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No Yakuza Game Announcements, Next Game in Development

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Dec 092020
 

I really expected to be discussing a newly-announced Yakuza game after yesterday’s anniversary live stream.

When there were no new games announced at TGS and the producer said projects were underway for the anniversary, fans already guessed the next game would be announced then.

And so when the live stream announcement said it would include a look at future plans, everyone pretty much assumed they would reveal a new game.

I predicted a new spin-off or Kenzan Kiwami, and I went to sleep Monday night thinking that I’d be happy no matter what they announced.

…Well, I didn’t anticipate that they wouldn’t announce any game at all.

You can read a nice recap of the event from DualShockers, but basically they discussed various things about the series (like how Dead Souls was almost about aliens; I’ll take an alien invasion Yakuza spin-off, thank you), announced Yakuza cologne and other collaborations, and revealed the Japanese PS5 release of Yakuza 7.

In his closing comments, however, director Toshihiro Nagoshi did confirm that the next game is currently in development.

I was really looking forward to the next game to be announced, but I have so many Yakuza games to catch up on that I can’t be too disappointed. Besides, this longer gap between titles might provide enough space for the localization team to work on Ishin!

(Please.)

Here’s hoping we get some exciting announcements for other series from the Game Awards tomorrow, the Tales anniversary live stream, and Falcom Day.

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Coming to Steam

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Dec 072020
 

Today, it was quietly revealed that El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Steam.

I say “quietly” because there wasn’t a big announcement of an El Shaddai PC port/remaster or a press release or anything, just the game’s director casually tweeting that he’s working on the Steam version and plans to include dual audio.

I’ve been interested in El Shaddai for a while. It’s an action game originally released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 with a story inspired by the Book of Enoch.

It sounds pretty cool, but I missed it when it first came out.

I was actually looking at copies of El Shaddai on Ebay earlier this year, but I decided to hold off on ordering anything until after the pandemic ends. Now I’m especially glad I waited!

Have you played El Shaddai? Are you interested in the upcoming PC version? Share your thoughts in the comments!

Persona 5 Strikers (aka Scramble) Release Date

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Dec 042020
 

After great excitement when Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers localization was included in a financial report, followed by concern when no official announcement came and it was absent from the next financial report, we finally have news!

Persona 5 Scramble, apparently titled Persona 5 Strikers for the west, will be released for the Switch, PS4, and PC on February 23, 2021.

The addition of a PC version (via Steam) is new, but it lines up with reports that Sega wanted to release more PC ports after the success of Persona 4 Golden on Steam.

Anyway, the trailer was taken down after fans discovered it, but you can find a copy of it in the announcement article from Gematsu.

It was most likely uploaded too early and will be officially announced soon, maybe at the Game Awards.

Persona 5 Strikers is a spin-off/sequel story that takes place after the events of Persona 5. It is a hack-and-slash action RPG developed by Koei Tecmo in the style of the Warriors games.

I’ve been looking forward to Persona 5 Strikers since I loved Persona 5. Now, I still haven’t played my copy of Persona 5 Royal, so I might do that first… although I’ve heard Strikers is a follow-up to the regular Persona 5, without acknowledging the characters/events that were added in Royal.

Either way, I’m excited we finally have confirmation of Persona 5 Strikers coming to the west! 2021 is shaping up to be a great year for JRPGs!

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