SEGA Press Conference Will Spill the Beans on the Next Yakuza Game in August

Show me the money

by Robert Ramsey Wed 24th Jul 2019

On the 29th August, SEGA will host a Yakuza-related press conference in Japan. It's highly likely that the event will give us our first real look at the next Yakuza title -- the first game in the mainline series that won't star longtime protagonist Kazuma Kiryu.

Indeed, we don't know much about this upcoming instalment. The main character's called Ichiban Kasuga, it's going to release on PlayStation 4, and development is apparently progressing smoothly. Hopefully in just over a month from now, we'll have a lot more information to go on.

Are you looking forward to the next Yakuza game? Dare to walk the streets of Kamurocho in the comments section below.

[source ryu-ga-gotoku.com, via gematsu.com]

Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, he's played 'em all — a little too much, some might say.

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MS7000
Wed 24th Jul 2019

Yakuza 3-5 PS4 please. Cannot say this enough. Let me play those first. Thank you.

I mean I am excited to see this new game, but at the same time, I want to experience all of Kiryu's story. I don't want to just skip to Yakuza 6.

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KnightWolf
Wed 24th Jul 2019

I second the notion to bring 3-5 over even if its just digital.

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RBMango
Wed 24th Jul 2019

Recently finished Judgment, and I'm ready for more.

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PunkRx_Lockly
Wed 24th Jul 2019

@MS7000 I agree. This is why I haven't even touched Judgment, because I wanted to play Yakuza successively and complete Kiryu's story. And now they're going to be getting into Yakuza 7 (which is a turn-based game I believe?), so they're kinda all over the place here...

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tameshiyaku
Wed 24th Jul 2019

Take it easy team Yakuza, I'm barely in chapter 2 of Judgment. I do understand that many want 3-5 on PS4, but you can either get them on PS3 or psnow. I'd much rather see localisations of the two spin offs in feudal Japan.

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Gamer83
Thu 25th Jul 2019

Hyped and nervous at the same time. Kiryu will be a tough act to follow.

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ShogunRok
Thu 25th Jul 2019

@PunkRx_Lockly The turn based stuff was just an April Fools joke. People loved how it looked, though, and I wouldn't bet against some kind of turn based minigame in the final release.