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Irvine, Calif. — Aug. 18, 2017 — The final chapter of Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima and main protagonist of SEGA's long - running Yakuza franchise, will soon come to a close when Yakuza 6: The Song of Life debuts in the Americas and Europe on March 20, 2018.

Yakuza 0 takes us back to Japan during the 1980s, offering up a brand new tale in the Yakuza franchise.

If you have been on this blog and read my writing over the years you would know that I'm a huge fan of SEGA's Yakuza franchise and was really pleased to hear that they decided to bring over Yakuza 5 even though it's been out since 2012 in Japan.

Keep in mind that the Yakuza franchise is very much baked in its Japanese roots.

Toshihiro Nagoshi and Masayoshi Yokoyama were present at the event as representatives of the Yakuza franchise, per YakuzaFan.

In the West, localizations of Japanese titles have picked up since 2014, and the Yakuza franchise is no longer in the dark situation that it once languished in.

, but through the excellence shown in their very own Yakuza franchise, a series that has always been more popular in Japan than in North America up until the globally successful release of Yakuza 0 last year.

Last week, we invited you to celebrate 10 years of the Yakuza franchise with us by entering our Yakuza 5 T - Shirt and PS3 codes giveaways.

Celebrate 10 years of the Yakuza franchise with us!

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is the seventh main entry into the Yakuza franchise following the adventures of the infamous Kazuma Kiryu.

The Yakuza franchise is one of Sega's most legendary franchises, and they have found much success in bringing the series to the West with a constant flow of releases.

Over the past thirteen years, the Yakuza franchise has produced seven main entries, an equal number of spin - offs, and a trio of re-releases.

This is the sixth mainline entry in the blockbuster Yakuza franchise, which continues the story of Kazuma as it tells a hard - boiled tale of gang life in downtown Tokyo.

The next game in the Yakuza franchise «Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin» has it all and it's due to release on PS3 and PS4 on the 22nd of February 2014.

Taken from Episode 5 of The Pause Resume Show, Craig takes aim at Sega and their poor marketing of the Yakuza franchise as he proclaims that Sega don't know how to sell Yakuza in the West.

The Yakuza franchise developed by Sega and originally released back in 2005 on the Playstation 2, only in Japan until it hit North America in 2006.

Since previous chapters in the Yakuza franchise have managed to wander outside their native homeland of Japan, we naturally thought...

But when Sega debuted a trailer for the latest (7th by Japanese release count) in its cult favorite Yakuza franchise, only to bring in zombie hordes seemingly out of nowhere, even gamers that have never heard of the series took notice.

The final chapter of Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima and main protagonist of SEGA's long - running Yakuza franchise, will soon come to a close when...

A report from 2016 shows that the Yakuza franchise has sold a combined total of 9.3 million units, physical and digital since its début in 2005, now those numbers alone is respectable, and it is hard to dismiss such a powerful franchise.

The Yakuza franchise is a series of games that play out in an open world action adventure beat em up genre, created, owned and published by SEGA.

Action This is the sixth mainline entry in the blockbuster Yakuza franchise, which tells the hard - boiled tale of gang life in downtown Tokyo.

Since previous chapters in the Yakuza franchise have managed to wander outside their native homeland of Japan, we naturally thought an English localised version of the third entry in the tough organised crime - based series would eventually appear on this side of the world.

The Yakuza franchise has definitely been one of the most popular video game properties in Japan for the last few years.

On top of being an emotional bookend to Kiryu's legacy, Yakuza 6 represents a drastic overhaul of the visuals, physics, and gameplay of the Yakuza franchise.

The trouble is the Yakuza franchise is nothing like Grand Theft Auto, being more of an action adventure title that comes across as a combination of Shenmue and Dynamite Deka.

Ryu Ga Gotoku: Of the End (or Yakuza: Of the End), a new title in the Yakuza franchise that is known to be a top seller, resides at seventh place with 24,247 units sold.

The first game in Toshihiro Nagoshi's hugely successful Yakuza franchise is a fascinating little game because it showcases a lot of familiar elements that will stay with the series all the way to present day.

Yakuza of the End might not just be the end of Yakuza franchise.

I greatly enjoyed my time with Yakuza Kiwami as I did with its predecessors, and I strongly recommend it to fans of the Yakuza franchises, or the action sandbox genre.

SEGA's Toshihiro Nagoshi, (possibly best known for his work on the Monkey Ball and Yakuza franchises) is hosting a live show «SEGA Raw» on video - hosting site, NicoNico Douga (basically Japan's own YouTube).

Not exact matches

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Yakuza 6 isn't the only title in the franchise on the horizon for overseas fans, though!

Yakuza 6 has to be the best looking game in the franchise ever to come to consoles.

Sega hosted an art exhibit at a Los Angeles gallery today, celebrating the art, including the designs created by tattoo artist Horitomo, for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, That game is still a month away from release, but Sega isn't about to let the franchise lose any momentum.

Although Kiryu's tale is lengthy and convoluted across the five previous entries (and one prequel that takes place in the «80s), Yakuza 6 serves as a perfect point to jump into this rollercoaster of a franchise.

«Since Atlus U.S.A. — renowned for the award - winning Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, and Etrian Odyssey franchises — integrated with SEGA of America, the ATLUS expertise has allowed SEGA to localize and publish popular Japanese titles in the west, including the Yakuza series, Project DIVA series, and more,»

I spent about 4 hours with Yakuza 5 on the PS3 a few years back, and I enjoyed my time with it enough to know that this is a story - heavy franchise that I want to go back and experience from the beginning.

Yakuza Kiwami is a perfect recreation of the first game in the series, which leaves hope for other games in the franchise to also be lovingly remastered in the same way.

There's numerous factors at play that could have been at cause, such as a wide delay in localization time or releasing on an older platform, but this year's earlier Yakuza 0 was the franchise's first «big» release in the west.

The game in question, of course, being Yakuza 0 — the prequel to SEGA's long - running franchise, and a great onboarding spot for those unfamiliar to the series!

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is the latest installment in the popular Sega franchise.

As for Sega, the company picked themselves up from their bitter exit from the hardware market and although they may have suffered their own lost decade wandering from platform to platform like modern day Ronin, they have found their feet with Yakuza, and found a home for that franchise on PlayStation who were eventually receptive to the concept.

Today Sega's Yakuza development team held a special live stream, where they officially confirmed Yakuza Kiwami 2 and a mobile spin - off of the resurgent franchise.

It seems the perfect time then to release Yakuza Kiwami and allow players to witness what is considered the true introduction to the franchise.

The own Atlus, which has been foing gangbusters and their localization team handles localization for Sega titles, they own Arc System Works, which has THE HOTTEST fighting game right now, and they have franchises like Yakuza and Valkyria Chronicles being succesful both financially and critically.

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Chasing The Dragon Recently, SEGA has put some serious effort into making the Yakuza series one of their flagship franchises in the West.

Nagoshi - san is the creator of many SEGA franchises, from Monkey Ball to Yakuza and so many games in between.

Recently, SEGA has put some serious effort into making the Yakuza series one of their flagship franchises in the West.