To promote the upcoming Yakuza sequel, Sega has teamed up with 5 Japanese noodle stores to give the game some cross-promotion. In the game you will be able to visit these stores which actually exist in the real world. But the promotion doesn’t end at that because Yakuza is also…
Sega has updated the official Japanese Yakuza 5 website with screens of the revamped battle system the game will sport when it drops in Japan later this year. While it’s not much, regarding the traditional battles at least, you can see some of the changes implemented in the shots in…
I don’t know how well the Yakuza demographic crosses over with the rhythm game community, but it’s still cool to see some games crossing over into other worlds. An example of this would be the recent announcement of Namco Bandai’s Taiko Drum Master making a playable appearance in Yakuza 5….
Fans of Japanese rock will be excited as it has been revealed that Kyosuke Himuro is set to produce and provide 7 songs for the Yakuza 5 soundtrack. Kyosuke Himuro is a prolific singer-songwriter who has created the game’s opening theme ‘Bloody Moon’ with his new band Gospels of Judas….
Following the other night’s news about Yakuza 5, the game’s official Japanese website has been launched. While most of the info is in Japanese, there’s still a pretty nice chunk of screens and character renders up right now. I’m ridiculously impressed with how the game looks at the moment, especially…
More details have come out from the Famitsu reveal of Yakuza 5. Earlier, the five cities in the game, as well as the reveal that Kazuma Kiryu would return as a playable character, was revealed, and now we’ve got the names of the other four joining him. The playable five…
With Dead Souls and Binary Domain out of the way, Team Yakuza is once again fueling up the ol’ Yakuza hype train for the next installment in everybody’s favorite Japanese crime life epic. Hot on the heels of the tantalizing website teaser, Team Yakuza has revealed a handful of intriguing…