Preceding its own showcase in the coming day, designer RGG Studio has revealed that it’s bringing one of the last remaining Yakuza games that was previously unreleased in the West to modern platforms. First launched back in 2014, Yakuza: Ishin! was a spin-off passage that took place in the 1800s and featured many of the same faces from the center installments. And while Western audiences have trusted that the game would be ported for quite some time, RGG Studio is presently finally making good on those requests.

Formally revealed in today’s PlayStation State of Play presentation, Like a Dragon: Ishin was announced to be coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms in February 2023. Rather than just being a port of the original game, Like a Dragon: Ishin will be a full remake that drastically works on the visuals and gameplay from the initial release on PS3.

“Like a Dragon: Ishin is an action-adventure historical thrill ride set uniquely in 1860s Kyo, a fictionalized version of Kyoto. While other games recount to earlier stories in Japanese history, Ishin allows you to encounter the story of how the iconic samurai era vanished. Our legend, Sakamoto Ryoma, is a true historical figure largely credited with overthrowing the shogunate and taking Japan into a radical reformation,” says Sega’s official description of the game via Playstation Blog. “Like a Dragon: Ishin brings in familiar faces to tell this legendary historical tale. Fans will perceive our protagonist as Kazuma Kiryu from earlier sections in the franchise. In Ishin, Kiryu is cast as Sakamoto Ryoma and brings the remainder of his team along too. Goro Majima and other Yakuza big names join Ryoma as companions and adversaries in this fictional world that trades the flashy roads of Tokyo for the chaotic bustle of 1860s Kyo. These new character dynamics are as thrilling as they are unexpected, with a progression of mind-blowing exciting bends in the road in a story only RGG studio can tell.”

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