Okay. So the sneak peek trailer broadcast included neither a trailer nor a sneak peek, making me wonder if the title’s translation was misinterpreted somehow.

(Getting shades of the “unmissable” TGS panel from a few years back from this one.)

Anyway, while they didn’t show a sneak peek of anything, they did announce an event for next week.

RGG Summit 2022 will be held on September 14 at 19:00 JST, which is 3 AM PT / 6 AM ET. So I probably won’t be watching it live (although that’s exactly what I said about yesterday’s broadcast before tuning in for the non-existent trailer).

The official title of this one is “Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio New Title Presentation,” and both the Japanese and English accounts for RGG Studio shared the announcement. It’s also going to be translated, so it sounds like big news.

This will almost certainly be the official reveal of Yakuza 8. Since we know Yakuza 8 exists and this isn’t being announced specifically as a Yakuza 8 reveal, though (in contrast to “Judgment Day” for the reveal of Lost Judgment), I hope they’ll actually have multiple announcements. Multiple announcements at the RGG Summit would more than make up for my disappointment yesterday.

It looks like this is the first ever “RGG Summit,” so we don’t have any past examples for comparison.

Yesterday, Youtube was associating Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin with the video for next week’s broadcast, but now no specific game is linked to its page at all. I assume that was just Youtube automatically making the connection due to the series/channel name. I won’t get my hopes up.

…but that doesn’t mean I won’t still wish with all my heart for multiple announcements from this event!

Here’s what I’d be most interested in seeing:

• Yakuza 8 (all but guaranteed)
• Hint of the future of Judgment
• Kenzan and/or Ishin localization please
• Dead Souls remaster
• New spin-off

Of course, it could end up just being a Yakuza 8 reveal and nothing more, which will still be exciting, just not as exciting. What do you think will be shown at RGG Summit 2022?

We’ve known for a while now that Yakuza 8 is in development, but now we got our first look at it.

Not a trailer, not official screenshots… but rather, off-screen footage during a tour of RGG Studio.

MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura will appear in Yakuza 8, and he posted a video about getting the part in the game that includes a studio tour.

(People have been referring to this as a leak, but it’s clearly not a leak; this is an intentional tease.)

During the tour, they briefly show work being done on a new scene for Yakuza 8 that provides glimpses of Ichiban, Adachi, and Nanba. This part occurs at around 10:26 in the video.

Notably, Ichiban has a new hairstyle here, although when you see him from behind, you can tell it’s not short hair but rather a ponytail. Judging by this fan’s translation of the subtitles, it looks as though Adachi and Nanba have come looking for Ichiban, who is now using his Hero’s Bat to hang clothes on.

I haven’t played Yakuza 7 yet, but I’m working on it. I’m currently on the first part of Yakuza 5.

According to Gematsu, a new city will appear in Yakuza 8 and RGG Studio also has a separate title currently in development. I wonder if that could be one of the “unannounced titles” mentioned last November.

Still not the big reveal we’ve been waiting for, but it’s nice to see a tease of Yakuza 8 in development nevertheless. Are you looking forward to Yakuza 8?