Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio held a particular occasion for the way forward for the Yakuza franchise, the place it revealed that the Judgment sub-series is now obtainable on PC. While the mainline Yakuza video games have all been made obtainable for the platform, Judgment has beforehand solely been on consoles. 

The purpose for this involves actor Takuya Kimura, who performs Judgment protagonist Takayuki Yagami. Kimura’s company Johnny’s reportedly believed the PC releases would negatively impression Kimura’s picture. But an settlement has apparently been made, as Lost Judgment and Judgment could be bought on Steam, both individually or in a bundle that additionally consists of the previous’s story enlargement.

Johnny’s is chargeable for a number of Japanese boy bands, and was notoriously web shy. It allegedly did not permit for its expertise to have a social media presence till 2018. The friction over Judgment between Johnny’s and Sega, which has by no means been shy about bringing its video games to PC, allegedly would’ve seen the franchise finish after Lost Judgment’s launch in 2021.

Like the mothership Yakuza collection, Judgment has a powerful following, and the unique recreation offered over a million worldwide copies as of June 2021.

As for if the franchise will proceed past this, that continues to be to be seen. Ryu Ga Gotoku is at the moment growing a trio of Yakuza recreations, together with Yakuza 8 in 2024 and a remake of the spinoff, Yakuza Ishin, because of launch in February 2023.