Publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will release the Yakuza series for Switch for the first time with Yakuza Kiwami on October 24, the companies announced. It will be available via Nintendo eShop for $19.99.
Yakuza Kiwami first launched for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on January 21, 2016 in Japan, followed by PlayStation 4 on August 29, 2017 worldwide, PC via Steam on February 19, 2019, Xbox One on April 21, 2020, and Luna on December 22, 2022.
Here is an overview of the game, via SEGA:
Yakuza, the first installment in SEGA’s critically acclaimed action series, gets an extreme remake in Yakuza Kiwami.
To save his best friend, Kazuma Kiryu takes the fall for a crime he didn’t commit, and ends up with a 10-year prison sentence. After being released, Kiryu finds himself expelled from his yakuza family, and alone in a world he no longer recognizes.
Events take a turn for the worse when 10 billion yen vanishes from the vault of the Tojo Clan, Kiryu’s former yakuza family, igniting a war in the red-light district of Kamurocho. Together with a mysterious girl named Haruka, Kiryu must fight to survive and uncover the truth hidden amidst the chaos surrounding them.
Watch the announcement video below. View a set of screenshots at the gallery.
Nintendo Direct: August 27, 2024
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