The following Yakuza recreation 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 search out a misplaced treasure and even perhaps 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 seashore of Wealthy Island, close to Hawaii, trying worse for put on and helped by a toddler 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 seashore.
It seems to straight 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 battle in both the Mad Canine Type or the Sea Canine Type, and gamers can leap for the primary time within the Yakuza collection.
Yakuza followers have been awaiting this recreation’s reveal for what looks like a very long time. Regardless that the final mainline recreation, the colossal Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, arrived because the final mainline entry in January, RGG Studio has turn out to be recognized for its speedy 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 Identify, 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 making an attempt to determine what this new entry could be since Sega introduced the RGG Summit in August, whether or not it could be the subsequent mainline Yakuza/Like a Dragon entry, one other spin-off recreation like Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify, one other remake like Yakuza: Kiwami or Like a Dragon: Ishin, one other recreation from spin-off collection Judgment, or one thing else solely.
In our 9/10 evaluate of the final recreation, IGN stated: “Sprawling, enthralling, and filled with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t simply the very best turn-based Like a Dragon recreation, it’s one of many best video games in the whole collection.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
