The popular Yakuza series, which combines the Kazuma Kiryu story and the latest entry Yakuza: Like A Dragon will launch on PlayStation Plus in 2022. Anyone intrigued by Sega’s long-running series will be able to experience the excitement. Characteristic blend of crunchy combat, explorable areas, mini-games and an engaging storyline begins next month.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon joins PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup in August. PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members can begin Kazuma Kiryu’s epic journey through the criminal underworld with Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 when the game launched as part of the August Games category.
Then later this year, for Extra and Premium members, Kiryu’s story ends with Yakuza 3 Remastered, Yakuza 4 Remastered, Yakuza 5 Remastered and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.
Let’s take a quick look at each title in turn.
Launching next month as part of PlayStation Plus Monthly Games and Games category…
Yakuza: Like a Dragon | August | PlayStation Plus Essential / Extra / Premium
Level up from underdog to dragon in this action RPG. Ichiban Kasuga, a grumpy guy from a low-ranking yakuza family in Tokyo, returns to society after serving 18 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Uncover the truth behind his family’s betrayal while exploring – and fighting – your way through a modern-day Japanese city. Build a team from a ragtag group of social outcasts, spend time with them to unlock new abilities and combo skills. Make time for your quest to immerse yourself in go-karts, arcade games, or 50+ side warehouses.
Yakuza 0 | August | PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium
The glamor, glitz, and unbridled decadence of the 80s is back in Yakuza 0. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka with protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and the regular series Goro Majima. Play as the ex to discover how he finds himself in a troubled world when a simple debt collection goes wrong. Then step into Goro Majima’s silver toe shoes and discover his “normal” life as the owner of a variety club.
Yakuza Kiwami | August | PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium
The first Yakuza game was released in 2005 on PS2. This PS4 remake rebuilds that experience from the ground up. Follow Kazuma Kiryu’s early days as he returns to the streets of Japan after serving a decades-long prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit to save his best friend.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 | August | PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium
The Yakuza sequel gets the remake treatment, not only updating the original, but expanding it with a playable adventure starring Goro Majima that takes place before the events of the main game. . A year after the events of the first Yakuza, an assassination attempt pulls Kazuma Kiryu out of his peaceful life to broker peace between rival clans and confront Ryuji Goda, known as the Dragon of Kansai.
Launching later this year as part of the PlayStation Plus Games Catalog…
Yakuza 3 Remastered | PlayStation Plus Premium
Kazuma Kiryu has retired. However, he is separated from his new life as the caretaker of an orphanage when a shadow from his past threatens to take away his new life with his old clan. his and the political world. Adventure through the sleepless city of Kamurocho, Tokyo and the tropical land of Okinawa to help rescue his new wards.
Yakuza 4 Remastered | PlayStation Plus Premium
The story of the extended Yakuza is for the first time in the series, where you’ll control multiple protagonists, four souls – a loan shark, a death row inmate, a corrupt cop and legendary former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu – are attracted together to solve a murder. Unravel a hidden war over money, power, status and honor as well as the mysterious woman at the center of it all.
Yakuza 5 Remastered | PlayStation Plus Premium
Multiple perspectives once again create a colorful story as the peace between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance falls apart. Play as five different characters, including Kazuma Kiryu, through five major cities whose stories intertwine as yakuza organizations wage war.
Yakuza 6: Song of Life | PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium
The epilogue of Kazuma Kiryu’s epic story sees Dojima’s Dragon take on the responsibility of his adoptive father as he seeks to protect young Haruto and uncover the mystery behind the bloody attack on Haruto’s mother. . Explore Onomichi, Hiroshima, and with the help of some unlikely friends, delve back into the ruthless criminal underworld, outsmart the clans searching for Haruto, and find the answers you seek.
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