Yakuza 5
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Yakuza 5 (Japanese: 龍が如く5 夢、叶えし者, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume, Kanaeshi Mono, "Like a Dragon 5: Fulfiller of Dreams") is an action-adventure video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3. The game is the fifth main entry in the Like a Dragon series. The game was released in December 2012 in Japan, and localized for North America, Europe and Australia as a PlayStation Network download in December 2015. A remaster with improved resolution and frame rate was released for the PlayStation 4 on June 20, 2019 in Japan, and worldwide on February 11, 2020 as part of The Yakuza Remastered Collection.[1] Versions for Windows and Xbox One were released in January 2021.[2][3]
Yakuza 5 | |
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Developer(s) | Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio[lower-alpha 1] |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
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Producer(s) | |
Programmer(s) | Koji Tokieda |
Artist(s) | Saizo Nagai |
Writer(s) | Masayoshi Yokoyama |
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Series | Yakuza |
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Release | PlayStation 3
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The game features a new game engine, unlike previous games in the series that have been re-utilizing the same engine since Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!. For the first time in the series, it features five settings across Japan along with five playable main characters.[4][5] Yakuza 5 was followed up by the spinoff Like a Dragon: Ishin! and the prequel installment Yakuza 0 in 2014 and 2015 respectively. A direct sequel titled Yakuza 6: The Song of Life was released in 2016.