Last week, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced the RGG Summit 2022. Today, the developers behind the Judgment and Yakuza franchises revealed what they’re working on next. Yesterday, during Sony Interactive Entertainment’s State of Play, Like A Dragon: Inshin! was announced. A new story trailer was released during the Summit today. More Like A Dragon/Yakuza games were also announced: Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and Like A Dragon 8. All three games will be released within the next two years.
Like A Dragon: Inshin! is coming to the West for the first time on February 21, 2023, for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. Inshin! takes place in 1860s Kyo, where a solemn samurai’s fight for justice stands to change the course of Japan’s history forever.
Players will engage in visceral combat that combines feudal-era firearms and swords as players can switch between four different combat styles: Swordsman, Gunman, Wild Dancer, and Brawler. The game will expand on the original with localization support, all-new content, and exquisitely remastered graphics and enhanced capabilities for modern platforms in Unreal Engine 4.
Players can pre-order the game and get three bonus legendary weapons: the Kijinmaru Kunishige katana, Black Ship Cannons and Tsuyano Usukurenai legendary katana. Pre-ordering the Digital Deluxe Edition grants players five days of early access to the game starting on February 17.
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name sees the return of Kazuma Kiryu, who was the main protagonist of the series up until Yakuza 7: Like A Dragon.
The game will be a classic high-octane RGG action-adventure that follows Kiryu’s perspective after the events of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life leading up to Like A Dragon 8 where Kiryu will also be featured.
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will launch in 2023 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
Like A Dragon 8, the highly anticipated sequel to Yakuza: Like A Dragon is set to launch in 2024 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
Not much was revealed in the teaser other than the return of Kiryu but like Yakuza 7: Like A Dragon, 8 will be a turn-based RPG.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios also announced that both Judgment and the sequel Lost Judgment are now available on Steam. The series follows disgraced attorney Takayuki Yagami in his quest for redemption and to defend those that the law fails to protect.