

The description also highlights two distinct fighting styles available to players: the aggressive Yakuza style and the gadget-infused Agent style.

"Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding." "Once a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family," it said.

Yakuza spin-off Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name arrives November 9 this year according to a PlayStation Store leak.Īs reported by Gematsu, new details for Like a Dragon Gaiden appeared on PlayStation Store price tracking website PSDeals, suggesting the game now exists in the store's backend even if it's not available to view publicly.Ī synopsis of the game arrived alongside the release date leak. As things tend to do in the Yakuza and Like a Dragon games, though, matters quickly spiral out of Kiryu's control, and he ends up involved with powers far greater than he initially wanted to deal with. He's initially asked to do a simple bodyguard job, and we see him being given a new name, Joryu. The development studio recommended to play Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name first before Like a Dragon 8.The trailer showed a small tease of what happens to Kazuma Kiryu to get him where he apparently will be at the start of Like a Dragon 8. Plus, this side-story game will let those who started the series with Yakuza: Like a Dragon be informed of who Kiryu is before going into the newly announced Like a Dragon 8 in 2024. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is meant to appease long-time Like a Dragon series fans that had questions on Kazuma Kiryu's involvement in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. RGG Studio mentioned that Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will be similiar to The Kaito Files DLC to Lost Judgment although it will be bigger in scope than that, it'll still roughly be half the size of a regular Like a Dragon game. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will not be a turn-based RPG and will return to the classic beat 'em up brawler style that the Yakuza series had when Kiryu was its primary protagonist. It'll involve "escorting a certain individual."

The monk is frustrated that Kiryu is still shackled by his worldly desires, despite giving up his name and existence.Ī mysterious individual goes up to Kiryu later informing him of a job. Kiryu now goes under the name of Joryu and is meditating before being disciplined by a monk. The announcement trailer opens at Daidoji Temple in Summer 2018 in-game. It serves as a side-story in the Like a Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) series that focuses on what happened to series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu after the events of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and before the events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
