Kazuki Hosokawa: Last News

Yakuza series of action RPGs might seem intrinsically Japanese – but future games in the series might take place away from the Land of the Rising Sun.That’s according to Kazuki Hosokawa, director of Lost Judgment, the upcoming spin-off to Sega’s crime saga. In an interview with TheGamer, Hosokawa said future games in the franchise may take characters “to new countries with new locations to explore, battles to fight, and mysteries to uncover”.Quite how fans of the series would respond to that is another matter though.

Yakuza games will continue to focus on turn-based RPG mechanics.Read More: From mice to dice: How Steamforged Games adapted ‘Monster Hunter World’ into a board gameIn the interview with IGN, Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and producer Kazuki Hosokawa revealed Judgment is now the studio’s action focused series.The announcement arrived alongside the news that Ryu ga Gotoku would release the sequel to Judgment this September. Titled Lost Judgment, the game will take place between Tokyo and the Yokohama location from Yakuza: Like A Dragon.Speaking with IGN, the two producers confirmed the change in focus: “The Yakuza series has been transformed into a turn-based RPG.

Lost Judgment, a sequel to the detective crime drama spin-off Judgement from the Yakuza series.The news came via an online presentation first teased on a website last month counting down to ‘Judgment Day’ (May 7).The reveal was presented by RGG Studio’s executive director Toshihiro Nagoshi and game producer Kazuki Hosokawa, with a special message from actor Takuya Kimura who reprises his role as lawyer-turned-detective Takayuki Yagami.Lost Judgment has been confirmed for a worldwide release on September 24, featuring dual English and Japanese audio, as well as English, French, Italian, German and Spanish subtitles.The game takes place in the familiar location Tokyo district of Kamurocoho, but also Ijincho, Yokohama, which featured in