Sega has been slowly sharing details on its collaborative plans for Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (the third installment in the series that's known as Yakuza in the west), starting with a tie-up with fashion magazine Koakuma Ageha and continuing recently through tie-ups with discount retailer Don Quijote and food maker Ace Cook. Today, the company opened the flood gates, unveiling a number of additional tie-ups.
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23 Jan 2009

Sega: No plans for Yakuza 3 Western release

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PS3 - Yakuza 3 - Sega: No plans for Yakuza 3 Western release

Sega has told videogaming247 that there are still no plans to bring Japanese open-worlder, Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) to the West.
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23 Jan 2009

More Yakuza 3 screens reveal Karoake mini game

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PS3 - Yakuza 3 - More Yakuza 3 screens reveal Karoake mini game

VG247: Sega has released yet more Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) screenshots revealing what appears to be a Karaoke mini-game.

There's a girl standing up singing, some text on the screen and some icon prompts below it.

If that doesn't get you excited, maybe if we tell you you see our white-suited friend standing in a restaurant doing nothing, that'll get your juices flowing.

Maybe one day we'll be able to write that Yakuza will be due out sometime in the West. Today however, is not that day.
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21 Jan 2009

Sega Details Yakuza 3 Ramen

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PS3 - Yakuza 3 - Sega Details Yakuza 3 Ramen

Sega and AceCook are teaming up once again for a real life food product based off Ryu ga Gotoku 3. AceCook will release a Ryu ga Gotoku 3 instant ramen pack on March 2 as a promotion for the PS3 adventure title. The product will also be featured as part of an in-game sub story.
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19 Jan 2009

Yakuza 3 CD Single

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SEGA has announced that Eikichi Yazawa will perform the main theme of Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3).The "Loser" single will be released on February 25 priced at 800 yen.
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16 Jan 2009

Sega Teams With Retailer for Yakuza 3 promotions

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PS3 - Yakuza 3 - Sega Teams With Retailer for Yakuza 3 promotions

Sega is teaming up with discount retailer Don Quijote to promote the Japanese release of Yakuza 3. The retailer, which appears in the game in digital form, will put up posters and distribute special Yakuza 3 plastic bags at its real outlets throughout Japan.
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15 Jan 2009

American release of next Yakuza titles is questionable

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PS3 - Yakuza 3 - American release of next Yakuza titles is questionable

With Yakuza Kenzan! being out in Japan for almost a year and Yakuza 3 right around the bend, neither with an announced American release date, we got in touch with Sega about the future of the franchise abroad. The answer Sega gave us does not bode well, saying "We currently don't know what the future of the Yakuza franchise is for North America". The rep we talked to did say, optimistically, that he hoped the games would continue to be released in the US.
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14 Jan 2009

Yakuza 3: Dress Up Your Hostess Girls

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PS3 - Yakuza 3 - Yakuza 3: Dress Up Your Hostess Girls

Ripten: "I have never played any of the Yakuza series, but from what I gather they sound a lot like the GTA games, which makes sense. They both deal with mobs, violence, and sex. New screens and info about Yakuza 3 let us move into the somewhat seedy and dangerous world of the hostess bar."
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25 Dec 2008

Yakuza 3 Japanese Boxart Revealed

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PS3 - Yakuza 3 - Yakuza 3 Japanese Boxart Revealed

Sega reveals the boxart of the third iteration to the popular Yakuza franchise exclusively on PlayStation 3.
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10 Dec 2008

Ryu ga Gotoku 3 Update

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Yakuza 3 is featured once again in the latest issue of Famitsu. This week, the magazine offers a look at the game's mini games and the new Okinawan play area.

The Yakuza series is known for offering players a variety of mini games apart from the main story. For part 3, Sega appears to be working on some robust games, including a golf game set on a golf course, billiards in a bar, and a fishing game on the coast. For the billiards game, you can select from a variety of rules and play against cabaret girls. For the fishing game, you use food items for bait. Fish that you procure can be used directly as items or sold for money.
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