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.

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 ...

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 (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.

I’ve been playing Yakuza 5 this week, and I can totally understand why so many people would at first instinct ignore this release. For one, it’s a PS3 game; many people, ...

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

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, ...

In the video, general director of the Yakuza series Toshihiro Nagoshi and Yakuza 5 producer Masayoshi Yokoyama discuss the game's theme, scope, and also answer user questions.

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 ...