‘Yakuza: Like a Dragon’: Pre-orders, bonuses, release date and more

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a launch title for the Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4 and PC on Tuesday 10 November. The PS5 release date for Yakuza: Like a Dragon is 2 March 2021.

XBOX SMART DELIVERY AND CROSS-SAVE SUPPORT

Yakuza: Like a Dragon supports Xbox Smart Delivery. This means buying the game on Xbox One will get you the Series X version automatically. The game also has cross-save support, so if you start playing on Xbox One, your progress will transfer over to Series X.

Sega announced a PS5 upgrade path is also planned for the Western release and will be announced at a later date. If you pre-order on PS4 you can count on having a PS5 copy as well.

‘YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON’: THE STORY

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the eighth mainline title in the Yakuza series and the first one that won’t follow Kazuma Kiryu as the protagonist.

You will play as Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking yakuza who goes to prison for a crime he did not commit to make himself a hero in his clan.

He is released 18 years later and finds that no-one is waiting for him. Kasuga realises he has been betrayed by the man he trusted most and sets off on a journey to discover the truth behind his family’s betrayal and take his life back.

RPG-STYLE COMBAT

Yakuza: Like a Dragon introduces turn-based RPG-style combat with a four-person team. You will still take on side quests and enjoy side activities like Dragon Kart, a Mario Kart-style racing game.

ENGLISH VOICE-OVERS

Sega announced that Yakuza: Like a Dragon will feature English voice-overs for its worldwide release. The English voice cast includes actor George Takei as Masumi Arakawa, patriarch of the Arakawa family.

‘YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON’ PRE-ORDER BONUSES

You will receive the Legends costume pack which gets you in game outfits for various characters from the Yakuza series. This will include Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima.

You will receive the pre-order bonus with any edition you buy.

PRE-ORDER THE ICHI STEELBOOK EDITION

The standard edition of the game is called the Day Ichi edition, meaning “one” in Japanese. It is available to pre-order digitally for $60 (about R945). You can pre-order digitally at the Xbox Store or the PlayStation Store.

PRE-ORDER THE HERO EDITION

The Hero edition of Yakuza: Like a Dragon appears to be a digital-only special edition. It is available for $70 (about R1,102) and for $10 (R157), and you will receive the job set and management mode set DLC along with the pre-order bonus costume set.

PRE-ORDER THE LEGENDARY HERO EDITION

Yakuza: Like a Dragon Legendary Hero edition gets you everything in the Hero edition and a few added bonuses. It is also another digital-only special edition. The $90 (R1,418) digital edition includes:

• Copy of game
• Legends costume pack pre-order bonus
• Job set
• Crafting mat set
• Management mode set
• Karaoke set
• Ultimate costume set
• Stat boost set DLC

PRE-ORDER THE LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Pix’n Love, a third-party distributor, has also announced its own physical, very limited edition for Yakuza: Like A Dragon which will cost you $93.83 (R1,479). This includes the Day Ichi edition, pre-order bonuses and the following collectibles:

• 80-page hard-cover book
• Numbered certificate of authenticity
• Four lithographs
• Original cardboard box with Pantone colours