Kazuma Kiryu’s Ryu ga Gotoku 8 Japanese Commercial
Japanese Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth commercial starring Kazuma Kiryu.
Koichi Adachi’s Ryu ga Gotoku 8 Japanese Commercial
Koichi Adachi's following the crew to Hawaii for some much needed relaxation. In this latest Japanese commercial for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Adachi shows you around paradise and just some of the things you'll...
Ryu Ga Gotoku 8 (Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth) Red Carpet Launch Event in Yokohama
Yesterday the team from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio walked the red carpet at the Like a Dragon 8 red carpet launch event taking place at Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Fans of the series were invited to attend with the entire...
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii RGG – Rich Island Exploration & Sailing Gameplay from RGG RoundUp
Community Manager Carlos & Sr. Brand Manager Brent play Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and explore Rich Island and sail the seas in the latest RGG RoundUp. Here's a quick list of everything shown off in the...
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SEGA’s New Corporate Identity “Amazing SEGA” Commits to Quality, Promises More Surprises Coming
SEGA’s latest restructuring has led to the creation of an entirely new concept in hopes of simply communicating their Corporate Identity.
The new identity “Amazing SEGA” promises to excite and surprise players with the quality you should expect from one of Japan’s top entertainment creators.
Current SEGA Corporate Director, and Chief Product Officer (not to mention director/creator of the Yakuza series) Toshihiro Nagoshi takes us behind the scenes in the creation of this new identity that will hopefully be a solid foundation for all SEGA brands and subsidiaries going forward. Using an in house developed headset to measure the human eye while playing SEGA games. The headset captures moments players feel excitement and joy while gaming! They then took this data and converted it to images and sounds to create a visual and audio representation of that moment that SEGA amazes the players.
It’s an amazing idea and I love the idea of capturing surprise to use in your brand. It’s a very SEGA thing to do and one of the reasons I still stand by that company today.
Hit the jump to see more behind the scenes videos.
Yakuza 6 Troubles with Localization GDC 2017
Here’s one of the things I’d never considered when it comes to localization. With tensions between these countries so high and SEGA trying to break into the Chinese market I can see why they may have such a problem with this.
Jung-Sheng Lin posits that by simply using the line the “country” of Taiwan in the hostesses question Taiwanese gamers praised SEGA for being progressive or siding with Taiwanese people that would like independence from Chinese rule. Of course as soon as Chinese celebs started hearing about this and the news started spreading SEGA needed to patch the game and remove the dialogue completely so as not to stir controversy.
Something that should have been a nothing issue needed new dialogue to be recorded and an entire patch rolled out even though the game hadn’t officially released in either country yet!
Watch the entire GDC talk after the jump!
Should Yakuza 7 Leave Japan?
Could the Yakuza series work outside of Japan or would it be a step in the wrong direction. Here’s our thoughts as to why it would or wouldn’t work.
Leave a comment on the video here and let us know your thoughts!
Yakuza Fan Podcast – Episode 30: Aussie Adventures
We’re back from an extended break and trying something new. A long distance podcast over discord with my brother (and new editor!) Lachlan! We’re still working out the kinks but stay tuned for bigger and better things! Nice to back in the swing of things again.
famitsu opens voting for best Action/Adventure games of all time. Yakuza 0, 4, and 6 on shortlist!
famitsu are currently polling users on what they think is the best action adventure game of all time.
The editors put together a short list but the voting process itself is write in. If you want to see Yakuza get the top spot head on over to the famitsu voting site and fill out the form to submit your vote!
Hit the jump to see how you can add your vote and let them know why your favorite Yakuza games deserve a place on the list!
Forging The Dragon [Part 8]
Finally, Ryu Ga Gotoku releases. With a budget of 2.1 Billion yen behind it can it hope to recoup its costs? Or will Nagoshi be out of a job?
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