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The Like a Dragon series is one of the longest running Jrpg franchises and is known for its mix of serious crime drama and absurd, over-the-top minigames. With Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, that formula is very much present with minigames from managing a pirate crew to cooking, go-kart racing, and even tending a garden. But could it also be too much?

Not everyone can handle all the minigames. | Image Credit: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Well, for longtime franchise fans, this is expected, even welcomed. But what if you’re a new player and this is your first Like a Dragon game? There’s a very real scenario where all the side content is too overwhelming. Minigames make the world feel rich and interactive, but it has to be balanced.

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Character creator in Monster Hunter Wilds is “wild” (hah!). You can create any character that comes to your mind, and also import some of your most favorite ones directly by just entering their creator codes made by different players who were kind enough to share them with the world.

This game offers a lot of customization and personalization options. Image Credit: Capcom

With the player community already being so creative with including various characters from other games in Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom would never need to worry about crossovers at this rate.

Here are some of the most popular character codes in Monster Hunter Wilds Kratos has found his way in the world of Monster Hunter Wilds. Image Credit: Capcom

With Geralt from The Witcher series and Ichiban from Yakuza: Like a Dragon entering the world of Monster Hunter Wilds, it indicates that the game will be full of more...

Keep losing to Clark in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii? It’s okay, so did we. With this guide we’ll tell you the little tips and tricks to make beating Clark in Chapter Two far easier than it ever should have been.

How to Get to Clark’s Boss Fight in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Clark is a character in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii that you’ll have to fight before you can recruit him, and as bosses (or a miniboss really) go, he’s not exactly a walkover.

Before we can even begin to explain how to beat him, first, you need to know how to get to Clark in the game. Set the prerequisite of a bigger crew and better boat by the steward at Madlantis’ Pirate Coliseum, our quest turns to Clark, and how he, a shipwright, can...

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (Rgg) has done it again. The latest in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise may be a smaller sized spin-off, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be in for a treat. Take control of franchise stalwart Goro Majima as he attempts to recover his lost memories and remember who he is, what he does and why he does it, but not before sailing the seas as Pirate Captain of Hawaii, and playing All the minigames on offer, and there’s a lot.

If you’re wondering how long it takes to beat Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, then look no further, because we have all the answers you could possibly need, and so much more.

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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii features a lot from the previous installments in the franchise,...

The Yakuza / Like a Dragon series had a rough time outside of Japan when it first came overseas. But when Yakuza 0 was released worldwide in 2017, the series finally got the mainstream attention it deserved. Since then, the series has grown tremendously and became a hit for Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku. With Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii just released on February 21, I put together a guide on which order to play the games in the series. Chronologically, each entry takes place after the other, making the series easy to follow with a few exceptions, particularly the spin-offs. Yakuza 0 Yakuza 0 is a prequel starring Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima in their younger days. Surprisingly, it has one of the best, if not the best, story in the entire series. The game switches between Kiryu and Majima’s perspectives, and greatly expands the latter’s character development. Related: The Power...

Samoa Joe’s redemption arc as a menacing villain is slowly taking shape. His failure to become one of the top contenders in WWE under Triple H’s leadership enabled him to explore other routes, which included playing the antagonist in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza is the right place to be for Joe. Image Credit: Sega

In Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza, Joe’s presence seems quite dominating as he manages to create a menacing screen presence with his bodily demeanor and voice modulations. Given the history of Like a Dragon’s franchise with writing good antagonists, Joe might be able to find what he was meant to do.

Samoa Joe’s role in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza paints him in a menacing light Joe’s presence dominated the game. Image Credit: Sega

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Microsoft has made a leap in quantum computing with their recently announced Majorana 1 chip. But is there a chance that somewhere down the pipeline, this affects gaming? Well, if we were to guess, a quantum computer could be the key to solving one of the biggest headaches of gamers in recent years.

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With Unreal Engine 5’s heavy demand on PC hardware, players have been forced to deal with frame rate dips, shader compilation stutters, and just overall problems. The experts will have to confirm this but imagine the potential applications in AI upscaling and generation. We don’t expect to have quantum computers in our houses anytime soon, but at least our PCs won’t turn into potatoes.

Could Majorana 1 mean anything for gaming? Surely there’s a way for gamers to benefit down the road.

