Like a Dragon (beforehand Yakuza) developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (RGG) is revealing its subsequent recreation at Tokyo Game Present, which takes place September 26 to September 29, 2024.
As reported by VGC, RGG introduced throughout a YouTube stream that its mysterious subsequent recreation might be unveiled totally in simply a couple of months.
The studio has already confirmed the subsequent recreation will not be Yakuza Kiwami 3, nevertheless, which means it will not be a remake of the third recreation following on from Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 which arrived in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Sequence director Masayoshi Yokoyama mentioned he’ll make that recreation at some point, however it will not be the subsequent title.
Whereas RGG additionally develops the Tremendous Monkey Ball collection alongside a handful of different extra random video games, it is inarguably most recognized for the Like a Dragon collection (as Ryu Ga Gotoku actually means Like a Dragon) so the studio drumming up curiosity already probably factors to a extra mainline reveal.
That being mentioned, it has instructed followers might be “stunned” by its subsequent recreation, basically which means something is feasible. Like a Dragon has many offshoots itself, so a ninth (technically tenth due to prequel Yakuza 0) mainline recreation is not the one possibility.
RGG has beforehand referred to spin-off Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title because the “first” Gaiden recreation, for instance, and it might even remake PlayStation Transportable and Japanese-only video games Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō for contemporary platforms prefer it did with Like a Dragon: Ishin.
It has full spin-off Judgement ready in the wings too, its nonetheless motion heavy however extra homicide thriller, detective targeted collection which hasn’t seen a new launch since Misplaced Judgement arrived in 2021.
It may be one thing fully new altogether, although even this might seemingly comply with a comparable template or at the least be set in Japan. As reported by Automaton, a public casting competitors for RGG’s subsequent recreation is in search of a “Minato-style woman.” Minato is an space of Tokyo however “Minato woman” particularly is slang used to explain a effectively off younger lady.
Followers will simply have to attend and see what the subsequent RGG recreation is, however fortunately the reveal is not too distant. The franchise’s twentieth anniversary takes place in 2025, and as RGG launched the beloved Yakuza 0 as a particular tenth anniversary mission, it might be seeking to do one thing simply as grandiose subsequent 12 months.
Although this appears a notably fast turnaround for a studio that simply launched its final mainline (and large) recreation earlier in 2024, RGG is understood for launching myriad video games in a brief time period.
Within the final 5 years, for instance, it is launched Yakuza 4 Remastered, Yakuza 5 Remastered, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Judgement Remastered, Misplaced Judgement, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title, and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, alongside three Tremendous Monkey Ball Video games and an enhanced remaster of Virtua Fighter 5: 12 video games in complete.
In our 9/10 evaluation of the most recent, IGN mentioned: “Sprawling, enthralling, and filled with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t simply one of the best turn-based Like a Dragon recreation, it’s one of many best video games in your complete collection.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.