Part of me is a little disappointed that he’s returning for the 5th/6th time now, but then it really wouldn’t be a Yakuza game without him (sorry Black Panther!) Kazuma will be making a return as a playable character in the new game, thought to be shown off at this…
Considering we probably wont be seeing it any time soon at least, it’d be nice if the brand new additions to the series weren’t antiquated by the time they reach our shores. The new trailer showcases some of the story, which seems to involve an accidental murder leading our hero…
Sega’s been playing the new Yakuza for the PS3 pretty close to the chest. They haven’t told us much about it but Sega has recently put up a teaser site for the game. Right now the site is just an image of Goro Majima, who we recently learned will be…
Yakuza fans, rejoice! In a recent interview with Famitsu, Sega mastermind and Yakuza producer Toshihiro Nagoshi mentioned that the PSP’s Black Panther isn’t the only game coming soon in the series. As one would hope, the next installment in the primary storyline is being developed, and like Yakuza 3 and…
Sega has just announced that Yakuza 4 is going to be coming to the West next Spring. I’m actually really surprised to hear this news so quickly as it usually take Sega much longer to announce their bringing a Yakuza game overseas. Hopefully, that means that Yakuza 3 sold well…
An assistant community manager for Sega has recently revealed that the initial sales of Yakuza 3 in the West have been good so far. She mentioned in a recent forum post: As was mentioned a couple times above, SEGA doesn’t generally release any specific numbers in terms of game sales….
Released back in February 2009 in Japan, many Western fans believed that Yakuza 3 would never get an official release in their home countries. The PS3 spinoff Yakuza: Kenzan failed to make it overseas and, with the lackluster sales of the first two games on PS2, there was little hope…