To be a Like a Dragon fan is to be a gamer spoiled for choice. Since 2005, the franchise (formerly known as Yakuza), has seen nine mainline entries and 14 spin-offs, making it Sega’s long-running action roleplaying game series. With near-annual releases, it’s almost inescapable at this point, with older titles taking up swaths of digital real estate from virtual bargain-bin sales and Netflix-like gaming subscription services. Beyond gaming, there’s not one, but two, live-action adaptations that diverge in their interpretations, representing the series at both its wackiest and most dramatic.

For those who’ve been holding their breath since 2013, Ryu Ga Gotoku’s Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii plays like a spiritual successor to the beloved Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. But the game, historical accuracy and reality be damned, is also the most delightfully bonkers pirate simulator that you’re likely to ever play. It’s so successful on that front that the traditional Like a Dragon storytelling weaving in and out of the pirate material almost feels intrusive. But it’s a necessary evil—if one even wants to call it that, given that the traditional Like a Dragon elements here are as delightfully chaotic, weird, and overly earnest as ever.

After an amnesiac Goro Majima wakes up on a secluded Hawaiian island with nothing except a pair of pants to his name, a young boy named Noah, accompanied by the pet tiger he insists on calling a cat,...

2012 was a big year for isekai stories. Tappei Nagatsuki’s Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- series began serialization in April via the Shosetsuka ni Narou (Let’s Become a Novelist) platform. The Sword Art Online anime premiered in July. These popular projects (as well as others like Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation ) spread awareness of the growing genre across anime and manga fandom. What is less known, though, is that one of the most beloved isekai works of 2012 was a computer game. Zakuzaku Actors starts unassumingly. Delichi and her mother Rosemary are interdimensional refugees, or “Hagure.” They live in a world of summoners where folks from other realms are treated like second-class citizens. Thankfully Delichi has the powerful Pandora’s Key, allowing her to travel all over the world. So she and Rosemary go on a quest to recruit allies for their Hagure Kingdom. The game then proceeds like...

If you ever want to roam around the cityscape of Tokyo and beat up random street punks, then Yakuza is the perfect game series for you. Yakuza, a.k.a Like A Dragon, is an action-adventure video game franchise published by Sega. The series is inspired by the Yakuza films from Japan, which is a highly sought-after genre involving crime syndicates and Japanese noir.

Like a Dragon series features a Japanese noir crime drama plot | Image Credits: Sega

The Like A Dragon franchise is developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, with their critically acclaimed installment released in 2024, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. After successfully captivating the world with their games, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios have now set sail to collaborate with other games like Fortnite and Dave the Diver.

Yakuza expands its universe even more Like A Dragon features the beat em up genre | Image Credits: Sega

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Two more voice actors have joined the cast of The Catcher in the Ballpark , scheduled to premiere this spring! Once again, we're meeting a baseball player and his wife, creating a further presence both on the field and in the stands. Kazuhiro Nakayama (Ichiban Kasuga in the Like a Dragon video game series) appears as Mitsui, a left-handed starting pitcher. Wakana Kuramochi (Liza in Am I Actually the Strongest? ) voices Kisa, Mitsui's girlfriend who cheers him on from the stands. Related: The Catcher in the Ballpark! Anime Premieres in April 2025 Junichi Kitamura ( Fluffy Paradise ) directs The Catcher in the Ballpark! anime at studio Emt Squared, with series composition by Shigeru Murakoshi ( I Parry Everything ), character designs by Fumio Iida and music by Monaca ( Shangri-La Frontier ). The series is based on the manga by Tatsuro Suga. The anime's official website describes the story (translated): "Am I your type, Onii-san~?" One day at a baseball stadium,...

Players who enjoyed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and are looking for a new game to sink their teeth into a new game can find exactly what they're looking for in another RPG, though maybe not the one they'd expect. The obvious follow-up to FF7 Rebirth would be FF7 Remake Part 3, but until that game materializes, fans will need other options to tide them over. The 2020s have seen many fantastic RPGs – Baldur's Gate 3, Tales of Arise, and Persona 3 Reload to name a few – but one that may have slipped under the radar of many fans was Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

Set in the Japanese city of Yokohama, Like a Dragon follows the story of a low-ranking yakuza gangster named Ichiban Kasuga on a quest for redemption after being betrayed. Though the premise and setting may sound like a far cry from FF7 Rebirth, there's a lot of the same DNA to...

