Bloody hell I had March 20th booked off work for that reason. Atleast they're releasing a demo, I don't believe that's been done since Yakuza 4?

Just finished kiwami on legendary. With all my stats leveled up in new game plus it was less of a challenge than doing the game on normal mode except for the shooting segment, that part was pretty frustrating especially since when you lose you have to do all the fights in the restaurant beforehand.
That car chase was such a pain. Can't recall how many attempts that took me.

In other news Yakuza 4 & Yakuza 5 are now on PlayStation Now. I may be tempted to play Yakuza 4 again over the week's trial period..

Peter is the most deserved and passionate fan to carry on what Ziming and Yama have built up since my time started here.

Congratulations to Peter and many thanks to Yama. Looking forward to seeing the new Dojo!

August 28th!

Must be the quickest Japanese to English localisation turnaround so far since Kiwami 2 was announced for Japan late last year?

Announced on the official Yakuza stream today. Ten minutes in: https://youtu.be/07QNVtNdvsM

It's been confirmed Kiwami 2 will retain the Japanese licensed music from Crazy Ken Band. The first time, I think since the original Yakuza 2, this has happened for the Western releases.


This was a big concern of mine when Kiwami 2 was announced. The music adds so much to dramatic scenes of this game.

What music you ask? This one!

https://youtu.be/jT0r_UnT6bU

I generally do take days off for new game releases. Incidentally, I have this Tuesday off for Yakuza 6..

d3t. Now I know why the remaster has errors like wrong eye movement and aspect ratio. Somebody needs to reach out to them and explain a few things they're doing improperly before the console versions are baked.
You could do that yourself. Since you've been so vocal about it, why try to persuade someone else?

Since the game and developer have just been announced, I'm sure they'll appreciate constructive feedback..

I never had a problem with the dub back in the day (and just through affiliation, I still don't now) but after becoming accustomed to Japanese voices in Yakuza games, I hope there are Japanese voices with subtitles available in the English version of Shenmue 3..

Haruto wrote: I can see why quite a few people choose colorful text. The grey on grey isn't the best. What if I typed in purple?

Then I would be forced to read your posts like this:

I'm waiting for digital preorder.

Will definitely get a PS4 now that the entire (mainline) series is coming to that console (and it doesn't look like it'll come to PC any time soon).

Is it worth getting a Pro if I mainly plan to just play Yakuza on a 1080p TV? I'll wait until the series is all out to see if they do a cool bundle but Pros don't look like they're dropping in price.
I upgraded to Pro for Yakuza 6, and obviously future games using the Dragon engine.

It bothered me playing the Prologue on a base PS4 with the slow down and screen tears.

Damn, I expected a trailer!

I know next to nothing about Fist of the North Star by it's by Team Ryu Ga Gotoku so that's enough for me.

Just bought the digital download because that's all I want. Not into physical gift special editions anymore. Apart from the Yakuza 6 whiskey glasses and stones I bought separately from ebay.

Demo and preorder are now available!

First Dev diary released. This being about art direction and character design.

If you already own Sonic Mania, the Encore DLC upgrade will only be £5! I'm jumping on it for that price.

That's a shame. They did a good job as a moderator.

Also hard to believe we may be using a brand new Dojo in two weeks time!

I've put in my pre-order. See how far I get before ploughing into Yakuza Kiwami 2 a week later. First time in years I'll have a games backlog..