Highlights
- Sega and Ryu Ga Gotako have announced that Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will release on January 26, 2024, giving fans a deeper look at the upcoming game in a lengthy trailer on the Sega Asia English YouTube channel.
- The game follows the adventures of Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu in an all-new location for the franchise - Hawaii. Ichiban is searching for his mother while Kazuma deals with the revelation that he has cancer.
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a turn-based RPG with dual protagonists and a variety of characters, both new and returning, as party members. Popular mini-games like karaoke will also make a return.
Sega and Ryu Ga Gotako have revealed the official release date for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth to be January 26, 2024. The lengthy trailer was dropped on the Sega Asia English YouTube channel, which gave fans a deeper look at what to expect in the upcoming game.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will follow the adventures of Ichiban Kasuga, the protagonist of Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Kazuma Kiryu, the former protagonist of the series. The game will take Ichiban and Kazuma to an all-new location for the franchise - Hawaii. And while the highly anticipated RPG is a direct continuation of the previous entry, it is currently unclear how much time has passed between games.
While the story trailer has a lot to unpack, the main takeaway is that fans can expect to play Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth when it launches on January 26, 2024. The trailer revealed that Ichiban will make his way to Hawaii in order to find his mother, who was previously assumed to have been killed by the Yakuza. It also gave the startling confirmation that Kazuma has cancer.
The turn-based RPG will feature Ichiban and Kazuma as dual protagonists with a variety of characters, both new and returning, as party members. Just the same on the opposing side, there will be new and returning factions like the Chinese Mafia and the Barracudas, who are targeting Akane, Ichiban’s mother. The trailer shows Ichiban and Kasuga taking on a variety of enemies, including a giant shark and squid. Fan-favorite mini-games like karaoke also seem to be making a return. The game is available to preorder, with the early bonuses being a special job pack introducing the Linebacker class for male party members and the Tennis Ace for female party members.
The trailer was the perfect blend as it hit all the tones that give Yakuza games their distinctive feel. It offered a look at what seems to be some of the game's more serious moments, such as Kazuma’s big reveal, while also maintaining the goofiness and hijinks, like Ichiban parasailing, that fans have come to expect from the franchise.
The revelation of Kazuma having cancer could also be Sega’s and Ryu Ga Gotako’s answer to the franchise's future. It sets up the question in fans’ minds of whether this game is a passing-of-the-torch moment.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is currently scheduled to release in January 26, 2024 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