The Yakuza / Like a Dragon series is a big mix of crime, drama, and humor. There are plenty of games that all sound slightly different, which can make it hard for new players to know where to start. The story takes place in a made-up part of Tokyo called Kamurocho and follows the lives of yakuza members. For new players, a popular recommendation is to start with Yakuza 0, which tells the backstory of key characters Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima. However, starting from here means taking a lot of playtime before getting to the modern games.

If you're looking for a quicker way to dive in, you might want to start with Yakuza: Like a Dragon (or Yakuza 7). This game features the new main character, Ichiban Kasuga. It has a turn-based RPG fighting system, making it easier for newcomers since it only has a few references to previous games. After that,...

The live-action adaptation of Sega’s “Like a Dragon” video game series, and the first since the 2007 film “Like a Dragon” by Takashi Miike, was one of the most anticipated series of the year, considering the popularity of the game. What the creators presented on Amazon Prime is a series that borrows the characters and setting of the original 2005 Yakuza game as well as its 2016 remake Yakuza Kiwami but the story is a loose adaptation and follows an original plot, though some major plot-points are retained. Let us see how they fared.

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The story unfolds in two parallel axes. In the first one, in 1995, Kazuma and three other youths from the orphanage he grew up in, Yumi, Akira, and Miho, successfully heist a local arcade, only to realize it is one actually run by the the Dojima Family, a powerful yakuza organization that rules Kamurocho.

Remember when Sega was the bad boy of gaming, strutting onto the scene with attitude while Nintendo played it safe? Those days might be making a comeback. Under the leadership of president and COO Shuji Utsumi, the company isn’t just finding its rhythm—it’s getting the band back together, and this time, they’re playing a global tour.

The “rock band” of gaming is back. | Image Credit: Sega

In a recent interview, Utsumi shared some interesting insights into how Sega transformed what was once a niche Japanese franchise into a global phenomenon. The secret to making Yakuza as appealing to Western gamers as a perfectly grilled Wagyu beef? Well, it turns out the recipe was simpler than anyone expected.

How Sega cracked the Western market with Yakuza

According to Eurogamer‘s interview with Shuji Utsumi, the transformation of Yakuza into a global success story came down to what...

The ending of Red Dead Redemption occurs in 1914 and leaves players satisfied and curious about what happens next. The world that Rockstar is slowly being built, but it doesn't look like the series will continue from that point. Although Rockstar hasn’t said anything about making Red Dead Redemption 3, there's an exciting new game on the horizon from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, known for the Yakuza and Like A Dragon series. Their upcoming game, Project Century, is set in Japan in 1915, just a year after the events of Red Dead Redemption.

Project Century will explore the criminal world of Japan during the Taisho era, a time of significant social and political change. Rgg has a strong reputation for creating detailed, character-driven open worlds filled with memorable characters, which players loved about the Red Dead Redemption series. While the Wild West and the urban environment of Japan may seem very different,...

“Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii” is the new Sega action-adventure video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, as a spin-off from the “Like a Dragon” series, releasing February 21, 202 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S:

“…six months after the events of ‘Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’ (2024), ex-‘Tojo Clan’ yakuza ‘Goro Majima’, through unknown circumstances, has been stranded on ‘Rich Island’, with no memories of his past life.

“Having been saved by ‘Noah Rich’, First Summer Uika/Maya Aoki Tuttle), Majima finds himself embroiled in a new conflict, involving both local Hawaiian pirates and ex-yakuza members from Japan.

“Then he becomes the captain of a new pirate crew, and sets out in search of a hidden treasure…”

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2023 was a great year for Japanese RPGs and I didn’t think 2024 was going to match it. But I’m glad I was wrong. A peculiar trend of the video game industry in 2024 was the prolificness of remakes and remasters, and the Japanese RPG is no different. A few select publishers and developers dominated this year too, as they pumped out so many quality games. Related: Metaphor: ReFantazio Director Katsura Hashino Talks Creating a Fantasy RPG for a Modern World Not only did Atlus and Sega release Persona 3 Reload and the next entry in the Like a Dragon series, but Atlus also launched a new IP with Metaphor: ReFantazio , released an enhanced version of it’s best game from 2021, Shin Megami Tensei V , and still found time to publish a third-party game: Unicorn Overlord . Square Enix also had a busy year with the monumental Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and released...

