De laatste port van een Yakuza-game is voorzien van een releasedatum, die zoals gewoonlijk eerst in Japan uitkomt. De datum is 20 juni geworden en vanaf dan is Yakuza 5 voor de PS4 verkrijgbaar voor een prijs van 3990 yen.

De game kwam voor het eerst uit in december 2012 voor de PlayStation 3. De rest van de wereld mocht pas flink later kennismaken met Yakuza 5, want de game lanceerde hier pas in december 2015.

De Westerse release van de port zal waarschijnlijk minder lang op zich laten wachten, maar gelukkig hebben wij deze zomer eerst nog Judgment om ons mee te vermaken. Onze preview van die game kun je eventueel hier nog eens teruglezen.

About

The legendary dragon returns to the criminal underworld of Yakuza. Kazuma Kiryu, once known as the Dragon of Dojima, was living a quiet life as a taxi driver in Hakata after severing all his ties with the underworld. However, at the dawn of the bloody turf war between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance, Kazuma is forced to accept his inescapable fate and returns to a life filled with crime and violence to protect his loved ones.

Yakuza 5 continues the epic story of Kazuma Kiryu and four other protagonists—Haruka Sawamura, Taiga Saejima, Tatsuo Shinada, and Shun Akiyama. The saga plays out across five major Japanese cities—Tokyo, Osaka, Hakata, Nagoya and Sapporo. Yakuza 5 also features “Another Drama,” which is a series of extensive sub-plots that focus on each protagonist. The battle system and customization system have been enhanced from Yakuza 4 and various mini-games are available in the well-known locales from the series including night clubs and popular Club Sega locations.

Key Features

  • Five locations to explore, five stories to tell. For the first time in the series, explore the stories of five playable characters in five settings across Japan.
  • A newly enhanced battle system provides seamless transitions between Adventure mode and Combat mode.
  • Get to know all five characters through extensive sub-plots in Another Drama mode.
  • Explore Japan’s neon-lit nightlife with enhanced nightclub interactions and over 30 mini-games.