Yakuza 4 gets Western release

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 3 September, 2010

PS3 exclusive coming spring 2011.

Yakuza 4 will be released in Europe and North America in Spring 2011, SEGA has confirmed.

The PS3 exclusive is the sequel to the 8/10 Yakuza 3, released in March.

"Set in a fully realised, authentic recreation of Tokyo's 'Sin-City district" the deep and interweaving crime drama of Yakuza 4 unfolds through the eyes of four unique and dangerous characters," says the official blurb.

"Playing as the legendary Kazuma Kiryu, the loan shark Akiyama, escaped convict Saejima or detective Tanimura, players will need to survive the dangers and temptations of the Japanese underworld."

YOU CAN VISIT HOSTESS CLUBS, TRY KARAOKE And dabble in pachinko parlours.

SEGA put out an announcement trailer yesterday, and you can see it below.

Picture of Wesley.

About Wesley Yin-Poole

Wesley is Eurogamer's news editor. He likes news, interviews, and more news. He also likes Street Fighter more than anyone can get him to shut up about it.

Read more articles from Wesley by visiting the Wesley Yin-Poole archive page.

You may also like...

Comments (15) Latest comment 1 year ago

Comments threads automatically close after 30 days, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

  • jag10 #1 1 year ago

    wow better start saving for next year:

    killzone 3
    Infamous 2
    Twisted Metal
    Mass Effect 2 (high five)
    Resistance 3
    SOCOM 4
    Yakuza 4 aswell now.

  • reelbigkris #2 1 year ago

    I'd like them to re-release HD versions of Yakuza 1 and 2. I was playign through Yakuza 1 and got pretty near the end and then my fat PS3 broke and I had to replace it with a slim. of course there were those incredibly boring videos telling the story of the first and second, but it would be nice to play them. Yakuza 3 was excelent :) cant wait for this!

  • midnight_walker #3 1 year ago

    No mention of anything being taken out this time because we are "to backward to understand"?

    Or were they just taken out because the stuff was so heavily rooted in Japanese culture that it wouldn't be worth translating, except for those idiots who wish with every fibre of their being that they were born japanese?

    Anyway, I love the Yakuza games. Definitely getting this, although maybe not on day 1, given how fast 3 hit £17.99.

  • richarddavies #4 1 year ago

    3 is a great game. Even with the content removed there's still about 600 things to do on your completion list so it'll keep you buzy for awhile anyway.

  • Cappy #5 1 year ago

    Or were they just taken out because the stuff was so heavily rooted in Japanese culture that it wouldn't be worth translating, except for those idiots who wish with every fibre of their being that they were born japanese?

    Er... No.

    The content they removed damaged Yakuza 3 because the majority of what was left was the face punching, the club management aspect in particular was a respite which offered much needed variety.

    The hostesses are still in the game but the social interaction side has been removed entirely leaving just shallow sexual encounters and face punching. It's a much worse game because of the hack job SOA did.

  • Golgo #6 1 year ago

    @midnight walker

    Point of detail - mah-jong is Chinese...

    but anyway it's played and enjoyed around the world - likewise shogi - so no excuse for cutting them.

  • eddiep #7 1 year ago

    Hurrah !

  • Razz #8 1 year ago

    I was interested in picking up Yakuza 3, do I need to play 1 & 2 first?

  • X201 #9 1 year ago

    @PS_2010 I'd never played any of the Yakuza games before and only had scant knowledge of them, with the additional fact that Beat 'em ups (or Beat 'em up sections in games) are at the bottom of my interest list.

    I took a punt on Yakuza 3 and absolutely loved it. Great story and humour. Well worth £15 quid that its going for on Amazon.

    Edited by 2 at 03/09/10 @ 11:44

  • FabricatedLunatic #10 1 year ago

    @Razz

    Yakuza 3 includes a recap of the first two games, so it's not necessary to play them. You might want to anyway, though, as they're great, especially Yakuza 2.

  • Golgo #11 1 year ago

    is 2 still considerd to be the series highlight? (I'v only got 3)

  • FabricatedLunatic #12 1 year ago

    I think Yakuza 2 is generally regarded as the best of the first three games. It's my personal favourite for various reasons: a strong story, refined combat, host club management, and of course the legendary tiger punching.

  • Carroceiro #13 1 year ago

    Just give us Yakuza Kenzan first!
    I'll keep saying this in every Yakuza news out there until someone from Sega listens...

  • Kaminari #14 1 year ago

    "YOU CAN VISIT HOSTESS CLUBS"

    Just wait before Sega pulls a Sega on us at the very last moment.
    Edited by 1 at 03/09/10 @ 14:49

  • Ashcroft #15 1 year ago

    I enjoyed most of 3, even if it was basically just a 3D beat 'em up with little else worth bothering with. But please get rid of the grunty text based cut scenes. The one where the politician takes about an hour to carefully explain every detail of the plot was tedious I found myself wishing for him to start talking about nanomachines and cloning, or for my house to explode, anything to end the pain.