Yahoo! Japan today revealed the results of their annual Search Awards, which spotlight various topics that have seen a sharp increase in search volume compared to the previous year, for 2024. The anime adaptation of Mashle: Magic And Muscles and its viral Season 2 opening song, "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born", topped their respective categories, while Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle took first spot among live-action alternatives. Full top-five results for the People and Pop Culture sections are as follows, using data recorded from January 1 to October 1: People Category Performers Yumi Kawai Chae Jong Hyeop Natsuki Deguchi Ryuya Wakaba Wakana Matsumoto Musicians Number_i Mrs. Green Apple NewJeans West. Me:i Athletes Shohei Ohtani Ran Takahashi Takerufuji Mikiya Hifumi Abe Natsumi Tsunoda Comedians Yasuko Hyoroku Macho Aoki Gakutensoku Risa Hariu Voice Actors Kokoro Kikuchi Kenjiro Tsuda Mayumi Tanaka Sayuri Date Yuka Iguchi Special Kasumi Mori Mitsuho Fukutome Anna Murashige Danpu Matsumoto Emi Suzuki Pop Culture Category Anime...

As the dust settles on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Xbox Game Pass debut, subscribers should bear in mind that mid-November will also see several popular titles leaving the service. For months, Game Pass has been one of the best ways to experience the Like a Dragon franchise as the mainline games are included for all members to play. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end as two of the series' most underrated installments are bidding Xbox Game Pass farewell in the coming week.

According to True Achievements, six games will be leaving the platform on November 15, including Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and Like a Dragon: Ishin! Both titles are fantastic action role-playing games elevated by dense stories filled with betrayal, heartbreak, and justice. While they may not have received the attention of the more recent Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth,...

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Kiryu and Nishiki finally came to blows in Like a Dragon: Yakuza's ending, as the series wrapped up its major plot points while creating a few mysteries for the future. Prime Video looked to cash in on the popularity of the Yakuza franchise by creating its own series, and while the reviews have been fairly mixed for the platform's latest adaptation, the show concluded with an explosive ending. All of Like a Dragon: Yakuza's major characters got involved in some capacity during the final episode, but it was Kiryu and Nishiki's long-brewing feud that stole the spotlight.

Although the duo were childhood friends, things took a turn in the finale as they found themselves doing battle while the rival Yakuza clans fought outside the tower. Meanwhile, the Sawamura sisters attempt to rescue Aiko's daughter, Haruko, before setting...

Sega's Like a Dragon series, known mainly as Yakuza in the West, has entertained audiences for nearly 20 years with its mixture of martial arts action, character-driven storytelling, and delightfully convoluted crime drama plotlines. Now, the story of the original 2005 title is being adapted for a Prime Video original series, called Like a Dragon: Yakuza.

Though ostensibly based on the main plotline of the original 2005 Like a Dragon game, the series borrows elements from different games in the series, including Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 4. The series takes many creative liberties with the story in order to present a more character-driven story that nevertheless features many unexpected twists and turns that will surprise even longtime Like a Dragon fanatics. The series stars Ryoma Takeuchi as series hero Kazuma Kiryu, though this version of the character is significantly younger than his video game counterpart. Furthermore, the show bounces between multiple time periods, showing...

Despite its initial critical and commercial failure, Infinite has found a new life on Prime Video three years after its release. The sci-fi action movie followed Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg), a man haunted by memories of places he's never visited, who joins forces with a group of reborn warriors to stop a madman from destroying the endless cycle of life and reincarnation. Based on D. Eric Maikranz' The Reincarnationist Papers novel, Infinite's cast also included Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson and Jason Mantzoukas, among others.

With some three years gone since the movie premiered on Paramount+, Infinite is now climbing the charts of Prime Video. At the time of writing, the Wahlberg-led sci-fi action movie sits in the No. 2 spot on the streamer's Top 10, only being surpassed by the Kate Beckinsale-led action-thriller Canary Black, which has similarly been poorly received by critics and audiences, though has yet to garner...

