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Amazon’s Like A Dragon: Yakuza Is Already A Divisive Adaptation Of The Beloved Games
24.10.2024
Amazon’s live-action adaptation of Sega’s hit Like a Dragon series has finally landed, and the show is already making waves. Titled Like a Dragon: Yakuza, the gritty crime drama follows the series’ longtime protagonist Kazuma Kiryu across two timelines: one as a teenage orphan in 1995, and...
For The Love Of God, Play Yakuza 0 Before The Amazon Show Drops
1.10.2024
I just finished Yakuza 0 last week, and I can safely say that it is one of the best games I’ve ever played. If you’ve ever wanted a game with far too many things to do, all of which are equally zany and good-natured, then this is the game for you. I’ve also got more than an inkling that it’ll...
The 9 Best Games We Played At Tokyo Game Show 2024
1.10.2024
Tokyo Game Show holds a very special place within the gaming industry. Not only has it historically been one of the most significant showcases for games and new hardware for nearly three decades, it’s also a fantastic space for developers based in Japan and across Asia to showcase their latest...
Like A Dragon: Yakuza Gets First Amazon Prime Trailer And It Looks Excellent
1.10.2024
We’re firmly in the era of the video-game-to-prestige-TV-adaptation pipeline, and you know what? It might not be all that bad. Coming off the impressive results of HBO’s The Last of Us and Amazon Prime’s Fallout TV show, we now have the first full trailer for Like a Dragon: Yakuza and it’s looking...
Yakuza: Like A Dragon Already Has A Live-Action Adaptation That Nails The Game's Madcap Vibes
29.8.2024
As with most live-action video game adaptations, Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza show announcement came with its fair share of anxiety from a vocal fandom, which built up even more as they heard about the production of the series that’s due out this October. Details like its actors being discouraged...
The 16 Biggest Haters In Video Games
7.5.2024
It is prime time to be a hater right now. The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef has been a spectacle to watch unfold over the past few days. Lamar is dropping some of the harshest disses of his career, while Drake says “nuh uh” over a beat. I finally understand why Ancient Rome held gladiator...
Yakuza’s Devs Love The Memes As Much As You Do
31.10.2023
When you make a long-running series as wacky and melodramatic as Sega’s eclectic Yakuza / Like a Dragon games, there’s no telling what players will latch on to. A key example? Yakuza’s creators were very surprised by female players finding Goro Majima, the series stalwart eye-patched gangster...
Like A Dragon Gaiden Won’t Include a Key Feature At Launch
16.10.2023
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, the upcoming spinoff in Sega’s Yakuza series, is set to release on November 9. But unlike several recent games in the franchise, it will not launch with an English dub version. Instead, English audio will come to the game in a post-launch update....
Yakuza Producer Surprised Y’all Find Majima So Sexy
30.1.2023
Creators can’t control how their creations are received once they enter the world. Case in point, one of the key people behind the popular and long-running Yakuza series apparently had no idea how many people, especially women, found the series’ recurring, one-eyed character Goro Majima to be...
Kirby’s Horrifying New Mouthful Mode: Every Variant We’ve Seen So Far
9.3.2022
Yesterday, Nintendo’s official YouTube account graced us with a new trailer for the upcoming 3D open-world game, Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Sure, the trailer shows off some of the pink puffball’s new copy abilities and talks a bit about the world, but by far the most…interesting?...segment...