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Yakuza Creator Suggests There Might Be Too Many Games To Keep Making Them So Big
11.11.2024
There’s hardly enough time to play the biggest video game releases of the year, let alone keep up with everything else coming out each month. Every massive open-world RPG or live-service grind means dozens of other games go un-played. The creator of Like A Dragon series, previously called Yakuza...
Like A Dragon: Yakuza Is A Confused, Sometimes Visionary Mess
4.11.2024
Amazon MGM’s Like A Dragon: Yakuza has the unenviable task of taking RGG Studio’s beloved Yakuza video game series and translating it into prestige television. The Yakuza games are as much studies of bizarre secondary characters and unlikely encounters as they are narrative-driven crime stories....
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...
PlayStation’s Fall Sale Kicks Off With Some Massive Deals On Madden And Other Hits
10.10.2024
Fall savings are officially in full swing, folks. If there’s a game you’ve been looking for, chances are that it’s currently on sale on one of the various console or PC storefronts right now. Such is the case with PlayStation, which just kicked off its massive seasonal sale that features thousands...
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...
Grab 2024’s Most Ridiculous RPG While It’s On Sale
18.9.2024
At the beginning of the year, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth launched a hell of an opening salvo. The latest installment in the long-running Like a Dragon/Yakuza series is comically full of things to do. On one hand, it’s a turn-based RPG epic, splitting its narrative between two larger-than-life...
You Can Grab Most Of The Famously Irreverent Yakuza Games For About $30
6.9.2024
Before they became turn-based RPGs led by the world’s goofiest man, the Like a Dragon series—then known in the west as Yakuza—comprised about 6 mainline titles that followed the hardships of Kazuma Kiryu, gaming’s greatest yakuza and dad. Following him since his earliest days in the life...
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...
Yakuza 0 Is Rough Around The Edges And That Makes It Great
23.7.2024
I’m fairly late to the Like a Dragon party. To date, the only games I’ve played are Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Infinite Wealth, Gaiden, and the spinoff, Judgment. They’re all great games and I’ve enjoyed sinking hundreds of hours into the series across all of them, but I think the most interesting...
Amazon’s New Like A Dragon Show Is Being Made By People Who Really Get The Games
15.7.2024
Following its stellar adaptation of Fallout earlier this year, Amazon’s eyes are now set on translating the popular video game series Like a Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) this fall. Ahead of the release of Amazon’s adaptation, which straddles the line with the title Like a Dragon: Yakuza, lead...
The Best (And Worst) Dads And Daddies In Video Games
14.6.2024
Happy Father’s Day weekend to all the dads and dad havers who are reading Kotaku. Yes, it’s the time of year that we celebrate the daddies in our lives—whether that be our fathers or the men we call daddy. So hey, we figured we’d make a big ol’ list of the best dads and/or daddies in video games....
Following Fallout, Amazon Prime Announces Yakuza TV Series
4.6.2024
Amazon Prime clearly knows it’s onto a good thing as it mines the seams of video games for new TV series. Falloutwas an astonishing success for the streamer, and you can only imagine how many meetings must have been held with every imaginable publisher for the last few months. One winner is Sega...
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...
Rise Of The Ronin Is A Cat Lover’s Paradise
11.3.2024
Just as I arrive in Yokohama, one of Rise of the Ronin’s three major cities, I hear a soft meowing in the distance. Spurred by what must be the cutest of cats, I sprint off in the direction of the mews when I encounter a dilapidated bandit camp. I kill everyone there, not just because the game’s...
Infinite Wealth Dev Reveals Three Job Classes That Didn’t Make The Cut
4.3.2024
The year has gotten off to a roaring start for fans of sprawling, intricate role-playing games. And one of our firm favorites is Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the ninth mainline installment of Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios’ long-running series. In it, the sentient meme factory Kazuma Kiryu teams...
The Best Games of 2024 (So Far)
28.2.2024
This year has carried over two significant trends for the video game industry from 2023 into 2024: a lot of excellent games are coming out, and, unfortunately, the people who make them are suffering. It’s still early, but we’ve gotten some fantastic new games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and...
Yakuza’s Forgotten Spinoff Deserves More Love
26.1.2024
Kazuma Kiryu is the face of Yakuza. With such a legacy, it’s easy to see why Yakuza has struggled to move past its steely protagonist, but even before the introduction of the charismatic Ichiban Kasuga, an obscure spinoff proved that the franchise could do just fine without the Dragon of Dojima....
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth: The Kotaku Review
23.1.2024
I’m soaking up the sun as I stroll along the beautiful beaches of Hawaii when suddenly a group of suspicious-looking characters take notice. As they approach, threatening me, I’m transported from the reality of Hawaii around me to some kind of alternate dimension where I’m expected to pull off some...