Toshihiro Nagoshi

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Yakuza: Dead Souls Trailer Is A Feeding Frenzy

5:30AM January 19, 2012 | Pierre Bienaimé

SEGA’s new trailer for the zombie-ridden Yakuza: Dead Souls skips the foreplay of human connection and solidarity. The shambling hordes come first, picking their way through Tokyo’s red light district with a hunger for human flesh… and bone marrow, and organs, and brains. More »


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This Man Will Die Working For Sega

6:00PM December 8, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Today’s Shigeru Miyamoto news shows that not even the biggest names in development are around forever. One man, though, plans on sticking around forever. One very brown man. More »


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Modern Technology Brings Us Computer-Controlled ‘Friends’

3:00AM October 21, 2011 | Brian Crecente

In gaming vernacular the consequences of one’s actions are usually marked in body count, or regime changes, or city destruction. So I’m not expecting the consequences that I see unfold in a gunfight in the middle of a future Tokyo: Hurt feelings, obstructionism and… sulking? More »


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Sega Forms New Studio Just To Make Gangster Games

4:30PM August 31, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Sega’s Toshihiro “Brown Man” Nagoshi, the creator of the Monkey Ball series, has revealed today that he’s formed a new studio at Sega which will deal exclusively with games for the Ryu ga Gotoku (Yakuza) series. More »


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But What Will The Yakuza Man Say?

9:30PM August 30, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Tomorrow, Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi, developer of Yakuza games, is making a “serious announcement” — perhaps a brand new title? Dunno, sounds serious. Still, this is an announcement of that announcement. Consider yourself announced! [ファミ通]


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The Robopocalyptic Story Of Binary Domain

6:40AM June 21, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

This is the story of Binary Domain, a cautionary tale of a rise of the robots wrapped around a cover-based, third-person shooter. It’s a game I was pretty neutral on after playing at E3 2011, but potentially good sci-fi fodder. More »


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Yakuza Designer Sniffing A White Line

9:30PM June 15, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Toshihiro Nagoshi, who picked making video games over making porn, took a whiff of “Black Dragon” cologne, which is doing an in-game collaboration with the upcoming Yakuza: Of the End. More »


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Make Games Or Porn? He Picked Games

5:00PM April 21, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Back before Sega game designer Toshihiro Nagoshi turned golden brown, he was just another kid from rural Japan, moving to Tokyo, trying to make it big. More »


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Why Zombie Yakuza Game Is Being Delayed So Long

10:45PM April 20, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Zombie parody game Yakuza: of the End was slated for release on March 17. Then, the unthinkable happened; on March 11, an earthquake and an ensuing tsunami laid waste to Japan’s northeast. The game, which depicted a city in ruins (pictured), was one of many delayed out of respect to the victims. More »


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Dress Like A Yakuza For Only $900!

11:00PM December 2, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Ever wonder why thugs turn to a life of crime? Maybe it’s because their threads cost so damn much. More »