its development by Sega's Ryu Ga G...

For many western '80s kids, Akira was their first introduction to anime, with Katsuhiro Otomo's dystopian classic being one of the first anime movies to get a major push by the mainstream media. For me, however, my first anime encounter was...

Normally Sony waits until closer to the end of a month to unveil the next PlayStation Plus offerings, but this switch may have been flipped a little early. Right there on the PlayStation website (if it's not, just refer to the image above a...

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios unleashed two trailers for the upcoming Ryu Ga Gotoku Online (aka Yakuza Online) at TGS yesterday and it contains one hell of a sight for fans of the series. Apparently, Haruka has had enough of everyone's nonsense, be...

Sega has released the opening movie to the upcoming detective brawler known as Project JUDGE, currently in development for PS4 by the face-smashers at Team Yakuza.The bemusing two-minute intro features multiple characters, including our har...

While the Kiryu DLC for Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise was already confirmed to be heading West, we now know when you'll be able to nab it. Starting on launch day (October 2), Kiryu will be available for free for two weeks. There is ...

With the Tokyo Game Show still a few weeks away, I didn't expect to hear anything about Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios' (Yakuza devs) new game until then. With all the Pre-TGS info coming out, we now know exactly what that game is. Going as Project ...

It's still kind of surreal to me that the Yakuza series is actually popular in the West. I've been playing them for roughly one-third of my life and I never expected the series to break beyond its niche. It has truly been a wild ride and I'...

The demo for Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is now available today. It will give you a slice of both the action and adventure parts of the game by featuring the opening boss fight with Shin and a segment where you rebuild Kenshiro's ...

For nearly as long as I’ve been playing Yakuza games, I’ve always read comments from fans saying, “These games are like Shenmue”. At first glance, that definitely sounds accurate. I even remember making such a claim ...

During Sega's panel at PAX West today, the company announced that a demo for the upcoming Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise would be hitting the PSN next week. You'll be able to get a taste of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios' latest on September ...

Following up the release of head-cracking remake Yakuza Kiwami 2, publisher Sega have released a questionnaire to the community, asking about their thoughts on the Yakuza games and their remakes.It's all fairly standard stuff, but of note i...