Yakuza’s Kazuma Kiryu is back in Like a Dragon 8 and a new spinoff

Next mainline Yakuza video, As a Dragon 8.The film, which will release in 2024, will also feature Kazuma Kiryu’s return as one of the two main characters. Yakuza: As a Dragon’s Ichiban Kasuga.

Kiryu also stars in a spinoff to be published in 2023, called A Dragon Gaiden, The Man Who Changed His Name. Yes, the English name for the series changed officially from Yakuza (a translation of Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japanese) to Like a Dragon.

This news was announced Wednesday at a Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio livestream, where it went deeper. Ishin: Like a Dragon, the remake of the 2014 samurai-era spinoff that was announced during Tuesday evening’s PlayStation State of Play stream.

Information on As a Dragon 8.The teaser with the co-protagonists was brief and light. Nevertheless, Kiryu’s radically changed appearance, with graying hair swept down over his forehead, was enough to shock viewers on Twitch.

RGG Studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama said that there were “a lot of reasons” for Kiryu’s new hairdo, but said they would remain secret for now. He said that As a Dragon 8.Would have similar role-playing gaming systems to Yakuza: As a Dragon’s, explaining that this decision was motivated by story; both games feature lots of discussion and are based around working with friends, and the RPG system and combat seemed to fit best.

A Dragon Gaiden, The Man Who Changed His Name, however, will be an action adventure game, and “about half the size” of a mainline title in the series, according to Yokoyama. It won’t be entirely linear — players will still be able to “got to town, hang out and do side quests,” he said. But it will be “easy to play, not too long, not too heavy.”

The Man Who Forgot His Name It was set in 2018 as a companion piece. Yakuza: A Dragon’s Eye ViewThis will tell you what Kiryu did after he vanished at the end. Yakuza 6. A mysterious trailer shows a meditative Kiryu being assigned some sort of contract by an unknown stranger who refers to him as “codename Joryu.”

Yokoyama introduced a longer, new trailer. Ishin: Like a DragonWe also noted some changes in the cast of this remake. Original 2014 release featured characters from five Yakuza game series as the samurai. The remake now includes characters from these games. Yakuza 0, 6Please see the following: 7 as well, to ensure it’s an “all-star cast” drawing from the whole series up to the present.

Ishin: Like a Dragon Will be published on February 21st, 2023. A Dragon Gaiden, The Man Who Changed His Name The following will be added later in the calendar year As a Dragon 8.In 2024. The three titles will all be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox One.