The Yakuza franchise spans seven mainline games, a handful of spin-offs, and the soft-reboot series, Like a Dragon, which itself spans two mainline games and now a spin-off in the form of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. That's not even mentioning the Judgment series, which is made by the same developers, set within the same universe, but is its own separate entity. It's all a little confusing, especially for an outsider looking in, and that's becoming a bit of a problem.

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii took people by surprise when it was initially announced, not least because of its bizarre pirate-themed gameplay, but also because no one was really anticipating a Like a Dragon spin-off. For diehard fans, the news of a new Like a Dragon game was likely a positive surprise, but for those who are still desperately trying to find the best way into this ever-growing labyrinthian franchise,...

It’s not easy to go from a popular video game to a live-action show, especially with a title as well-known as Yakuza, which is now called Like a Dragon. Since the beginning, gamers have been hooked on this series, which combines intense action, deep writing, and a unique sense of humor all set in Japan’s criminal underworld. The Yakuza games are known for having complex plots and interesting characters. The stories unfold in the fictional city of Kamurocho, which is as much a character as the people who inhabit it.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza is spread out over six parts on Prime Video. It tries to catch the spirit of the 2005 game, especially Kazuma Kiryu’s story. The show tries to tell a story in two different time periods by showing Kiryu’s life as a youngster in 1995 and again when he comes back to Kamurocho in 2005 after serving a long jail term.

There’s a recurring trend in the gaming industry where developers and studios rush to announce a live action adaptation only for it to never materialize. Look no further than Netflix’s fumbling of its Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation, a fan-favorite franchise whose streaming debut was announced and subsequently halted after two years in limbo.

More often than not, it’s smarter for creators to keep mum until their projects are nearly done and ready for social media show-and-tell. This is how Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoko Studio shocked fans...

Kiryu Kazuma (Takeuchi Ryôma) needs a new suit. In Like a Dragon: Yakuza’s second episode, the former enforcer, fresh off a decade-long stint in prison, tries on an outfit in a store, only to be harassed in his fitting room by a trio of ruffians. When their leader gets overly pushy, Kiryu wallops the group with an obvious lack of both effort and enthusiasm. After the posers scurry off, Kiryu takes one more look in the mirror. The glass, cracked during the tussle, sends jagged lines across his reflection, embodying his fractured sense of self.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza is loosely adapted from the first entry in Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon video game series, an expansive and unflinchingly eccentric Japanese crime saga. In the shopping scuffle and other scenes, the Amazon series evokes the works that inspired it by playing with tone, physicality, and humor...

Though I’ve never experienced any of the games in full, I have long been fascinated by the Like A Dragon series, or Yakuza as its known in the West. Apart from being arguably Sega’s biggest franchise not starring any anthropomorphic hedgehogs, the games have long held a reputation for deftly balancing more serious and dark crime drama with an often wacky, over-the-top world, as well as solid, action-focused gameplay.

Those two disparate tones naturally made me curious as to how the franchise would be adapted to television and I figured no matter what, the end result would be fascinating to watch. Said end result, Like A Dragon: Yakuza, isn’t necessarily as compelling as I hoped; but it’s an enjoyable enough series that longtime fans will probably get a kick out of.

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Sega’s “Like a Dragon” video game series is about to head to the small screen, with a new TV adaptation. “Like a Dragon: Yakuza” debuts on Thursday, Oct. 24 on Prime Video. Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, “Like a Dragon: Yakuza” follows the tale of four friends who enter the life of organized crime, only to find themselves hurtling headlong toward a major gang war. You can stream the show with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video.

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“Like a Dragon: Yakuza” takes viewers into a modern Japan rife with violence, thanks in no small part to the organized crime families that carve out spheres of influence in the country. The...

With the popularity of video games being turned into TV shows, like Fallout and The Last of Us, Prime Video is introducing another video game adaptation, but for the long-running franchise Like a Dragon: Yakuza.

And starting on Thursday, Oct. 24, the first three episodes are streamable with a subscription to Prime Video. Below, find out when to stream Like a Dragon: Yakuza online and the episode release schedule for season one.

