JUDGE EYES: Shinigami no Yuigon | Judgement | Remastered Edition (PS5/XSX) - April 23, 2021

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Developed by Yakuza Studio

Project JUDGE takes place in modern day Tokyo, following a serial murder case. The main protagonist, private detective Takayuki Yagami (played by Takuya Kimura), is a man of conviction who fights for his beliefs, despite the overwhelming despair surrounding him. Kimura has met extensively with the game’s development team to craft this protagonist, dedicating more than 1,000 minutes of voice recording time for his lines. By putting forth so much effort in developing this role, Project JUDGE aims to redefine what it means to truly bring a character to life.

Enhancing the game’s position as a courtroom thriller and embodying the feeling of playing a detective, players will need to utilize key investigative skills in conjunction with unique gameplay features to unveil the truths hidden at the core of Project JUDGE’s plot.

What lies beyond the suffering and failures of the man trapped within his past; is it a divine revelation, or something more sinister? Stay tuned for more information on Project JUDGE, the courtroom thriller action game brought to you by the prolific tag team of Takuya Kimura and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios.

Takayuki Yagami
(cast: Takuya Kimura)

The main protagonist of Project JUDGE.

A fiercely idealistic ex-defense lawyer turned private detective. After facing a devastating betrayal by one of his former clients, he became known as a fraud who lets murderers run free, effectively destroying his reputation.
Now he’s caught up in an enigmatic serial murder case and will need to push his investigative skills to their limit to solve it.

Takashi Genda
(cast: Akira Nakao)

A gritty lawyer who has taken on the role of overseeing Yagami’s growth since the start of his career as a lawyer.

Even after Yagami’s incident that forced him out of the legal world, Genda still looks after him and helps him find work from time to time.

Kazuya Ayabe
(cast: Kenichi Takito)

A detective with Tokyo PD’s Organized Crime Division.

Ayabe is a crooked cop who withholds information on investigations for his own benefit, but often helps Yagami with his cases – for a price.

Mitsuru Kuroiwa
(cast: Shosuke Tanihara)

A detective with the Tokyo PD’s Organized Crime Division, famous for his leadership skills and high successful arrest rate in Kamurocho.

A talented officer who plays by the rules, Kuroiwa sees unknown elements like Yagami as a dangerous nuisance.

Kyohei Hamura
(cast: Pierre Taki)

Captain of the Matsugane family, a subsidiary of the Tojo Clan based in Kamurocho.

Hamura is self-centered, but he’s also a mastermind skilled in taking others down for his own benefit. He’s heavily involved with Yagami throughout the serial murder case.

Heading West

Today the news are coming fast and thick, and after Sega revealed JUDGE EYES: Shinigami no Yuigon by the studio behind the Yakuza franchise at Sony Interactive Entertainment’s pre-Tokyo Game Show PlayStation Lineup Tour event, we also got the first details. Yet, there is more, as the western arm of Sega just reached out with a press release announcing that the game is coming west.

We learn that the game is coming to North America and Europe for PS4 in 2019. No precise release window has been announced. The western working title is Project JUDGE.

https://www.dualshockers.com/project...nnounced-west/

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Japanese & English Dub with English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish Subs

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https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/1103075373288308736

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47553857

Sega halts all sales of the game in Japan after an actor for the game was arrested to cocaine use.

Judgment had been on sale in Japan since December 2018, and is due to be published worldwide later this year.

As well as halting shipments and digital sales, Sega has said it will delete tweets relating to the game.

The 51-year-old actor, whose real name is Masanori Taki, is reported to have admitted using a small quantity of cocaine in Tokyo, according to the Japan Times.

This followed a search by authorities of Mr Taki's car and home, and a subsequent arrest after traces of cocaine were found in a urine test.

The actor is a member of the pop group Denki Groove. He is also the voice of the snowman Olaf in the Japanese version of Disney's Frozen.

But it is his role in a video game that is attracting the most controversy. Judgment, which is called Judge Eyes: Shinigami no Yuigon in Japan, features the voice and likeness of Mr Taki - who plays a Yakuza gangster called Kyohei Hamura.

[Gokulo]

Wow, that sucks. I heard the game was very well received in Japan.

[Scythiroth]

That seems like such a small reason to stop selling the game entirely.

[Gokulo]

He voiced Olaf in Japanese version of KH3 and SE is removing his dub and replacing it with a new one. I guess it's just the Japanese shame thing

[Melena]

Yup, Japan has some very draconian drug laws, and their mindset is if they keep selling it, they are profiting off of a criminal, so it's a shut everything down kind of thing.

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https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/1109077533121613827

No delay for the Western release, game will be altered.

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https://twitter.com/RGGStudio/status...46404155707392

New character model revealed. New VA not yet announced.

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[Qalbert]

https://twitter.com/AllGamesDelta_/s...78115652640769

[Kaisha]

God damnit, I just bought a copy last month that's still unopened due to working on Y7. Hey SEGA? Do the same for Fist of the North Star also since I can't find a copy of that physically for cheap in my country.