Like A Dragon: Ishin! is the Japan-only Yakuza game remade for a global release
polygon.comPublisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is remaking Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!, now called Like A Dragon: Ishin!, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The Yakuza series spinoff will be released in February 2023, Sony said during its September State of Play presentation.
The trailer for Like A Dragon: Ishin! set the scene for the newly remade game, which will be available to players outside of Japan for the first time since it was released in 2014. The game is set Japan’s Bakumatsu period, focusing largely on a samurai looking for revenge before “spark[ing] the greatest revolution in Japanese history,” according to the trailer.
Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin! was originally released on Feb. 22, 2014 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
Since Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!’s release in 2014, the Yakuza franchise it’s based off has become widely popular outside of Japan — and it makes sense to bring more games from its suite of titles into the current generation of consoles. The most recent release in the Yakuza series, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, was released in 2020.
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