It seems to be an end to an era as Sega have confirmed to Kotaku that games in the Yakuza franchise will no longer be releasing titles under the Yakuza name. Instead, the games will now be known as Like A Dragon. Sega told the outlet there reasoning was to “more closely align with the Japanese name.”
Yakuza games are known in Japan as Ryū ga Gotoku which translated to English as Like A Dragon.
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