Yakuza 5 Busting Bad Guys on PS3 in Fall 2015

King Kazuma

by Sammy Barker Sun 21st Jun 2015

Yakuza 5 is a massive game that's going to take time to translate, but Sony hasn't forgotten that it promised to bring the release overseas. While the PlayStation 3 may be starting to feel like old news these days, we're still looking forward to continuing Kazuma Kiryu's story – even if we will have to dust off the aging machine before firing it back up.

And while there's no firm date confirmed for this oft-requested adventure yet, the title's official website has nailed down a more specific Fall 2015 release window. In the meantime, you should probably start tweeting Third-Party Productions chief Gio Corsi about Yakuza Zero, because we'd quite like that, too.

[source yakuza.sega.com, via playstationlifestyle.net]

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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WanderingBullet
Sun 21st Jun 2015

Definitely, would like to play both Yakuza Zero and Ishin. Hope they'll eventually get a Western release.

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Pipr
Sun 21st Jun 2015

I've been playing 4 off and on over the last couple of weeks but it's appeal has faded quickly. It just feels very dated. Long cut scenes, limited "open" world (where you're essentially just ushered towards the next waypoint when trying to stray off path), and the character movements seem really clunky and unlifelike (for example, walking into a table, while inside a building, results in your character moon walking on the spot rather than stopping).

As 5 was released in 2012 in Japan I wonder if it's going to seem as dated as 4 does when it releases here.

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Victor_Meldrew
Sun 21st Jun 2015

Might it be available through Now...

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Gamer83
Sun 21st Jun 2015

I want to play but I don't even bother to turn my PS3 on anymore. I could barely deal with its nonsense back in 2009, in 2015 after a couple years using the PS4, forget it. Great library of games, horribly designed piece of hardware.