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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Action/Adventure
Publisher: SEGA
Developer: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Release Date: March 25, 2021

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'Yakuza 6: The Song of Life' (PS4) Comes to Xbox One And PC In March 2021

by Rainier on Dec. 11, 2020 @ 12:35 p.m. PST

In Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, finds out exactly how much people are willing to sacrifice for family - be those ties through blood or bond.

In Yakuza 6, Kazuma Kiryu will find out exactly how much people are willing to sacrifice for family - be those ties through blood or bond - when he investigates a series of shadowy events that involve the ones he holds closest to his heart. Fresh out of a three-year prison sentence, an older and weathered Kiryu comes to find out that his surrogate daughter, Haruka, has gone missing from the orphanage he looks after. The trail leads him to his old stomping grounds in Kamurocho, where he discovers that she has been struck by a car and now lies in a coma. To make matters worse, Kiryu learns that Haruka now has a son that he must look after. With baby in hand, Kiryu journeys to the seaside town of Onomichi, Hiroshima to unravel the truth about Haruka, her son, and a sinister secret that the Hiroshima yakuza are harboring.

From the unparalleled realism of the new setting of Onomichi, a beautiful, sleepy port town in Hiroshima Prefecture, to the latest evolution of Kamurocho, the biggest red-light district in Tokyo, Yakuza 6 is the ultimate iteration the game's blend of gritty crime story, hyper-explosive combat, and all the vices and distractions those locales have to offer.

Hinted at a few months ago, SEGA confirmed today that Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is coming to Xbox One and PC on March 25, 2021.

For Xbox and PC fans of Yakuza: Like a Dragon looking to rediscover the intense drama of the Yakuza series’ Kiryu saga, they can soon travel to Kamurocho to revisit Kiryu’s early days in the yakuza from the late 1980s in Yakuza 0, through the end of his underworld career in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. A tale of grit, justice, redemption and a fighting lobster, the colorful and compelling Yakuza narrative has won fans the world over, and its new home on the Xbox and PC platform allows millions of new players to experience that tale anew.

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life lets players complete the Dragon of Dojima’s journey and, alongside the red-light district of Kamurocho, features Onomichi, a quiet port town. The concluding chapter in the Kazuma Kiryu saga of the larger Yakuza franchise, it is the first to implement the Dragon engine and still retains many of the iconic mini games and features from the earlier entries in the Yakuza franchise.

Key Features:

  • Enter the "Dragon Engine" - Explore the world of Yakuza like never before. Yakuza 6 is the first current-gen Yakuza title that was developed from the ground up for the PS4, introducing the seedy Japanese underworld with detailed visuals, lifelike animations, a new physics engine, interactive storefronts, seamless transitions and more. That's right! Fights can start on the streets and end in a pile of shattered glass, scattered snacks, and bruised bodies on the floor of the nearest Poppo convenience store.
  • Explore Kamurocho Reborn and the Scenic Views of Onomichi - Speaking of Dragon Engine, the hypnotic lights, opportunistic inhabitants, and hedonistic distractions of Kamurocho look better than ever. Revamped minigames like karaoke, batting cages, darts, hostesses, and the SEGA arcade have been streamlined for maximum pleasure, and new additions like the RIZAP Gym, Cat Café, and Clan Creator are the purrfect distractions after a long night of bashing heads! But it's also time to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life to play tourist in beautiful Onomichi. This tranquil coastal community is home to plenty of local activities like bar mingling, spearfishing (think action-packed rail shooter ... with fish), and more!
  • Let the Bodies Hit the Floor - Yakuza 6 Kiryu is a 100% certified thugfed OG, so that means he's a battle-hardened veteran when it comes to the art of street fighting. Although he utilizes one fighting style this time around, you best believe Kiryu hits like a truck. Devastating combos and bone-breaking Heat Actions make a return, but now the Dragon of Dojima can fill up a meter to engage Extreme Heat Mode. When activated, Kiryu glows blue and unleashes heavy-damage combos with his fists or any "tool" that's close at hand. Painting painful masterpieces has never felt so good.
  • Fully Voiced Japanese Audio - For the first time in series history, every line and piece of dialogue is fully voiced in Japanese. Let the dramatic story and absurd humor of the series unfold like an interactive foreign film experience.

Currently available for PS4, Yakuza 6: The Song of Lifeis coming to Xbox One and PC on March 25, 2021.


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