We have good news for Yakuza video game fans.
Eight Yakuza Games Is Coming to PlayStation Plus
On Wednesday, Sony revealed that it would add eight titles from the acclaimed Yakuza series to PlayStation Plus for the remainder of the year.
Yakuza, an RPG-inspired open-world action-adventure game, was released for the PlayStation 2 back in 2005. It features Kazuma Kiryu, a soulful gangster caught up in a tale of crime and bloodshed.
Over the years, seven further games would appear, with releases on almost all Xbox and Sony consoles in addition to PC, according to Kotaku.
However, the game title will once again make a comeback in PlayStation, with the first hitting the service in August.
PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August:
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Game Details
The following Yakuza video game titles are expected to come to PlayStation Plus this year:
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation: August
Available in: PlayStation Plus Essential / Extra / Premium
Description: After serving 18 years for a crime he didn't commit, Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking grunt from a low-ranking yakuza family in Tokyo, is released back into society.
Yakuza 0
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation:
Available in: PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium
Description: Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist, and Goro Majima, a recurring character on the series, battle it out in Tokyo and Osaka.
Yakuza Kiwami
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation: August
Available in: PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium
Description: On the PS 2, the first Yakuza game launched in 2005. This PS4 version recounts Kazuma Kiryu's early years as he returns to the streets of Japan after serving a ten-year jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit in order to save his best buddy.
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation: August
Available in: PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium
Description: Kazuma Kiryu is forced out of a tranquil life by an assassination to mediate a truce between opposing clans.
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation: later this year
Available in: PlayStation Plus Premium as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog
Description: Kazuma Kiryu had earned his retirement, but a ghost from his past threatened to link his new life with that of his former clan and the political world.
Yakuza 4 Remastered
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation: later this year
Available in: PlayStation Plus Premium as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog
Description: Four characters - a loan shark, a death row inmate, a crooked police officer, and legendary former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu - are brought together to investigate a murder.
Yakuza 5 Remastered
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation: later this year
Available in: PlayStation Plus Premium as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog
Description: Play as Kazuma Kiryu and other five protagonists whose stories are intertwined as the yakuza organizations go to war throughout five important cities.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Expected date of arrival in PlayStation: later this year
Available in: PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog
Description: The epic tale of Kazuma Kiryu comes to a close.
