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Tupac’s digital resurrection doesn’t sit right with me

At least it’s ethical…

Creative Bloq · Jun 16

Stranger Than Heaven preview: Immaculate vibes collide with a static combat system

Summer Preview | First hands-on with Stranger Than Heaven has left me wanting more from this ambitious new Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio adventure

GamesRadar · Jun 11

Stranger Than Heaven sure looks like a Yakuza series prequel in its first 30-minute deep dive, oh and Snoop Dogg is here

And it's out this winter.

PC Gamer · May 6

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Yakuza writer "can't think of any role" for Jack Black, but wants to reach out anyway

Masayoshi Yokoyama wants to reach out to Jack Black

Total Film · Apr 1

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is where 'The Kiwami line will come to an end,' which might be for the best given how badly it's been handled

Kiwami 3 has been welcomed to the world by a whole lot of upset fans.

PC Gamer · Feb 11

Yakuza lead is proud "people can finally say they enjoy the Like a Dragon series more openly" as some devs "kept their involvement a secret from their parents or girlfriends"

"There was even a case where being part of the project helped someone gain approval for marriage from their partner’s parents"

GamesRadar · Dec 19, 2025

Ryu Ga Gotoku boss credits PC gamers' love of Yakuza 0 with taking the series worldwide: 'I truly believe we are where we are today because of them'

Stop, please, you're making us blush.

PC Gamer · Sep 28, 2025

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Yakuza Kiwami 3 has 'completely revamped' action that lets you you fight with Ryukyu weapons and ninjas inspired by the Okinawa setting

Masayoshi Yokoyama talks us through some of the big changes coming in Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties.

PC Gamer · Sep 28, 2025

Mintrocket's director is delighted to bring Like a Dragon's Ichiban into Dave the Diver, 'It's been a dream of mine to invite these iconic characters into Dave’s world'

Ichiban dives in this April.

PC Gamer · Feb 16, 2025

Years before we learned of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Majima's voice actor pitched a JRPG about the fan-favorite anti-hero and was told "that's not going to happen"

"I remember being disappointed"

GamesRadar · Jan 31, 2025

Veteran Yakuza dev praises Sega for not settling for "safe" games: "It accepts the possibility of failure"

"You could say that is Sega's DNA."

GamesRadar · Dec 28, 2024

Like a Dragon developer says none of us have figured out what its new game Project Century is about because "We didn’t include any information that would enable people to guess"

Back to the drawing board

GamesRadar · Dec 28, 2024

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza is longer than the last Yakuza spin-off, but it's not the dev's fault: "The volume increased by itself"

What else do you expect from Yakuza games?

GamesRadar · Dec 27, 2024

The next game in the Like a Dragon series was almost a fishing game: 'I wanted to make a game called Like a Dragon: Tuna'

We came this close to Dragon of Dojima the Diver.

PC Gamer · Oct 9, 2024

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GamesRadar · Oct 8, 2024

RGG boss says he wanted to make a Yakuza game called Like a Dragon: Tuna where Kiryu is a fisherman, and now I'm genuinely bummed "it never came to fruition"

Give me Like a Dragon: Tuna or give me death

GamesRadar · Sep 26, 2024

The next Yakuza game is the most newcomer-friendly and "least shackled to past events in the Like a Dragon series" - all because its protagonist has amnesia

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii hits Goro Majima with some probably-temporary memory loss

PC Gamer · Aug 6, 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.

GamesRadar · Jul 17, 2024

After a historic success with Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Yakuza's dev will announce a new game in September

This could be a new Yakuza game, or a Judgment title

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Inverse · Jun 4, 2024

Amazon's Yakuza TV Series Should Be an Easy Slam Dunk Adaption

Sega's cult series Yakuza is the latest game to get a live-action adaption, and it should be an easy home run with the blockbuster design of the franchise.

GamesRadar · Feb 4, 2024

Like a Dragon director explains why Yakuza games release much faster than GTA or Assassin's Creed: "I don't think many companies are doing this"

RGG Studio releases quality crime dramas faster than you can say Infinite Wealth

GamesRadar · Jan 31, 2024

Yakuza studio director dispels speculation that localization changed parts of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Masayoshi Yokoyama says localization would never fundamentally change parts of a game

International Business Times · Jan 25, 2024

'We Don't Hit Women': How Yakuza Differs From GTA

The "Yakuza" gangster series has long been seen as a Japanese "Grand Theft Auto" but Masayoshi Yokoyama, one of the main designers of the hugely successful games, dismisses any such comparison.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 14, 2023

RGG calls Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth a ‘monster-class’ Yakuza game

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is like no Yakuza game RGG Studios has created before, director Masayoshi Yokoyama said

TechRadar · Nov 14, 2023

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will be the longest game in the Yakuza series

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has confirmed that Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will be the longest game in the Yakuza series so far.

GamesRadar · Nov 14, 2023

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the longest Yakuza game yet: "If you go at it continuously, you'll get sick"

Best not to marathon this one

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