Sega has finally made an official announcement for its highly anticipated game , Yakuza 8 (Like a Dragon 8). Game details, battle system and heroes were explained in detail. The release date for the game was also among the information given. The production, which has been awaited by fans of the series for a while, seems to come in a very impressive way.
Sega gives release date for Yakuza 8
The final debut of the Yakuza series was with 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The game, which will now make a smooth entry into the series, introduced its new environment, combat system, as well as its new hero, Ichiban Kasuga. Exactly two years after the arrival of the series, the game is no longer called Yakuza 8, but officially called Sega Like a Dragon 8. So from now on the series will be called Like a Dragon, not Yakuza. Of course, it will take time to get used to it, but of course we will get used to it.
The Yakuza series first appeared for the PlayStation 2 in 2005, and although it was a huge success in Japan, the series did not achieve the success it wanted in the west in all of its main games and its spin-off, Yakuza: Dead Soluls. The release of Yakuza 0, a production that came out in 2017 and tells exactly 20 years after the first game, and a surprise success in the west, surprised the company. That carried over to 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which became the series’ biggest success so far.
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The release date for the last game of the series is 2024. Given the success of Like a Dragon, it’s no surprise that its developer, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, has announced three major innovations. One of the three big innovations is that the name of the series is no longer Yakuza, but Like a Dragon. The other big innovation is the announcement of Ichiban Kasuga, the hero of the last game, and Kazuma Kiryu, who returned to the series, as our heroes in the new game. The last big innovation was announced that the turn-based RPG battle would come back.
Like a Dragon 8 will be released for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2024.