Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is a Kiyru-focused Yakuza spin off, coming 2023

Sega and Ryu Ga Gotaku Studio are making sure Yakuza fans eat well, with a third game announced today in the series, this time a spin-off entitled Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.

The man in question is Yakuza 1-6 protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, and the game will tell the story of what happened to him following the events of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.

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You can check out the announcement trailer, taking the form of an early cutscene from the game, below.

Given the game will focus on Kiryu, it’ll set up his return in the just-announced Like A Dragon 8. It’s only fitting then, it’ll release before that game does – with a release window of 2023.

Current platforms confirmed to be getting Like a Dragon Gaiden at this point include Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC.

In a Q&A after the reveal, series producer Masayoshi Yokoama claimed the game will be smaller in scope than the main series, at about ‘half the size’.

Like a Dragon Gaiden will also be an action-adventure – so more akin to the Judgment side-series than the turn based RPG direction the main series has now leaned into since Yakuza 7.

In case you missed it, there’s now three Yakuza/Like A Dragon games on the way. Like A Dragon 8 will release in 2024, and Like a Dragon: Ishin! is a remaster of the 2014 historical spin-off. That’s coming in February of 2023.

And if all that wasn’t enough – Judgment and sequel Lost Judgment are now both available on PC via Steam. Lovely.

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