Kazuma Kiryu goes all John Wick in Yakuza sidestory Like A Dragon Gaiden Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Kazuma Kiryu goes all John Wick in Yakuza sidestory Like A Dragon Gaiden Bridging the gap between Yakuza 6 and Like A Dragon in 2023 News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on Sept. 14, 2022 Longtime Yakuza series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu is back in force, starring in two freshly announced games. I've already reported on Like A Dragon 8, which stars Kiryu and new series main character Ichiban Kasuga, but devs Ryu Go Gotoku Studio also revealed that another game is coming in 2023. It'll explain what happened to Kiryu in his temporary absence from the series and is called, and I'm not making this up, Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. To prove it to you, you can watch the trailer below. Watch on YouTube LIke A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name shows us what Kazuma Kiryu's been up to at last. Definite John Wick vibes, am I right? This could be very cool indeed. Kiryu seems to have left the world behind since the end of Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life, but he's started taking on some dodgy sounding jobs under a new identity. Like A Dragon Gaiden carries on his story between that game and his reappearance in the newly announced Like A Dragon 8, which is releasing in 2024. Ryu Ga Gotoku said the sidestory would help fans who came into the series with Yakuza: Like A Dragon to get acquainted with Kiryu, and to explain where he's been for those who've been with Yakuza for the long haul. Kiryu's going by the name of Joryu in Like A Dragon Gaiden. According to Ryu Ga Gotoku, the game will be similar in size to Lost Judgment's DLC The Kaito Files, and maybe even a bit bigger. That's about half the size of a standard Yakuza/Like A Dragon game. Not to worry though, because Ryu Ga Gotoku confirmed that you'll still be able to run Kiryu, or Joryu, around town to soak up various sidequests. It's intended to be a sidestory to Yakuza: Like A Dragon, so playing through should get everyone up to speed with what's been happening with Kiryu's monastic and potentially criminal exploits before Like A Dragon 8 rocks up. It's been a busy few days for the Yakuza series, or Like A Dragon now, as it seems it'll be retitled to match the Japanese name. The Ryu Ga Gotoku summit today showed more of Like A Dragon: Ishin!, a remake of a feudal Japanese spin-off that's releasing in February 2023. That one was first announced at yesterday's Sony State Of Play event. We found out at the summit that it'll function as a kind of Yakuza All-Stars, plonking in familiar faces from various games in the series who weren't in the original version. There'll also be some songs and other things you might recognise. Of course, Ryu Ga Gotoku also revealed a teaser for Like A Dragon 8 today, which stars both Ichiban and a returning Kiryu. Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name releases in 2023. It'll be available on Steam, as well as the PlayStations and the Xboxes. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here