Yakuza, originally released as in japan Ryū ga Gotoku (龍が如く, lit. "Like a Dragon") is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Sega in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2. Sega announced that the budget for the game and its sequel together was 2.4 billion yen (21 million US dollars). Many consider Yakuza to be the spiritual successor to Shenmue.
A sequel to the game, titled Yakuza 2, was released in Japan on December 7, 2006 and in N...
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Yakuza, originally released as in japan Ryū ga Gotoku (龍が如く, lit. "Like a Dragon") is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Sega in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2. Sega announced that the budget for the game and its sequel together was 2.4 billion yen (21 million US dollars). Many consider Yakuza to be the spiritual successor to Shenmue.
A sequel to the game, titled Yakuza 2, was released in Japan on December 7, 2006 and in North America and Europe on September 9, 2008 and September 19, 2008 respectively. A spin off, titled Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!, was released in Japan on March 6, 2008. A third installment, titled Ryū ga Gotoku 3, was released in Japan on February 26, 2009. A fifth game, Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu wo Tsugumono, was announced on July 24, 2009.
The game follows the story of Kazuma Kiryu (桐生 一馬, Kiryū Kazuma), a former Yakuza whose release from prison after a ten-year sentence sparks the setup of the game's plot. After his release, he returns to find...
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