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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.

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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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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review: "Sun, surf, and treasure hunting takes the series to new places at the right time"

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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review

Yakuza's first pirate spin-off doesn't quite find its sea legs.

PC Gamer

PlayStation State of Play live updates — Metal Gear Solid Delta, MindsEye, and more announced

PlayStation is holding its next State of Play today starting where a number of big announcements including a new God of War are expected.

Tom’s Guide

The Recruit season 2 episode 4 recap: the negotiation goes wrong

The Recruit season 2 episode 4 recap — Owen and the team set up a fake company to negotiate with the Yazuka, but it doesn't do as they hoped

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Like a Dragon: Yakuza’s Kiryu actor knows exactly why the adaptation’s already-divisive time jump scenes are important: "We wanted to depict the humanity"

Exclusive: Ryoma Takeuchi breaks down why the 1995-set scenes are crucial to the Prime Video series' story

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The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

From psychological thrillers to espionage action, here's what to watch this weekend

Total Film

Like a Dragon: Yakuza's first trailer is grim, violent, stylish, and has absolutely no karaoke whatsoever

Like a Dragon is not like a Like a Dragon I would've liked, but it still looks cool.

PC Gamer

Amazon's Like a Dragon TV show cast explain how it's totally different to other yakuza stories we have seen before

Exclusive | The team behind the new video game adaptation reveal how it stands out within the crowded crime drama genre

Total Film

Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show will include appearances from game actors and we're secretly hoping for Nugget

Exclusive: The Like a Dragon cast open up on the "close connection" the Amazon series will have with the games

Total Film

Amazon's Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show cast reveal that they have never played the games: "we wanted to do our own version"

Exclusive | The cast explain why the team behind the new adaptation actually stopped them from playing the games

Total Film

‘Shogun’ and ‘Tokyo Vice’ successes expose a big gap in streaming services — and it’s time to fix it

The star of both ‘Tokyo Vice’ and ‘Shogun’ aren’t the faces on the posters but Japan itself — and that calls for some much-needed emulation.

Tom’s Guide

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth protagonist deals with aging and illness because he's 'not Superman' says producer

Yakuza producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto talked about making Infinite Wealth's characters vulnerable.

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Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth has the biggest map of any Yakuza game

RGG Studio already said the next Yakuza game is a “monster-class” Yakuza game, and that extends to Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth’s map.

PC Gamer

Chief producer of the Yakuza series wasn't worried about going turn-based back in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, saying, 'we are confident that we can make an enjoyable game, even if it is in a genre we have never made before'

"RGG Studio's games are narrative games."

GamesRadar

Like a Dragon Gaiden's pro wrestling debut was a shockingly entertaining tribute to Yakuza's goofy violence

I can't believe how much fun I had with the Yakuza pro wrestling match

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RGG calls Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth a ‘monster-class’ Yakuza game

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is like no Yakuza game RGG Studios has created before, director Masayoshi Yokoyama said

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Xbox Game Pass Just Released the Most Absurd Action Game of 2023

'Like a Dragon Gaiden' brings back the legendary Kazuma Kiryu, and its inclusion on Game Pass is a great way to get back into the series, or for the first time.

TechRadar

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will be the longest game in the Yakuza series

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has confirmed that Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will be the longest game in the Yakuza series so far.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The best Yakuza games ranked from bruised to brilliant

Our list of the Yakuza games ranked from worst to best breaks down what works in each of RGG Studio's action games and which aren't so hot

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Shenmue director is considering a Yakuza 0-style prequel

Shenmue 3 might have ended with more questions than answers, but Yu Suzuki wants to look back instead of forward for the next action game

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New Yakuza game Infinite Wealth has a release date

Sega debuted two lengthy trailers for the new Yakuza game, Infinite Wealth, complete with release date, story details, and more

Inverse

'Like a Dragon Gaiden' Riffs on a Classic 'Simpsons' Episode

Everyone's favorite yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, is back. And this time he's in international waters.

GamesRadar

After 13 years, a lost Yakuza game finally has an English translation thanks to fans

Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou has English subtitles at long last

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