Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties (Nintendo Switch 2) Review
The Yakuza franchise has been hard to recommend to others over the past few years. It’s not because they’re not fun; they are very fun. It’s not becau...[Read More]
Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut (Nintendo Switch 2) Review
Back when I reviewed Yakuza Kiwami on the Nintendo Switch, I was enamored by Ryu Ga Gotoku’s (RGG’s) successful attempt in porting many Yakuza players...[Read More]
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (PC) Review
What do pirates and yakuza have in common? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Yet, Ryu Ga Gotoku reached deep to make these two disparate thematics work in ...[Read More]
Yakuza Kiwami (Nintendo Switch) Review
Yakuza Kiwami was added to PlayStation Plus in November 2018. At that time, I was not in a position to play it because of school and my obsession with...[Read More]
Like A Dragon: Ishin!
One of my personal favorite franchises that was born out of the PS2 era and is as strong as ever is Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s ‘Yakuza‘ ...[Read More]
Judgment (PS5)
The Yakuza franchise from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio represents one of the crowning reasons why I hold the PS2 and its library as the greatest single consol...[Read More]
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS5)
Last year, we reviewed Yakuza: Like a Dragon when it splashed onto “next-gen” on the Xbox Series X. After a few months of semi-exclusivity...[Read More]
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Windows 10)
Yakuza 2 was the game where you could punch a tiger in the face. Its 2008 release to the PlayStation 2, while a pleasant gesture from Sega, was buried...[Read More]
Judgment
Yakuza’s Kamurocho is a seedy slice of Tokyo that grants meteoric elevation to charisma, coercion, and capacity for violence, but only to one pe...[Read More]