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SEGA has today announced that Western PlayStation 3 gamers can start getting excited for the release of a Yakuza 4 demo this month! The contents of the demo have been detailed, while a trailer focussing on the ‘hostesses’ in Yakuza 4 has also been released - an element that was removed from the Western release of Yakuza 3.
Not only will a version of SEGA’s long-running Yakuza franchise appear on the PSP in the form of Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther (roughly translated) at some time in the future, but a new PlayStation 3 iteration of Yakuza is also currently in development at the Yakuza team.
Delay your joy-squealing for just a second, Yakuza fans. There’s more.
Despite the fact that there is a chance this new game isn’t Yakuza 5, the game won’t feature series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu in the title role, as Goro Majima (pictured), a notorious gangster in the Yakuza franchise, will take that responsibility this time around.
Commence squeals of joy.
Speaking to Japanese games magazine Famitsu, SEGA’s Toshihiro Nagoshi confirmed the news:
SEGA has made the dreams of Western Yakuza fans come true, as the publisher just announced that open-world action adventure game Yakuza 4 will be releasing in the West in the Spring of 2011, exclusively on the PlayStation 3, following its successful launch in Japan earlier this year.
When is a game not a game?
This is the question I had running through my mind while playing Yakuza 3, from the second I started watching the hour-long recap videos (to tell the story of Yakuza and Yakuza 2), to the minute I began watching the first introductory video of Yakuza 3 proper, to the first time I got to control protagonist Kazuma Kiryu… and was greeted with in-game text to button my way through, and more intricate backstory to absorb.
While the story is very interesting and expertly delivered in cinematic form, and the open world (as well as instanced and closed) environments are extraordinarily realistic in appearance, I had a hard time enjoying the ‘game’ part of Yakuza 3, as it’s delivered in such a segmented, compartmentalised fashion that, in the end, it feels as though the story is the ‘real’ Yakuza 3, while the interactive sections are merely mini-games, put in place to keep you interested long enough to link up with the next cinematic – something that may be true of most games, but is painfully apparent in this one.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Yakuza 3.
Sega has released a menacing new launch trailer for its open-world gangster action game Yakuza 3, which hit shelves across the UK and US last week.
SEGA’s upcoming Yakuza 3 has been a long time coming, and, in fact, up until December 2009 we didn’t know if it would ever come out after the not-too-grand reception (in terms of sales) the first two games had in the West. This isn’t surprising – Yakuza is a game series centered very much on Japanese culture.
Yakuza are to the Japanese as Mafia bosses are to the Sicilians. That’s my understanding, please correct me if I’m wrong – my Japanese culture knowledge is limited. In the demo you’re a tough guy named Kazuma Kiryu, the same main character from the previous Yakuza games, and you’ve just arrived back in Kamurocho, an area of a city (I think Tokyo) which must have the most neon-lights per-square-meter of anywhere in the world.
Continue reading El33tonline’s hands-on preview of Yakuza 3.
Yakuza 3 features an extremely detailed and open world for you to explore, recreating the sights and sounds of Okinawa and Tokyo in impressive splendour, with all kinds of activities to keep you busy once you start poking around.
For a quick trip around the world, and some glimpses at the kinds of things you’ll be getting up to in Yakuza 3 when it releases on March 9th in the US and March 12 in the UK, head on down below to watch the newly released ‘Locations’ trailer:
An incredible featurette trailer for the upcoming open-world Yakuza 4 action game from SEGA has been released, but it’s unfortunately all in Japanese…
Not to worry though, because non-Japanese speakers can still get a good feel for all of the new features in the game, including the improved combat system, the ability to learn moves and abilities from everyday citizens, the occasional need to chase down people who owe you money, and the chance to enter fighting cage matches.
Also on show are the incredibly dense environments with amazing attention to detail and tons of activities to partake in, the graphical improvements over previous Yakuza franchise entries, as well as some of the humour that’s been injected into the game.
Enjoy:
Have you managed to download and play the Yakuza 3 demo on PS3 just yet? You haven’t?
Maybe it’s just as well (although you still should!), because we’ve gathered up a number of gameplay videos from the demo featuring the sights and sounds of Yakuza 3, showing off the kinds of things you can expect to be getting up to while exploring the city (which, it seems, includes a lot of fighting, exploring and karaoke).
Watch ‘em below:
Sega is ramping up the hype for Yakuza 3 by giving us a heap of new serious looking screenshots for the game and a second gameplay trailer that introduces us to its starring cast.
Yakuza 3 will be available across the UK on the 12th of March. Luckily you don’t have to wait until then to step into the shoes of Kiryu Kazuma. That’s because a demo for the game landed on the PlayStation Network yesterday, enabling players to explore Japanese environments, complete a series of side missions from the game and take on two boss battles.
This week’s US PlayStation Store update sees the debut episode of Sony’s reality series, ‘The Tester,’ as the publisher tries to find the next great videogame quality assurance employee.
Other major highlights include Resident Evil 5 and Assassin’s Creed II downloadable content (DLC), a Yakuza 3 demo, a huge price reduction on Marvel VS Capcom 2, a great sale on a bunch of Ubisoft game DLC, and all kinds of other interesting content, from videos and Rock Band tracks, to themes and PSOne classics.
Have a browse through the rest of the new content available now on the US PlayStation Store:
SEGA Europe has announced that the demo for Yakuza 3 is now available on the PlayStation Network, allowing you to live out the exploits of Kiryu Kazuma.
What exactly will you be up to in the demo? SEGA fills us in:
Today’s European PlayStation Store update will see the addition of two heavy hitting sets of downloadable content (DLC) for both Resident Evil 5 and Assassin’s Creed II, as well as the welcome additions of demos for Yakuza 3, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Digger HD.
There are also the usual assortments of special price offers (some terrific stuff this week, like Marvel VS Capcom 2), Rock Band and Guitar Hero DLC, add-on content, themes, minis and PSP content, so have a look through the full list of new content releasing a little later today on the European PlayStation Store, below:
Sega has revealed that an exclusive premium edition pack for Yakuza 3 will be available for European gamers when the game hits shelves for the PS3 on the 12th of March.
The Battle Pack will includes 4 pieces of DLC, 31 track soundtrack and a fully animated guide titled Yakuza Who’s Who that gives you the lowdown on how the characters are connected and who turned from rivals to allies.
Sega has released a new gameplay trailer for Yakuza 3, showing us just how brutal the battles are going to be and revealing more about the interesting two player mini-games (including darts, bowling and cage fighting) that you can expect to discover in the game.
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