Social Media Ideas for Yakuza (Gaming)

I enjoyed grappling with Stranger Than Heaven's unconventional combat, but I'd love to see more of its depiction of earl...

My Gamescom hands-on of RGG's ambitious epic took me through three time periods in Japan in quick, brutal fashion.

I’m Not Sure Whatever Point Stranger Than Heaven Is Trying To Prove Is Worth The Headache

The Yakuza prequel’s obtuse control scheme feels at odds with how its fights flow

20 Years Ago, PS2 Owners Were Finally Able to Play One of Sega’s Most Important Games for the First Time

Image courtesy of Sony By 2006, the PlayStation 2 had already established itself as one of the defining consoles of its generation. Players had spent years exploring sprawling adv...

Yakuza members arrested for building a road on mountain they don’t own

Darn gangsters! Building infrastructure without permission. On 15 July, about 120 officers with the Hiroshima Prefectural Police conducted a search of the headquarters for the Hara...

Sega shares new Stranger Than Heaven combat gameplay video

Sega posts 23 minute long Hands-On Combat RGG Roundup video for Stranger Than Heaven.

I didn't expect Stranger Than Heaven to have such deep, satisfying combat

My SGF hands-on demo of Stranger Than Heaven was combat-focused, which sold me on RGG’s game more than a standard preview would have done.

Anime ‘GTA 6 Killer’ Ananta Finally Has A Release Date And A Slick New Trailer

Is this the free-to-play anime RPG I finally finish?

Ananta Hands On Impressions

Anime GTA-Style Game Ananta's Massive Open World Could Be Its Greatest Strength Or Its Biggest Problem.

Kudokai yakuza group undergoes leadership change

Satoru Nomura, who became Kudokai's leader in 2011 and has been given a life sentence over attacks on citizens, will be replaced by Fumio Tanoue, the group's chairman.

sakura striker

a simple guy has to fight with thugs, He must do everything to survive...

Square Enix’s SaGa Franchise Is The Latest Set Of Games Being Used By Japan For Tourism

It's part of the changing face of Japanese tourism

Cyberleek Takes Us Inside The Strip Club In Latest ‘GTA 6’ Leak

GTA 6 leaks continue, with footage of protagonist robbing stores, crashing, and visiting a strip club, as Take-Two struggles to stop the leaks.

Slick samurai simulator Ghost of YЕЌtei finally getting some DLC

I thought Ghost of Tsushima was areally good game, what with all its razor-sharp samurai action and breathtaking Japanese vistas. I thought its sequel Ghost of YЕЌtei was pretty da...

海外の新作バカゲー「電車アタック」にマンガ家が感心した理由　ブッ飛んだ内容と完成度の高さ、そして“日本”

スペインのインディースタジオから発売された「電車アタック」。近未来の日本を舞台に、電車をドリフトさせたりジャンプさせたりのバカゲーですが、実は全体的にかなり完成度の高いゲームでした...

Sega's 84-Hour Open-World Masterpiece Has Aged Like Fine Wine

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth had plenty of opposition from other big-ticket RPGs when it launched in 2024. If you missed it, now's the time to play.

Sega shares Stranger Than Heaven Gamescom demo playthrough and interview video with Masayoshi Yokoyama

Stranger Than Heaven gets an extended demo playthrough and interview from gamescom.

SNK Reports Financial Woes As Tekken Director Kohei Ikeda Comes Aboard

The King of the Iron Fist team is gathering right as the parent company struggles with internal wounds, such as increasingly widening deficits and an even more divided fan base

Japan's Video Game Rankings, July 13-19

eBaseball: Pro Spirit 2026 debuts at #2; Kyoto Xanadu -ЕЊka Genbu- for Switch, PS5, debuts at #4, #5

Step Aside, GTA 6 Leaks, We Have To Talk About Zork

Ongoing GTA 6 leaks might be the biggest gaming news story happening right now, but there's something much more important to discuss: Zork. We finally know what From Software's new...

Sega's President Says There's Been an Increase in Fans Who Don't Play Its Games, but That Doesn't Mean They Aren't Gamer...

"In some cases, their engagement is even higher." Sega president and COO Shuji Utsumi says the company has experienced an uptick in fans who don’t actually play the games it develo...

Bloody Roar

By the mid 90s, the biggest craze in the arcades had become the 3D fighting game, as popularized by Virtua Fighter and Tekken. Soon after, big developer in the arcade industry, as...

Man who killed five at gaming parlour in Japan is executed

The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Kaiju No. 8 The Game, Mahjong Soul - We've Gacha Covered

Love 'em or hate 'em, gacha RPGs are everywhere - so much so that they dominate our mailboxes on most days since they're just filled to the brim with all sorts of shiny new things...

KAZ Review

The internet is filled with keyboard warriors, and maybe you have been one of them, furiously typing away to get your point across and defeat an opponent, or correct someone who wa...