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The first three episodes of Like a Dragon: Yakuza six-episode season one drops Thursday, Oct. 24, at 8 a.m. Pt/11 a.m. Et on Prime Video. The following three episodes drop at the...

It’s time to hit the high seas (literally!) as a brand new trailer for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii showed off the navel combat in the game for the first time, including building up the player ships — aptly named the Goromaru — on the ocean fights and the water battles in Pirate Colosseum in the new area Madlantis. Alongside the trailer, director Masayoshi Yokoyama also released a message on why the game is moved up its release date by a week. Spoilers: it’s because production is going better than expected! Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii - Naval Combat Trailer Related: Like a Dragon Games Take to the High Seas in Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will release on February 21, 2025, on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The game features fan-favorite character Goro Majima in the...

"What's that demon get out of all of this?" Prime Video has revealed the main official trailer for the series Like A Dragon: Yakuza, a new live-action adaptation of the video game series Yakuza made by Sega. It will be streaming later this month in the US to watch via Prime Video. The title Like A Dragon: Yakuza flips around the original game title Yakuza: Like A Dragon. This Japanese action drama series plunges into the dark underworld of the yakuza, exploring the universal theme of family not only through bloodline but also through ties between yakuza bosses and their underlings, orphans and their caretakers, as well as mentors and students. These relationships are marked by deep affection at times, and by intense conflict at others, all intricately intertwined. Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, the story unfolds across two intersecting timelines—1995 and 2005. The Japanese action thriller stars Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu,...

The always-surprising Like a Dragon series might be taking its hardest left turn yet with Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, but if past ventures are anything to go by, it'll find a way to stick the landing. Announced at the developer's 2024 Rgg Summit, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii follows a succession of games that mix dramatic Yakuza stories with fun side content and a lot of heart. Although they traditionally take place in urban Japan, 2024's Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth introduced Hawaii as a setting, and the tropical flavor isn't going away quite yet.

Rather than following the recent series protagonist Ichiban Kasuga or original headliner Kazuma Kiryu, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii puts the chaotic Goro Majima in the driver's seat. True to its name, the game is embracing the buccaneer spirit, giving Majima a tricorne hat to match his eyepatch and a wooden...

The second such live-action adaptation of the series, Like a Dragon: Yakuza is an upcoming TV show based on Sega's popular 3D brawler video game franchise. Bringing the games to life and perfectly recreating their feel, a new first look at the series confirms just how accurate its protagonist will look compared to the source material.

As seen in a new livestream video, fans now have a new look at actor Ryoma Takeuchi's take on Kazuma Kiryu in the show. Looking right out of the games, the Dragon of Dojima is seen wearing his iconic grey and red suit. With the visuals seemingly already down pat, half of the work is done for the Amazon Prime Video adaptation in terms of honoring the games.

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Sega's crime drama series, Yakuza, gets its own show on Prime Video.

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Get a look at this new Japanese streaming series kicking ass this fall. Prime Video has unveiled a first look teaser trailer for a live-action adaptation of the video game series Yakuza made by Sega. The new series is called Like A Dragon: Yakuza, fipping around the original game title Yakuza: Like A Dragon. They setup the premise: intense characters like Kazuma Kiryu navigate modern Japan's underbelly. The dramatic series explores their lives and criminal underworld ties. The latest Yakuza video game is based around a character named Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking grunt within a yakuza family in Tokyo, who's facing an 18-year prison sentence after taking the fall for a crime he didn't commit, becoming an unlikely hero for the city's outcasts on his journey. The Japanese action thriller series stars Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu, Kento Kaku as Akira Nishikiyama, and Munetaka Aoki. This first teaser comes direct...

Today, Prime Video announced the casting of Kento Kaku as Akira Nishikiyama, aka Nishiki, during the Like a Dragon: Yakuza panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. The panel for the action-packed TV adaptation of Sega’s iconic video game series started with the official teaser trailer, which gave fans a glimpse of the first-ever footage from the show.

Following the exclusive first look, series lead Ryoma Takeuchi took to the stage alongside his series co-star Kento Kaku, James Farrell, Head of International Originals at Amazon MGM Studios, and the show’s executive producer Erik Barmack. The four shared the audience’s enthusiasm for the series and spoke about their different roles in bringing the video game adaptation to life.

