Yakuza 5 is the closest thing we'll get to a proper Taxi Driver video game. Nothing in Yakuza 5 underscores the series’ passage of time more than Haruka Sawamura’s story arc.

Yakuza 5's locations are compact but detail-rich places, where you can run end-to-end in a minute or two but spend hours walking the same distance. Everything is about density rather than scale.

We love Kiryu and Ichiban's style in Yakuza/LaD, but it can't be denied that Goro Majima is the king of outfits. We rank all ...

Yakuza side-characters are nearly endless after all this time. But here the ones that deserve a spin-off game who aren't ...

The common practice of bestowing praise on Yakuza 5, particularly on social media platforms, is to simply name off the myriad activities one can partake in this urban adventure by Sega. From ...

Once Yakuza 3-5 have been released, the entire series will be available on PlayStation 4. Yakuza 0, the prequel to the first title, Yakuza: Kiwami which is a remake of Yakuza 1, ...

Yakuza 5 (PS3) – the mean streets of Tokyo. Forget Grant Theft Auto, the most authentic crime drama in gaming is the latest entry in Sega’s acclaimed tale of the Japanese Mafia.

Yakuza 5‘s graphics are about what you’d expect out of a late-gen PS3 game, but what’s most visually impressive about any Yakuza game is the level of detail. If you’ve been to Japan, it ...

Yakuza 5 is an open-world action adventure that focuses on the Japanese underworld. Taking place across five real-life locations, it includes a recreation of Shinjuku’s red-light district, ...

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SEGA's Ryu ga Gotoku/Yakuza/Like A Dragon (pick your favorite name) series is coming up on its 20th anniversary this year, ...

Yakuza 5 continues the epic story of Kazuma Kiryu and 4 other protagonists, Haruka Sawamura, Taiga Saejima, Tatsuo Shinada and Shun Akiyama. The saga plays out across 5 major Japanese cities ...