Yakuza 3 News, Yakuza 3 Features

We love the Yakuza franchise

Love it. It's consistently brilliant. But with a PSP Yakuza title in the works, we had hoped SEGA would take a break from their annual release schedule and take a bit longer with the next home-console entry in the franchise. They're not — there's a new Yakuza game in development right now for the PlayStation 3. Talk about cranking them out. Unlike other games in the..

SEGA's made a comment on Yakuza 3's sales, which launched earlier in the year exclusively on Playstation 3

The game's overt Japanese nature made it a tough-sell for many consumers, and many were worried about how the game would be received. But SEGA's come out to say, "hey, it was all good", providing the following statement on the SoA forums:"As was mentioned a couple times above,..

Kotaku's got their hands on an artist's impression of SEGA Yakuza franchise all sprited up

Looks lovely, eh?</em>

We only just got Yakuza 3 in the West last week

Japan gets Yakuza 4 this month. And guess what? SEGA's just announced Yakuza 5. SEGA announced the game at a press event in Tokyo last night. The trailer SEGA showed starts with a shot of Yakuza's Kamurocho night-spot, followed by the words, "A young guy appeared in Kamurocho. The young guy knew it, the weight of the crimes he continued to..

We've been playing Yakuza 3 this weekend and have fallen in love

We're in head-over-heels admiration for Sony's risky Japanophile experiment. But why's it so good? Well ahead of our review (check back mid-week for that), we wanted to justify the reasons why you should rush out to your local game store and pick up this under-rated gem right now. Love-child. In many ways, the Yakuza franchise..

It's a really crazy month here in the PushSquare office

Game-a-geddon is in full swing and no sooner are we done with one game, than we have to move on and get to work on another. Still, at least you're not going to be bored this month, as not only is there lots to talk about, there's lots to play. So let's get started with what's releasing this week. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week:..

Hey folks, how are you finding the wait for Yakuza 3? Yeah, it's been a long year hasn't it? Still, at least we have a firm March release date to look forward to an announcement of a demo for, erm, Yakuza 4

Yep, Yakuza 4 is on the horizon for Japan, so if you have a Playstation Store account for the region you'll be able to check out the next installment in the franchise on March 4th thanks to a..

Sadly, SEGA's confirmed to IGN that the Western release of Yakuza 3 will have less content than the Japanese version

Apparently, due to time constraints and cultural differences, the hostess clubs have been removed from the experience. Hostess clubs are somewhat a Japanese tradition, in which males essentially pay for female company. Sure it sounds seedy to a Westerner, but much of the Yakuza charm..

It took about, ooh, five minutes

We were excited. We've wanted to play Yakuza 3 for a long, long time and finally we got to go hands-on. It took about five minutes and then it dawned on us. "Dude, we're playing Yakuza 3." SEGA's hesitation to release Yakuza 3 in the West rings loud in much of the game's design. This is Japanese, and it feels a far-cry from current Western Playstation 3..

We may well be waiting for Yakuza 3 here in the West, but for the folk in Japan, that game is old news

Y'see, the Japanese are hotly anticipating the release of Yakuza 4. And as you would imagine, the latest trailer for that game is sick as hell. We've embedded it above for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.

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If you want to watch crazy awesome Japanese dudes fighting, staring and generally kicking ass, then this latest trailer for Yakuza 3 is going to seriously float your boat

Ignore all the low budget production that appears to be going into these trailers and preorder the game now, because it's going to rule. Go on. We'll wait.

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Rejoice

Dance. Sing. Whatever. SEGA's announced that a demo for the upcoming Yakuza 3 will hit the Playstation Store today. As you can imagine, this is properly amazing news. Yakuza 3 joins another SEGA title, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing aswell as DLC for Assassin's Creed II and Resident Evil 5. Expensive day on the Playstation Store then. Get the full list here.

Are you excited about Yakuza 3? Of course you are, it's going to be properly amazing

And what better way to slip into the mood, than listen to franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi wax lyrical in the first of a series of Yakuza 3 developer diaries. The game's due early next month. We're stoked.

Fact: Yakuza 3's Western boxart is terrible

You know that, we know that, even SEGA know for goodness sake. Which has actually pushed SEGA's assistant community manager Aaron Webber to make comment on the Playstation Blog, in which he explains it's sadly too late to change the art. Apparently, SEGA will remember next time. Pssht... Hopefully there is a next time.

If you're planning on buying Yakuza 3 here in the Europe, know that SEGA are going to drop you some free goodies

Included in the standard European edition is a soundtrack CD, four DLC packs and an interactive CD for the PC, detailing the series thus far. You'll get all that for £40 or so. Make sure you order the game now.

Aside from the fitting choice of Mason Vs

Princess Superstar as its soundtrack, this Yakuza 3 gameplay trailer rocks because it's all like, "Yo, this could easily be a Shenmue game." Apart from all the blood and brutality. 'Cos Ryo was a bit of a lover, really. Beneath all the revenge and beatings. Anyway, you should absolutely order this game right now. We'll wait. Seriously please order..

If you're American and order Yakuza 3 from GameStop you'll get a free and exclusive "Challenge Pack"

The pack contains mini-games including pool, darts and bowling. It'll also contain four new outfits. GameStop reckon the game's out March 9th.