Yakuza: Dead Souls (of the End) announced [PS3]

**Correction** · 2011-10-05 14:04

Coming March 2012

Announcement Trailer

SEGA announcement page

Yakuza: Dead Souls™

April 2011, Kamurocho, Tokyo, a city that never sleeps, even when under attack from zombies.

The undead are multiplying and filling the streets of Tokyo’s red light district. The area is quarantined quickly, but degenerates into a district full of terror, panic and devastation. Survivors try to flee the city, but four men rise up to protect those they care most about. If you think zombies are bad, meet the Yakuza.

As they run through the battle-scarred streets and witness the scale of the destruction, they are seen as the final hope for the remaining residents of the city as they kick, snipe, batter and bulldoze their way through the hordes of zombies.

Immerse yourself in the Kamurocho experience as the true to life recreation of Tokyo’s sin-city district faces its greatest threat. Unravel the story as you play through the eyes of four characters, form alliances, and work together to save Japan from the zombie apocalypse.

Key Features

Tokyo as you’ve never seen it before
From Zombie table tennis to gunning down the walking dead on a date with a beautiful hostess, all the side missions, clubs, karaoke, bars, dungeon crawling, and more are back.

Four playable characters
The revered Kazuma Kiryu and Shun Akiyama return, now joined by Goro “Mad-dog” Majima and Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai.

Unleash new devastation
Unleash new devastation. Use the all-new heat-snipe to unleash chaos in the face of hordes of zombies.

Zombies, guns, and gore
The Yakuza franchise takes an exciting new twist with an all-new 3rd person shooting mechanic, a wide array of guns and upgrades, and a city packed full of the undead.

**Correction** · 2011-10-05 14:10

Spoiler: show

Yummy

**Correction** · 2011-10-05 14:24

This happens in the game.

It really does

**Merovingian** · 2011-10-05 14:52

lol damn at the video all i can say is cant wait for the game to come out.

**Brill Weave** · 2011-10-05 20:56

You have seriously just made my fucking night with this. I'm fucking stoked for this.

**6souls** · 2012-01-11 03:57

**Odin'sLaw** · 2012-01-11 16:43

so Yakuza dead rising? worth keeping an eye on at least

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-03-07 22:25

**Brill Weave** · 2012-03-07 22:48

Day 1.

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-03-18 14:50

I've been wanting to get into this series but unsure if I should play the ps2 versions first then get 3 through dead souls.

**Merovingian** · 2012-03-18 17:46

The only prob with the first 2 is that they have extrmely anoying loadings also i think its 3 or4 has a recap on the story of the other games

**Kaisha** · 2012-03-18 22:21

Originally Posted by Merovingian

The only prob with the first 2 is that they have extrmely anoying loadings also i think its 3 or4 has a recap on the story of the other games

3 has the recap, and was my starting point for the series. Starts off real fucking slow though, but once it gets rolling, boy does it keep on rolling....

Been playing it the past week, so full of god damn detail and craftsmanship in the two cities.

Is Dead Souls strictly a spin-off? Curious to give it a whirl, but I'm not sure if I should finish Yakuza 3 & 4 first before going for it.

Spoiler: show

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-03-18 22:33

If that's the case then I can pick up 3, 4, and Dead Souls for about $83 together.

**Correction** · 2012-03-19 00:58

Every sequel has had a recap of the games that came before it. With 2 & 3 it was something you could optionally do at the very beginning of the game. IIRC in 4 you could just access the recaps from the extras/options menu.

Dead Souls is a pure spinoff, an Alternate Universe Kamurocho with random characters from 2/3/4 making guest starring appearances. Given that the core storyline of the Yakuza games is the line of succession for the Tojo chairmanship, it's hard to believe any of this is canon.

**Brill Weave** · 2012-03-19 17:07

It's a standalone title set in the Yakuza universe. That's about it. Easy indicator is that Ryuji Goda is expelled from the Omi Clan after losing to Kazuma Kiryu. He wasn't expelled in Yakuza 2 because he died after the fight. I haven't had a chance to really sit down and play it yet because of work. I'll be cracking this baby open on Thursday though.

**Havocxx** · 2012-03-23 04:32

This game is over the top amazing. Some of the substories are just great; one where people get attacked by cliches ending in an even bigger cliche; another where Majima keeps thinking he's killed one of his family's members that have turned into zombies.

And then there was Majima's karaoke. 'Let's Get to the Top' Mind blowing how ridiculous this was to play, having not seen the vid Correction posted a while back.

Kinda miss the Yakuza hand to hand combat, but this game's just as damn fun.

**Brill Weave** · 2012-03-24 06:45

It's a Yakuza game, did you expect anything less lol. They are always awesome. Such a shame more people don't play this series.

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