Adding to the excitement within the room, the panelists surprised fans with exclusive in-room-only clips teasing the on-screen portrayal of Ryoma as Kazuma Kiryu and Kento as Nishikiyama Akira.

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Xbox Game Pass offers a wide variety of top-quality games for every player, with something for all preferences and genres. Lies of P offers a fresh take on action RPGs, blending unique elements with core mechanics for an engaging experience. Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a love letter to JRPGs, combining humor, drama, and engaging gameplay for a compelling adventure.

With Xbox Game Pass, members can enjoy unlimited access to hundreds of incredible games. However, with the library constantly evolving and so many fantastic titles to choose from, it can take time to figure out where to start. With a huge variety of different games in different genres, there's something for just about everyone on Xbox Game Pass.

These titles are remarkable for their quality and entertainment value and their ability to offer unique and unforgettable experiences. Whether looking for thrilling action adventures, immersive role-playing games, or intriguing puzzles, Game...

Prime Video are ramping up for the release of their upcoming video game adaptation, Yakuza: Like a Dragon. But the show's star, Ryoma Takeuchi, says that the live-action version will be a different take on the beloved video games. Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a long-running gaming franchise first released in 2005 by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega. The multi-award-winning franchise follows the Tojo Clan Yakuza family and one of its members, Kazuma Kiryu, who looks to leave his criminal past behind him.

Ryoma Takeuchi recently sat down with IGN Japan about Prime Video's upcoming adaptation and discussed the process of adapting the beloved video game into live-action. The actor first revealed that he was unsure about taking on the role in the first place. Takeuchi revealed that he had already played the first game in the series before being offered the part and was anxious about portraying such a...

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Gold Safe Keys in Yakuza: Like a Dragon are among the most sought after items as they will let you find powerful gear. As you explore Yokohama, you will come across a few golden safes that you might want to unlock but won't be able to, as you may not have a Golden Key. However, you will need to change Kasuga's job for a particular ability so that you can find all of them.

There are a few ways you can find Golden Keys, and you will need to use all of them at some point. The first step involves changing Kasuga's job to Foreman. The second step will involve finding black market merchants, while the last step will require you to be completely broke. Here's...

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Like most RPGs, Yakuza: Like a Dragon features a variety of classes known as Jobs. These Jobs are split between male and female characters, but any character of that gender can have any Job available to their gender. Each character starts with a Job already assigned to them, but you can change their Job and better hone their skills to your liking.

There are seven different characters in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. While you can swap Jobs, each character is crafted to fit certain Jobs over others. For some, you will want to stick with the Job they have first equipped, while for others, you should get rid of their initial Jobs as soon as they can.

Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of Sega's Yakuza: Like a Dragon will star Takeuchi Ryoma as protagonist Kiryu Kazuma, diving into a classic Yakuza story. Like Fallout, the Yakuza games feature some RPG elements, making adaptation a unique challenge for Amazon Prime Video. The six-part series will be released in batches on October 25 and November 1, 2024, continuing an exciting trend of video game adaptations.

A sleeper hit for Amazon Prime Video, the Fallout TV series impressed long-time video game fans and newcomers alike. In its first two weeks or so, Fallout drew an estimated 65 million viewers, making the post-apocalyptic drama Amazon Prime Video's second most-watched title ever. Adapting the world of Fallout was a tall order for the show's team. Not only is the franchise bursting with in-universe history and lore, but most entries in the Fallout series are open-world, side-quest-packed action role-playing games that put a player's choices front and center in the story.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza, the live-action series adaptation of the popular role-playing video game Yakuza: Like a Dragon, is heading to Amazon's Prime Video as revealed by Variety, where it will premiere in two batches: October 25 and November 1, with subtitled and dubbed versions in up to thirty languages. The batches will comprise three episodes each, adding up to a six-part series, solely based on the Sega game franchise, and will be available to stream in over two hundred and forty countries worldwide.

Like A Dragon: Yakuza: Here’s All We Know About The Series

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a Japanese role-playing video game set to arrive on the Ott platform on Prime Video titled Like a Dragon: Yakuza. It will be adapted as a live-action series and released in the latter half of this year. Ryoma Takeuchi will lead the show and portray the role of Kazuma Kiryu. Keep scrolling to know about the upcoming series in detail.

