Yakuza (game series)
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| Original title | 龍 が 如 く |
| transcription | Ryū ga Gotoku |
| developer |
 Sega New Entertainment Soft R&D (until 2009) Sega Consumer R&D (since 2009)
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| Publisher |
Sega
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| Designer | Ryuta Ueda, Daisuke Sato, Toshihiro Nagoshi |
| First title | Yakuza (2005) |
| Last title | Judgment (2018) |
| Platform (s) | PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation Portable , Wii U , Microsoft Windows , Xbox One |
| Genre (s) | Action adventure |
Yakuza ( Japanese 龍 が 如 く , Ryū ga Gotoku , Eng. "Like a dragon") is a series of computer games developed and distributed by Sega . The first release in the series was the eponymous Yakuza , released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 . Since then, six follow-up titles as well as several offshoots and remakes have followed in the main series. It is an action adventure in an open game world . A large part of the game play the hand-to-hand combat in the style of a beat 'em up .
Published titles
| Surname | Release date | platform | Age rating | annotation |
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| Yakuza |
December 8, 2005 September 5, 2006 September 15, 2006
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PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Wii U |
 
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HD edition for PlayStation 3 released on November 1, 2012, Wii-U version on August 8, 2013. |
| Yakuza 2 |
December 7, 2006 September 9, 2008 September 19, 2008
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PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Wii U |
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HD edition for PlayStation 3 released on November 1, 2012, Wii-U version on August 8, 2013. |
| Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! |
March 6, 2008
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PlayStation 3 | Offshoot published only in Japan . | |
| Yakuza 3 |
February 26, 2009 March 9, 2010 March 12, 2010
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PlayStation 3 |
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| Yakuza 4 |
March 18, 2010 March 15, 2011 March 18, 2011
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PlayStation 3 |
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| Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō |
September 22, 2010
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PlayStation Portable | Offshoot published only in Japan . | |
| Yakuza: Dead Souls |
June 9, 2011 March 13, 2012 March 16, 2012
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PlayStation 3 |
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| Yakuza 5 |
December 5, 2012 December 8, 2015 December 8, 2015
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PlayStation 3 |
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| Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! |
February 22, 2014
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PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 |
Offshoot published only in Japan . | |
| Yakuza 0 |
March 12, 2015 January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017
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PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Microsoft Windows Xbox One |
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PlayStation 3 version only released in Japan. Windows version was released on August 1, 2018.
Xbox One version February 26, 2020 |
| Yakuza Kiwami |
January 21, 2016 August 29, 2017 August 29, 2017
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PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Microsoft Windows Xbox One |
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PlayStation 3 version only released in Japan. Remake of the first part.
Microsoft Windows version was released on February 19, 2019. |
| Yakuza 6: The Song of Life |
December 8, 2016 April 17, 2018 April 17, 2018
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PlayStation 4 |
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Completion of the Kazuma Kiryu saga. |
| Yakuza Kiwami 2 |
December 7, 2017 August 28, 2018 August 28, 2018
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PlayStation 4 Microsoft Windows Xbox One |
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Remake of the second part. Windows version was released on May 9, 2019. |
| Judgment |
December 13, 2018 June 25, 2019
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PlayStation 4 |
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Offshoot. Original title: Judge Eyes: Shinigami no Yuigon . |
| Yakuza: Like a Dragon |
January 16, 2020 November 13, 2020
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PlayStation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Microsoft Windows |
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Beginning of the Ichiban Kasuga saga. Original title: Yakuza 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness . |
filming
Under the name Like a Dragon ( Japanese 龍 が 如 く 劇場版 , Ryū ga gotoku: Gekijōban , dt. "Like a dragon: film version") a film adaptation of the first title by the Japanese director Takashi Miike was released in 2007 .
Web links
- Official website of the game series
- Official Japanese website
- Yakuza series at MobyGames (English)