Sega Sammy Holdings published its financial report, detailing the company’s results during the last fiscal year. The company revealed through the report that the next main game in the Yakuza series will be launching in the current fiscal year. As in, before the end of March 2020. This is the first time a release date
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In an interview with IGN about the upcoming Judgment, the Yakuza team spoke about the difficulties behind replacing actor Pierre Taki’s in-game likeness Kyohei Hamura, as well as how they managed to avoid delaying the Western release of the title. Yakuza Studio head Toshihiro Nagoshi stated that “We’ve already finished replacing it. It’s an original
On today’s Sega Nama stream, Toshihiro Nagoshi, the chief creative officer for SEGA and director of Judgment, shared some updates on the future of the new IP and the Pierre Taki case. He mentioned how surprised he was like everyone else when the news broke out, and how they quickly decided to temporarily halt Judgment’s sales. Everyone
Sega announced Yakuza 5 ‘s Remaster will be launching in Japan on June 20 with a new trailer. Sega had previously announced an HD remaster of the game was coming to PS4 but no date was revealed until now. Yakuza 5 first released on PS3 in 2012 in Japan and in 2015 in the west.
On March 13, multiple Japanese news outlets reported the arrest of Pierre Taki for the use of cocaine, and how he has admitted the charges against him. Pierre Taki, whose real name is Masanori Taki, is a multi-talented star in Japan. He has been part of the Japanese showbiz industry for more than thirty years since his debut
Sega secretly revealed the release date for Yakuza Kiwami on PC through a gif of beloved Majima Goro on the game’s Steam page. If you go step-by-step and check each frame of the gif, you’ll notice the date February 19 appearing from under the manhole lid. Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of the very first Yakuza
Dengeki Online published a lengthy interview with Judgment‘s Game Director Kouji Yoshida and Planning Supervisor Masao Kinosaki. The interview covers nearly every aspect of Yakuza Studio’s detective game, with multiple major spoilers. As such I’ve only given it a speed read for now, and should definitely read it more extensively after actually playing the game. Yoshida and
Sega’s promotion for Project Judge is at full steam, as there’s less than a month now before the Japanese release date. The game is even getting multiple collaborations in Japan, with ramen stores or karaoke Joysound. Moreover, the demo that was revealed along with new gameplay now got a release date. It will be downloadable from
Sega and Yakuza Studio brought us some new screenshots and information on Project Judge, introducing three new characters, all prosecutors linked to our protagonist Takayuki Yagami. First off, we’ve got Mafuyu Fujii, acted by Risa Shimizu. She’s a prosecutor from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors’ Office. She’s from a rich family and received a high-class education. Her