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

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

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

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

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

Yakuza 5 » 11/29/12 7:00am 11/29/12 7:00am

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

To mark the release of crime saga Yakuza 5 » 10/16/12 4:30am 10/16/12 4:30am

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

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

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

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

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

In the Yakuza » 7/12/12 7:30am 7/12/12 7:30am

Sega's Yakuza » 7/12/12 5:00am 7/12/12 5:00am

With the announcement » 5/24/12 7:00am 5/24/12 7:00am

Sega's Yakuza games (above) are wonderful. They have great dialogue. Great cutscenes. And cool combat. Yet, they feel like PlayStation 2 games. They're not—they are PS3 games. But they feel so last gen, due to the tech that powers them. » 5/23/12 5:30am 5/23/12 5:30am