Far from feeling like world-weary gangsters, every time we get the call to play a new Yakuza (or Like A Dragon, as it’s now called globally) we can’t help but grin. There are three titles in the pipeline, announced during developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s own RGG Summit 2022. Yet the series’ future is unfolding in unexpected ways.
Ironically, the game arriving first is the one furthest away in Yakuza’s chronology. Like A Dragon: Ishin! goes