Like a Dragon Studio’s new game, Ryu Ga Gotoku, will soon be unveiled to fans, and according to the developers, expect to be surprised.
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth gave Ryu Ga Gotoku the best launch of the Yakuza series. In one week, SEGA sold more than 1 million copies. A feat, since it is basically a niche license that is not aimed at everyone, and there is a reason for that. For example, until the previous installment, the series was not subtitled in French. The Japanese publisher therefore reviewed its strategy and benefited from this change. Now all games will have multiple languages for subtitles.
An announcement of a game like Like a Dragon or Judgement 3?
With Yakuza Like a Dragon, Ryu Ga Gotoku evolved from a beat’em’all/GTA-like game to a J-RPG. An unexpected twist for a very risky bet, but one that ended successfully on the first try. From now on, the developers want to continue in this direction, with pure action games and J-RPGs. This was definitely planned, but there may have been a last-minute change. At Anime Expo 2024, the teams presented their next game and it might even be different. ” We can’t tell you what kind of game it is… but you’ll be surprised
During a new livestream, Ryu Ga Gotoku made another revelation. Their future title will be announced at the Tokyo Game Show 2024, which will take place from September 26 to 29, 2024. Should we expect a new “Like a Dragon” game that would still try to innovate? This is one of two possibilities. The other theory is that the studio would be ready to release a sequel to Lost Judgement and Judgement, a license launched in 2019 that applies the “old” very action-packed recipe of Yakuza, with an investigator dimension, parkour, etc.
Source : VGC, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.
