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Report: Judgment Series Is Ending Over PC Version Disagreement

Takuya Kimura's talent agency has never seemed enthusiastic about computers.

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2021

After Playing Pachinko, Man Gets Irritated And Goes On Rampage In His Car

Thankfully no one was seriously injured during the four-minute rampage.

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2021

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Next Yakuza Spin-Off Has A Playable Sega Master System

The second Judgment game skips Virtua Fighter in arcades for Alex Kidd at home

By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2021

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Lost Judgment Producer Says Worldwide Release Tripled His Team’s ‘Struggles’

And it’s not just a matter of English localization

By Ian Walker Published June 8, 2021

Culture

Virtua Fighter 5 Coming To PlayStation 4 Next Week

After teasing the classic fighting game franchise’s return last fall, this morning Sega announced Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, a PlayStation 4-exclusive update to a game that’s almost 15 years removed from its original release at this point. Oh, and it’s launching June 1, also known as next Tuesday. Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown still…

By Ian Walker Published May 25, 2021

Culture

Future Yakuza Games Will Stick With Turn-Based Battles

Sega confirmed today that the Yakuza series will continue on as a turn-based RPG. This comes after the success of the last entry, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, which left behind the fast-paced brawling the series once featured for more tactical, turn-based combat. However, action-craving fans can still get their fill in the Judgment series of…

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 7, 2021

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Sega Announces Judgment Sequel

It’s called Lost Judgment and once again stars celebrity Takuya Kimura as lawyer-turned-detective Takayuki Yagami. According to Sega producer Toshihiro Nagoshi, with this sequel Judgment has officially become a series. For Nagoshi, the keyword for these games will be “action”, in contrast with the RPG turn-based style of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The difference between…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2021

Culture

It’s Very Important To Nintendo That Publishers Don’t Work For The Yakuza

After being delayed by technical issues that resulted in a conference call full of screaming Fortnite children, the long-awaited Epic vs Apple court trial is finally underway this week. As part of the proceedings, Nintendo provided documents that include a publisher contract—though honestly, “include” might be a stretch. Nintendo submitted 25 pages of nearly-nothing, blacking…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 3, 2021

Culture

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is about slowly and joylessly working through our backlog, somehow dripping with sweat and covered with coal dust. Where did all this sweat-enhancing coal dust come from? Speaking of backlogs, I’ll be spending my weekend free time with the newly released PS5 version (also out for Xbox Series X/S) of Yakuza spinoff Judgment.…

By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2021

Culture

There’s A Full Console Port Of Virtua Fighter 5 Inside Yakuza

The Yakuza series has contained playable Sega minigames for a while now, from Outrun to Virtua On, but folks digging around in the code for Yakuza: Like A Dragon and Yakuza 6’s new PC release have found something a bit more substantial: basically the entire Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, which…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2021

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Tattoos Removed For Anime’s Chinese Release

In the anime The Way of the Househusband, the main character, former yakuza boss Tatsu, is covered in tattoos. But for Chinese release, all that ink has been removed. Tattoos are connected to yakuza culture, with members getting elaborate, expensive designs. Not all yakuza get tattoos, just as not all people with tattoos in Japan…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 12, 2021

Culture

Sega Lawyers Threaten Wrong Website Over Yakuza Piracy [Update]

There are lawyers somewhere out there working for Sega HQ in Japan who have been tasked with hunting down the people responsible for pirating Yakuza: Like a Dragon. And they are not doing a good job. UPDATE March 30: A Sega representative tells Kotaku “Earlier this week, one of our games was incorrectly flagged on…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2021

Culture

If Sega Won’t Make A New Monkey Ball, These Guys Will

Monkey Ball creator Toshihiro Nagoshi is busy doing Yakuza stuff right now, and in his absence Sega has spent the last decade neglecting the series. Not to worry! Rolled Out is here, looking exactly like Monkey Ball only for the fact that there’s a rodent in there. Let me be clear: this is not a…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2021

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Incredible Yakuza: Like A Dragon Cosplay Is Punching Me In The Face

The last time we saw Enyendabbling in Yakuza cosplay, it was as a solitary star of the gangster saga. This time, he’s back, and just like Ichiban in Like a Dragon, he’s brought some friends. This is most of the main crew (sorry Eri!) of Sega’s latest crime/wholesome adventure, with Enyen as Kasuga, Mr. G…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2021

Culture

The Week In Games: Yakuza: Like A Dragon Comes To PS5

If you like the Yakuza series but also only own a PS5, then you seem like a strange person. Also, some good news: Yakuza: Like A Dragon releases on PS5 later this week. I had an extended weekend recently and I almost downloaded Yakuza 0 via Game Pass. I still want to try and play…

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 1, 2021

Culture

Yakuza Fan Is Out Here Fixing The Series’ PC Versions Again

Like I’ve said, it’s a little rough going back and playing older Yakuza games in 2021, and not just because of the stiffer animation and lack of first-person perspective. The PC versions of Yakuzas 3, 4 & 5 also have (or had) a few technical hiccups as well. A few weeks ago modder Silent—who we…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2021

Culture

Yakuza’s Producer Would Like To Bring Its 17th & 19th Century Spinoffs To The West

While Sega has eventually managed to bring all the main Yakuza games to the West, we’ve still never gotten the series’ two historical spinoffs, Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! and Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! Set in the 17th and 19th centuries respectively, these games take the core cast and premise of the Yakuza series and transplant…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2021

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Let’s See How Judgment On PS5 Looks Compared To The PS4 Version

Judgment originally debuted as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2018. It looked great! As announced this week, the game is going multiplatform and bound for the PlayStation 5. The game stars Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura as sleuth Takayuki Yagami as he tries to find a serial killer in Kamurocho, a fictionalized version of Shinjuku’s entertainment…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2021

Culture

Yakuza Spin-Off Judgment Heading To Next-Gen Consoles On April 23

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Judgment is getting the next-gen treatment on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on April 23, Sega announced today. It will come bundled with all previously released DLC for $39.99. A Yakuza game in everything but name, Judgment follows Takayuki Yagami as he private detectives his way through the fictional streets…

By Ian Walker Published February 1, 2021

Culture

Yakuza Producer Leaving Sega’s Board Of Directors, But Staying At Company

Today, Sega announced that Yakuza executive director and producer Toshihiro Nagoshi will be stepping down from the corporate board of directors. He will, however, remain at Sega. As reported on Game Biz, Nagoshi will leave the board as of April 1, when the new Japanese financial year starts. He will step down as Sega’s Chief…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2021