The subsequent Yakuza sport is about collection wild card Goro Majima combating pirates and is named Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega revealed on the September 2024 RGG Summit.
The sport will seemingly see Majima seek out a misplaced treasure and maybe even options ship fight in a half Yakuza, half Murderer’s Creed 4: Black Flag trying entry. It launches February 28, 2025..
A prolonged reveal trailer confirmed Majima washed up on the seaside of Wealthy Island, close to Hawaii, trying worse for put on and helped by a baby with a pet tiger. Majima launched the clip himself as a narrative happening six months prior, asking how on earth he ended up on a seaside.
It seems to be to immediately feed off the story of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, with Majima coping with repercussions attributable to Ichiban Kasuga’s involvement with the cult of Palekana on Nele Island. The trailer additionally confirmed Majima turning into a pirate captain himself.
Gameplay launched confirmed Majima combating on the principle Hawaii map from Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth alongside on ships and different new areas. Majima can struggle in both the Mad Canine Model or the Sea Canine Model, and gamers can leap for the primary time within the Yakuza collection.
Yakuza followers have been awaiting this sport’s reveal for what looks like a very long time. Despite the fact that the final mainline sport, the colossal Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, arrived because the final mainline entry in January, RGG Studio has change into identified for its fast releases.
Within the final 5 years, for instance, it launched Yakuza 4 Remastered, Yakuza 5 Remastered, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Judgment Remastered, Misplaced Judgment, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title, and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, alongside three Tremendous Monkey Ball Video games and an enhanced remaster of Virtua Fighter 5. That is 12 video games in whole.
Followers have been attempting to determine what this new entry can be since Sega introduced the RGG Summit in August, whether or not it might be the subsequent mainline Yakuza/Like a Dragon entry, one other spin-off sport like Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title, one other remake like Yakuza: Kiwami or Like a Dragon: Ishin, one other sport from spin-off collection Judgment, or one thing else totally.
In our 9/10 evaluate of the final sport, IGN mentioned: “Sprawling, enthralling, and filled with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t simply the perfect turn-based Like a Dragon sport, it’s one of many best video games in the whole collection.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
