Yakuza 5 Lays the Smackdown on PlayStation 3 Next Year

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by Sammy Barker Sat 6th Dec 2014

Proof that your incessant requests can materialise as real releases: Yakuza 5 is coming to the PlayStation 3 in Europe and North America next year. Ever since Sony announced its new third-party production initiative, this has been one of the most demanded titles – and the platform holder has struck a deal with SEGA to make it happen. We’re not quite sure how this has got the green light, but we’re guessing that the Japanese giant is paying to cover the localisation costs.

For those out of the loop, the title continues the tale of Kazuma Kiryu, and also sprinkles a handful of other playable characters into the mix, including the protagonist's adopted daughter, Haruka Sawamura. The title boasts a brand new graphics engine, in addition to dozens of fresh minigames, spanning taxi racing right the way through to Hatsune Miku-esque dancing missions. You can check out the announcement trailer below.

[source blog.us.playstation.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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get2sammyb
Sat 6th Dec 2014

This was the highlight for me, outside of Uncharted. So hyped for this.

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Punished_Boss_84
Sat 6th Dec 2014

@get2sammyb
It was the only unlikely announcement present! Well besides RE: R2.
Still Sony is ahem 'paying' for a lot of third party exclusives, which could mean theres something wrong with their...

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MadchesterManc
Sat 6th Dec 2014

@get2sammyb announcement of the year. I'd like to think my co-editors big localisation push these past few months on my site & social media with a few prominent folks in the Yakuza fanbase had a little something to do with it. Who knows though, maybe it was always on the cards from Sonys 3rd party initiative afterall

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get2sammyb
Sat 6th Dec 2014

@MadchesterManc I'm sure it helped, man! Awesome stuff!

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ShogunRok
Sat 6th Dec 2014

I think it's great that Sony is bringing this over, but I hate to say it... I'm an absolute snob. I was hyped for a second until I realised it was PS3. 8 months ago, I would have been happy, but hopefully this means they bring Zero over, too.