The Latest Breaking News from Kazuma Kiryu

From Fallout to Arcane, the best gaming adaptations of 2024 have been on the small screen

Year in Review | Here’s the must-watch game adaptations of the year you can binge now

Total Film · Dec 11, 2024

Nintendo Switch Just Quietly Added the Wackiest Crime Game Ever Made

The cult classic Yakuza franchise finally comes to Nintendo Switch with Yakuza Kiwami, and it's a stellar starting point for the wacky series.

Inverse · Oct 24, 2024

Amazon's 'Like a Dragon' Show Gets the Most Important Part of the Games Right

Amazon's 'Like a Dragon: Yakuza' splits off from the story of the video games, but it still manages to perfectly capture the spirit of the series' hero.

Inverse · Oct 24, 2024

Yakuza has seen "a large increase in new fans, including women", but the JRPG series will continue being about "middle-aged guy things"

"We don’t plan to do anything like deliberately changing conversation topics in order to cater to new fans"

GamesRadar · Sep 5, 2024

It looks like Yakuza Kiwami won't be getting a physical release on Nintendo Switch

Yakuza Kiwami developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio implies the Nintendo Switch version won't have a physical release.

TechRadar · Sep 2, 2024

Yakuza producer still won't put Kiryu in a goddamn fighting game, or possibly any future videogame for that matter: 'I think going cross-medium is the better way to go about it'

Please no, I want Kiryu in Tekken so bad.

PC Gamer · Aug 6, 2024

Hit Japanese video game is now a streaming series aiming for global appeal

Amazon Prime Video’s “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story — bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024

The Like a Dragon live action show's first trailer isn't giving the same vibe as the games, but it still might make for some great martial arts-infused noir

We haven't seen much, but I'm digging it so far.

PC Gamer · Jul 27, 2024

First Like a Dragon: Yakuza Prime Video trailer teases Kiryu's iconic tattoo and Kamurocho's glitzy, criminal underworld

The first trailer is here

Total Film · Jul 26, 2024

SEGA's hit game franchise Yakuza: Like a Dragon set to become Amazon Prime Video series

Acclaimed filmmaker Masaharu Take is directing the exciting new show

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2024