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This Centuries-Old Game Nearly Broke One Of the Greatest Action-Adventure Franchises

Yakuza 0 is a great game — not least because of riichi mahjong, a Japanese variant on the popular East Asian game. Here's how to play — and win.

Inverse

‘Yakuza 0’s Switch 2 Version Cements One of My Biggest Worries About the Franchise

In many ways, ‘Yakuza 0’ is the best version of the beloved game, but it also strikes at the heart of the biggest problem plaguing Sega's hit series.

Inverse

9 Years Later, Yakuza’s Producer Wants To Change How We See The Game — Again

In an exclusive interview, the producer of the Yakuza series talks about its transformation from cult classic to mega-hit, and how he keeps up.

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The best games to play in 2025, so far

From Mario Kart World to Assassin's Creed Shadows, here's the 27 best games of 2025 to play across PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2

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10 years on, Yakuza 0 is still one of the strongest entry points to a franchise ever made

Opinion | If you're considering playing the Like a Dragon series, there's only one place to begin

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10 years after Yakuza 0, Majima's swashbuckling return finally puts a bowline knot on decades of character growth

Opinion | Across almost forty years in-universe, it's been an unavoidably long time since I had a solid hangout sesh with Goro Majima – Pirate Yakuza gives me what I needed

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I thought Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii would burn me out on the Like a Dragon series, but now I know that's never going to happen

Ryu Ga Gotoku releases banger after banger, and as their games get more popular, they continue to get weirder.

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From Fallout to Arcane, the best gaming adaptations of 2024 have been on the small screen

Year in Review | Here’s the must-watch game adaptations of the year you can binge now

Total Film

Nintendo Switch Just Quietly Added the Wackiest Crime Game Ever Made

The cult classic Yakuza franchise finally comes to Nintendo Switch with Yakuza Kiwami, and it's a stellar starting point for the wacky series.

Inverse

Amazon's 'Like a Dragon' Show Gets the Most Important Part of the Games Right

Amazon's 'Like a Dragon: Yakuza' splits off from the story of the video games, but it still manages to perfectly capture the spirit of the series' hero.

Inverse

Like a Dragon: Yakuza release schedule – when is episode 4 on Prime Video?

Here's when the final batch of Like a Dragon episodes on Amazon's streaming service

Total Film

What to stream: Bruce Springsteen doc, Halsey album, Billy Crystal on TV and 'Trap' thrills

The Independent UK

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii preview: barrels o' fun

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii may be the series' goofiest entry yet, and it's already shaping up to be amazing.

TechRadar

Amazon confirms Majima casting in Like a Dragon: Yakuza – and it's an actor brought in from the games

Like a Dragon: Yakuza gets a new trailer

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Yakuza has seen "a large increase in new fans, including women", but the JRPG series will continue being about "middle-aged guy things"

"We don’t plan to do anything like deliberately changing conversation topics in order to cater to new fans"

TechRadar

It looks like Yakuza Kiwami won't be getting a physical release on Nintendo Switch

Yakuza Kiwami developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio implies the Nintendo Switch version won't have a physical release.

PC Gamer

Yakuza producer still won't put Kiryu in a goddamn fighting game, or possibly any future videogame for that matter: 'I think going cross-medium is the better way to go about it'

Please no, I want Kiryu in Tekken so bad.

The Independent UK

Hit Japanese video game is now a streaming series aiming for global appeal

Amazon Prime Video’s “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story — bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits

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The Like a Dragon live action show's first trailer isn't giving the same vibe as the games, but it still might make for some great martial arts-infused noir

We haven't seen much, but I'm digging it so far.

Total Film

First Like a Dragon: Yakuza Prime Video trailer teases Kiryu's iconic tattoo and Kamurocho's glitzy, criminal underworld

The first trailer is here

Evening Standard

SEGA's hit game franchise Yakuza: Like a Dragon set to become Amazon Prime Video series

Acclaimed filmmaker Masaharu Take is directing the exciting new show

PC Gamer

Hot on the heels of its hit Fallout show, Amazon is releasing a 'gritty' series based on the Yakuza games later this year

The tale of hardened gangster Kazuma Kiryu is coming to Prime in October.

Inverse

Amazon's Yakuza TV Series Should Be an Easy Slam Dunk Adaption

Sega's cult series Yakuza is the latest game to get a live-action adaption, and it should be an easy home run with the blockbuster design of the franchise.

TechRadar

Prime Video is turning iconic game series Yakuza into a TV show and bringing back American Gladiators, and I can't wait

Prime Video is adding to its action-packed slate with Yakuza and American Gladiators.

Tom’s Guide

Prime Video confirms its next video game adaptation after "Fallout" — and the stakes are high

Prime Video turns to SEGA's "Yakuza" franchise for its next video game adaptation, promising an original take on Kazuma Kiryu's life.

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