Like a Dragon Gaiden's pro wrestling debut was a shockingly entertaining tribute to Yakuza's goofy violence

An English dub for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will arrive this month.

The Like a Dragon series loves its comforts. Set in between Yakuza 6 and the impending 2024 game Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name doesn’t come out of the gates and uppercut the player with an all-out original experience. Instead, it tides everyone over until the next release with familiarity. Where it does shine, though, is in the same department as always: The story.

American Truck Simulator rumbles ever-onward, and developer SCS Software has announced it'll be making its next stop, this time in the state of Kansas — the destination of its newest paid expansion — next Thursday, 30th November. Plus, its substantial 1.49 update — which adds a dynamic night sky, the moon, HDR skyboxes, and more — is out now.

Most people watching the surreal A24 movie Dream Scenario will think of it as a project tailor-made for Nicolas Cage. It’s exactly the kind of oddity he likes — a character-driven, high-concept story that lets Cage exercise both sides of his acting personality: the quiet, soulful side he brought to films like Leaving Las Vegas andPig, and the manic, shouty one that makes him go viral in films like Mom and Dad or The Wicker Man. It’s hard to imagine Dream Scenario working without Cage. But as writer-director Kristoffer Borgli pointed out after the movie’s secret screening at the 2023 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, it nearly was made without him — Adam Sandler was originally cast in the lead role.

Despite sharing a setting and game engine, the subseries has been fairly disconnected from the larger franchise, but finally has a proper crossover, which is good news for fans of both series. The games, previously known as in its Western releases, starred Kazuma Kiryu for the first seven mainline entries, which were beat-em-up style action RPGs. introduced the new hero Ichiban Kasuga and switched to a turn-based JRPG format., a detective genre spinoff, used the original combat style and followed Takayuki Yagami.

Like A Dragon: Gaiden is finally in our hands and has given us some key story info to help bridge the gap and explain what Kiryu was up to between the events of Yakuza 6 and Yakuza: Like A Dragon. It also gave us our first proper look at Kiryu's new design for Infinite Wealth, as the Dragon of Dojima appears to have undergone a model change to more accurately reflect his age.

In , Kazama Kiryu returns with many new abilities to unlock that best reflect his first steps in this chapter of his life. Whether it is additional attack combos from a fighting stance to powerful finishers, you have many skills to choose from. Several traits you may choose to upgrade affect Kiryu's combat prowess and his interactions with the world.

Kiryu needs to find Gold Balls hidden throughout Sotenbori and Castle to unlock an achievement and the opportunity to receive a monetary reward in . However, this side quest can quickly turn into a wild goose chase with little to no hints and soak up too much of your time.

Majima cosplay, a bicycle, and a 500-pound man being thrown onto a car are only some of the highlights.

A fan-made map would make the perfect setting for a hypothetical , even if it leaves out iconic locations from the two previous games. Of course, no one knows anything about at this point in time, but it is believed to be in development at Rockstar. Whatever it turns out to be, it'll have to differ significantly from the previous two games. Since and have basically taken the van der Linde-Morgan-Marston saga as far as it'll go, will have to go elsewhere for inspiration.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name launched worldwide last week, and the brawler has got off to a solid start in Japan where its physical sales are concerned. As per the latest weekly data revealed by Famitsu, it was the best-selling game of the week when its PS5 and PS4 sales are put together, even though Super Mario Bros. Wonder is still in the No. 1 spot with over 65,000 units sold.

To upgrade your skills and abilities in , you have to earn plenty of money fast from the activities you can do in the city of Sotenbori, Osaka. Collecting Yen serves as a way not only to improve Kazama Kiryu's combat skills, but also to purchase powerful items you may use in combat. Some side content you are able to find allows the former Yakuza to farm lots of money easily.