New Yakuza Games Announced

YAKUZA creator Toshihiro Nagoshi has announced the formation of a new studio, Ryu ga Gotoku Studios, whose first product will, ironically enough, be futuristic shooter BINARY DOMAIN. Speaking at a press conference live-streamed over Japanese service Nico Nico Videos, Nagoshi also confirmed that the studio’s next product will be a sequel to the PSP’s 2010 [...]

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Wed, August 31 2011 » Gaming News » No Comments

Yakuza 5 Details Emerge

Those of us expecting information about the inevitable sixth (seventh if you count recent PSP spin-off BLACK PANTHER) game in Sega’s wildly popular gangland RPG series were left more than a little surprised at the form the game is going to take. RYU GA GOTOKU: OF THE END (note the lack of a numeral in [...]

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Tue, September 28 2010 » Gaming News » No Comments

Edu-tainment: Learning from games

A recent article on this very site reminded me of an article I’d been meaning to write for ages. Whilst that article was about reading about games, this one is about what we actually learn from games. I don’t mean in an ‘I’ve learnt I have a brain age of a forty year old, and [...]

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Thu, August 12 2010 » Opinion Pieces » 3 Comments