A new game in Sega and RGG Studio’s Yakuza/Like a Dragon series seems to have leaked prior to its official announcement. This coming week on September 24th, RGG Studio will be holding what it calls the”RGG Summit”, which is a live stream dedicated to showing off new titles from the famed developer. Now, in advance of that broadcast, one such reveal that seems to be planned for the event seems to have appeared online.
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Spotted today on RGG Studio’s own website, the developer briefly made mention of Yakuza Kiwami 3 via a new tag. Presumably, this would be a remake/remaster of 2010’s Yakuza 3 for modern platforms in the same vein as what was seen with Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2. Not long after RGG listed Yakuza Kiwami 3 on its website, it quickly deleted the mention, but not before fans were able to notice it. The assumption is that this announcement is being planned behind the scenes at the company right now, which resulted in it hitting the internet earlier than it was supposed to.
Should Fans Be Excited About This New Yakuza Game?
The prospect of Yakuza Kiwami 3 is pretty interesting for a variety of reasons. For starters, it has been over eight years since Yakuza Kiwami 2 released, which led fans to believe that the “Kiwami” style of remakes that RGG Studio created with its first two Yakuza titles could be a thing of the past. While other Yakuza remakes, such as Like a Dragon: Ishin, have come about in the time since, it was generally assumed that RGG Studio might never look to remake any other mainline Yakuza entries. Luckily, it now looks like that won’t be the case.
Outside of this, it will be fascinating to see how RGG Studio looks to revamp Yakuza 3 for modern times. While opinions differ amongst fans, Yakuza 3 is generally seen as one of the worst installments in the entire Yakuza saga. This means that there is plenty of room for improvement with Yakuza Kiwami 3, but some of the game’s drawbacks might be tied too much to the core of the experience to totally overhaul its flaws. Regardless, it shouldn’t be much longer until we see Yakuza Kiwami 3 in an official capacity and learn more about what it will entail.
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