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The series depicts the lives of fierce yet passionate gangsters and people living in a huge entertainment district, Kamurochō, a fictional district modeled after the violent Shinjuku ward’s Kabukichō, that acts as the backdrop of the gameplay. Like a Dragon: Yakuza showcases modern Japan and the dramatic stories of these intense characters, such as the legendary Kazuma Kiryu, that games in the past have not been able to explore.

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Much like Majima Everywhere, out of nowhere today the official Ryu Ga Gotoku Twitter account and Amazon announced that the Like a Dragon video game series is inspiring a live-action series based on the life of Kazuma Kiryu. Titled Like a Dragon: Yakuza , the series will tell a story of Kiryu’s life that the games “have not been able to explore.” The series is set to be directed by Masaharu Take ( The Naked Director ) with scripts from Sean Crouch ( The 100 ) & Yugo Nakamura and Japanese scripts from Yasuhiro Yoshida and Kana Yamada. Ryoma Takeuchi, who is known as Kamen Rider Drive and the Red stand-in in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu , will play Kiryu. Masayoshi Yokoyama, the head of Ryu Ga Gotoku and writer for the Like a Dragon franchise since its inception in 2005 on the PlayStation 2, said “I have no doubt that fans of the series will be drawn to how...

The final stage of a great idea has to be when it becomes so ingrained in popular culture that it then belongs to everyone. For example, hardcore horror fans might be aware that the original Frankenstein’s Monster wasn’t green and didn’t have metal bolts sticking out of his neck, but the average person will always associate that imagery with the character even if they haven’t actually consumed any Frankenstein-related media.

In more recent years, you can observe the same phenomenon with Jason Voorhees. The Friday the 13th film franchise has been on ice for over 15 years, but the iconic killer still lives on in the public consciousness as the definitive vision of what a slasher villain looks like. Sure, the recent “Jason Universe” announcement promises to put Jason back on the map as a force to be reckoned with, but I’d argue that his...

Sega has enjoyed a fortunate year as its sales revenue jumped 20 percent, as per its latest financial report ending March 31, 2024. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Persona 3 Reload were among the major factors in this drive, but Rovio’s acquisition pushed the company’s revenue higher. Both of these games sold over a million copies within a week of their launch.

Apart from games, Sega had a successful journey in the film industry, as it saw Sonic the Hedgehog find its place in the sun. The company desires to expand the reach of its IPs, but before that, it may throw a lot of content from the Like a Dragon and Persona franchises.

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The original Persona 3 was released in 2006.

Sega must have its hands full if the recent reports surfacing on the internet are true. The company is potentially planning new titles,...

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble blends classic mechanics and new additions to create something fun for both new and old fans of the long-running franchise. From Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio - the same developer behind the Like a Dragon series - and Sega, the upcoming platformer is the first completely original mainline entry in several years following multiple remaster releases. Screen Rant recently got an hour of hands-on time with the title that gave a glimpse into its handling, storyline, and biggest changes.

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the sequel to the 2012 title developed by Capcom. The game launched on March 22, 2024, and players looking forward to the title seem disappointed for various reasons. First of all, the performance issues that the game has on PC have been ruining gamers’ experiences.

Secondly, players seem to be deeply frustrated with another element in the game: the developer’s insistence on putting in microtransactions in a single-player video game. These microtransactions have also been cleverly termed Dlc on the game’s official product page on Steam, leading to widespread outrage.

Microtransactions in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Are Making Players Bitter There are a lot of hidden in-game purchases labeled as Dlc in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

For some context, one should be aware that as and when the game launched on Steam, various in-game purchases in the form of Dlc went live alongside it. The microtransactions in the game...

Sega is going back to the top with several hit games and others. The Japanese company is looking to expand its movie and transmedia empire. Hiring a former Disney executive, Justin Scarpone, to work on IPs like Persona and Like a Dragon, which could be adapted to film or other kinds of media like series.

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After the tremendous success of Sonic the Hedgehog at the box office, Shuji Utsumi, president of Sega, has declared that the company wants to expand the reach of its IPs beyond the videogames. Names like Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, Like a Dragon, and many more are being thrown around, and with the recent hire, there’s a possibility they’re thinking of more than just new games.