Holy Crap, Yakuza 5 Will Be Out In The West Next Year

Bombshell! Yakuza 5, which many of us thought would never actually make it to Western shores, will come to North America for PS3 next year, Sony just announced. » 12/06/14 2:24pm 12/06/14 2:24pm

Yakuza 5 was released in Japan in December 2012. It is yet to see a release in the West. Sega, we are still waiting. Hurry up. » 6/30/14 7:05pm 6/30/14 7:05pm

Yakuza 5 was first released in Japan in December 2012. It is now January 2014 and there's still no word on a Western release. Fix this, Sega! » 1/31/14 2:00am 1/31/14 2:00am

Video Game PR Issues Beautiful "No Comment" In Haiku

The Yakuza games are some of the very best on the PS3, so Sega's silence on a possible localisation of Yakuza 5 is killing me. » 5/29/13 12:30am 5/29/13 12:30am

Hey. Sega. Yeah, you. We're still waiting for our Yakuza 5 localisation. » 5/20/13 10:40pm 5/20/13 10:40pm

Sega, Where The Hell Is Yakuza 5?

I know it has flaws. Some of them completely alienating for most people. But damn it, I don't care. The Yakuza series is just about my favourite thing on the PS3. » 2/14/13 12:00am 2/14/13 12:00am

Five Reasons Yakuza 5 is Not For Me

Until I sat down and played Yakuza 5 » 1/18/13 5:00am 1/18/13 5:00am, my knowledge of the series was limited, to say the least. I knew the characters and some of the story (from wikis, friends, ), but when it came down to playing the series, the most time I had spent with it was in playing the demos of , , and . While I don't have particularly bad…

See Yakuza 5’s Street Brawling, Taxi Driving, and Drum Playing in Action

After four main games and two spin-offs, you probably have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Yakuza 5 » 1/15/13 6:00am 1/15/13 6:00am: weapon-filled brawling action across Japan's major metropolitan areas. While brutal and cinematic, the brawling aspect is only the smallest part of what you can do in .

Here's What Japanese Gamers Suggest for Holiday Gifts

The Christmas season is upon us once again (as was frightfully apparent from the Christmas songs that started playing sometime around, oh, November 1st » 12/13/12 6:00am 12/13/12 6:00am… (seriously, at least wait for Thanksgiving to be over)), and soon gifts will be piled under the Christmas tree for all to see and wonder at what goodies are contained…

Yakuza 5 Is The Most User-Friendly Yakuza Yet

Yakuza 5 » 11/29/12 7:00am 11/29/12 7:00am is scheduled for release in Japan next week and the developers at Sega are in full PR mode. Executive producer Toshihiro Nagoshi and producer Masayoshi Yokoyama spoke to in a pre-release interview to talk about the latest in the franchise.

Japan's Virtual Mafia Bad-Ass Reduced To Pulling A Ramen Cart

Kazuma Kiryu. The "Dragon of Dojima" and one of the main protagonists of the Yakuza » 10/18/12 6:00am 10/18/12 6:00am series. This walking powerhouse of violence has come a long way from his youthful days of beating up biker gangs through the seedy underbelly of Japan's criminal world and to prison and back.

Covering a PlayStation Controller in Stickers Isn't Very Gangster

To mark the release of crime saga Yakuza 5 » 10/16/12 4:30am 10/16/12 4:30am, Sony is putting out a special (tacky—sorry!) , complete with a gold colored PS3 controller. The controller is just gold—kinda ho hum. Know what can jazz it up? Stickers.

Two of the Ugliest PS3s I've Ever Seen

Hello tacky! Sony is readying two PS3 super slim specials (one for Yakuza 5 and the other for Ken's Rage). Both are shockingly unattractive. » 10/02/12 4:30am 10/02/12 4:30am

Today I Played Taiko no Tatsujin With Virtual Gangsters

The Yakuza series of games have always been serious, testosterone-filled stories about hard men kicking each other's asses, broken up sporadically by mini-games, activities, and general fooling around. The latest game, Yakuza 5, is no different. As previously reported, Namco Bandai's Taiko no Tatsujin appears as a… » 9/20/12 7:30am 9/20/12 7:30am

Japan's Favorite Arrogant-Looking Chef Serves Up a Video Game Appearance

Celebrity chef Tatsuya Kawagoe is young, handsome, and an internet meme in Japan. The 40 year-old seems to have become an online gag because he's a good-looking successful guy and sports what the Japanese call a "doyagao" ("self-satisfied look"; ドヤ顔). » 8/14/12 6:00am 8/14/12 6:00am

Yakuza 5 Is Like Inception. A Video Game within a...Video Game.

It's not uncommon for video game companies to reference their own games in...their own games. But Yakuza 5 » 8/09/12 4:30am 8/09/12 4:30am, never one to turn down a tie-in, has something else: features another company's game.

Do These Yakuza Characters Look Like Their Real-Life Counterparts?…

Sega's Yakuza series of crime games always pride themselves on top-notch voice acting and realistic faces. The games continually get some of the biggest names in Japan to lend their voices (and mugs) to the games. » 7/17/12 6:20am 7/17/12 6:20am

You Can Drive A Cab, Shoot A Deer, Dance On Stage, And Hit A Ball In …

In the Yakuza » 7/12/12 7:30am 7/12/12 7:30am series, the protagonists do many things: Lead mobs, beat each other up, … Now, in , it looks like we'll be offered another perspective on the multiple protagonists where they'll partake in other activities while they don't pursue suspects, solve mysteries, or uncover conspiracies.

The Porn Star Had a Perfect Name, But She Still Didn't Win

Sega's Yakuza » 7/12/12 5:00am 7/12/12 5:00am gangster games and porn stars are no strangers. A few years back, adult film star Rio to see which hopefuls would appear in the game. Then, there was the hostess who appearing in ...

Yakuza 5 Plot Sounds Epic, But There Will Still Be Porn Stars

With the announcement » 5/24/12 7:00am 5/24/12 7:00am that will feature 5 main characters in 5 major cities across Japan, and a new game engine to upgrade the outdated look of the series, Sega has released a teaser site and revealed the back story of the new chapter.

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