Longtime Yakuza collection protagonist Kazuma Kiryu is again in power, starring in two freshly introduced video games. I’ve already reported on Like A Dragon 8, which stars Kiryu and new collection essential character Ichiban Kasuga, however devs Ryu Go Gotoku Studio additionally revealed that one other sport is coming in 2023. It’s going to clarify what occurred to Kiryu in his non permanent absence from the collection and is named, and I’m not making this up, Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify. To show it to you, you possibly can watch the trailer beneath.
Particular John Wick vibes, am I proper? This may very well be very cool certainly. Kiryu appears to have left the world behind because the finish of Yakuza 6: The Tune Of Life, however he is began taking over some dodgy sounding jobs beneath a brand new identification. Like A Dragon Gaiden carries on his story between that sport and his reappearance within the newly introduced Like A Dragon 8, which is releasing in 2024. Ryu Ga Gotoku mentioned the sidestory would assist followers who got here into the collection with Yakuza: Like A Dragon to get acquainted with Kiryu, and to clarify the place he’s been for many who’ve been with Yakuza for the lengthy haul.
Kiryu’s going by the identify of Joryu in Like A Dragon Gaiden. Based on Ryu Ga Gotoku, the sport might be comparable in dimension to Misplaced Judgment’s DLC The Kaito Recordsdata, and perhaps even a bit larger. That’s about half the dimensions of a typical Yakuza/Like A Dragon sport. To not fear although, as a result of Ryu Ga Gotoku confirmed that you simply’ll nonetheless be capable to run Kiryu, or Joryu, round city to absorb varied sidequests. It’s supposed to be a sidestory to Yakuza: Like A Dragon, so enjoying by ought to get everybody in control with what’s been occurring with Kiryu’s monastic and doubtlessly prison exploits earlier than Like A Dragon 8 rocks up.
It’s been a busy few days for the Yakuza collection, or Like A Dragon now, because it appears it’ll be retitled to match the Japanese identify. The Ryu Ga Gotoku summit in the present day confirmed extra of Like A Dragon: Ishin!, a remake of a feudal Japanese spin-off that’s releasing in February 2023. That one was first introduced at yesterday’s Sony State Of Play occasion. We came upon on the summit that it’ll perform as a type of Yakuza All-Stars, plonking in acquainted faces from varied video games within the collection who weren’t within the unique model. There’ll even be some songs and different stuff you may recognise. After all, Ryu Ga Gotoku additionally revealed a teaser for Like A Dragon 8 in the present day, which stars each Ichiban and a returning Kiryu.
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify releases in 2023. It’ll be accessible on Steam, in addition to the PlayStations and the Xboxes.