yakuza: of the end
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How Many Yakuza Games Are In Circulation?

Now that Yakuza: Of the End has moved 400,000 copies, Sega has shipped over five million copies of the Yakuza games worldwide since it debuted on the PS2 in 2005. [ファミ通]

June 15, 2011
News

Yakuza Designer Sniffing A White Line

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.

June 1, 2011
PlayStation

Get Shitfaced With This Game Schwag

It’s not every day that you see a bottle of booze stamped with “licensed by Sega”. But this isn’t everyday. It’s Wednesday, June 1.

April 27, 2011
News

When Game Box Art Encourages A Country

Yakuza: of the End is Sega’s zombie parody game that was originally slated for a March release. Then the earthquake hit, and the game was delayed to June.

April 21, 2011
News

Make Games Or Porn? He Picked Games

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.

April 20, 2011
PlayStation

Why Zombie Yakuza Game Is Being Delayed So Long

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.

April 7, 2011
PlayStation

Delayed Yakuza Zombie Game Gets… Undelayed

After the Tohoku Earthquake struck, Sega decided it would be inappropriate to release Yakuza: Of The End and delayed it. The game is a zombie parody, setting in a ravaged urban centre. The game finally has a new release date in Japan: June 9. [via RYUGAGOTOKU BLOG]

March 14, 2011
News

Earthquake Delays And Cancels Games

The impact of last Friday’s earthquake and ensuing tsunami are still being felt. Those hit hardest are certainly not thinking of video games. But in an effort to be respectful, game companies are either holding back or completely cancelling titles that could remind people of the recent destruction in Japan.

March 9, 2011
PlayStation

OK, This Yakuza Zombie Game Is Just Kooky

Ping pong with zombies? Fishing for zombies? S&M with zombies?! Parody Yakuza: Of The End brings its familiar zombies and dignified deaths to survival horror.

March 4, 2011
PlayStation

Female Zombies Don’t Get Lady-Like Deaths, But Keep Their Dignity

Sega’s Yakuza crime games are infected with zombies (and zombies from other games). In the game’s fictional Kamurocho, schoolgirls and business ladies are turning into the walking dead. But when you finally kill them, they don’t exactly end up lady-like.

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