RGG Studio's Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will have finally had its English dub update sooner than expected.
The Japanese studio posted on X (formerly Twitter) that the game's English dub will drop this December "via a free update!" No specific date was given.
We're excited to announce the English dub for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is coming in December via a free update!
— RGG Studio | Like a Dragon & Yakuza Series (@RGGStudio) December 5, 2023
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The announcement came almost a month after the game first launched in November. The newest Yakuza spin-off was originally released only on Japanese dub with English subtitles.
The game is available for C, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S.
Like a Dragon Gaiden Features New English VA for Kiryu Kazuma
The English dub for the new Like a Dragon Gaiden has been a hot topic in gaming communities in the past month after the studio announced a change in the English voice actor cast.
YouTuber and voice actor Yong Yea was announced to be the new voice for the game's main protagonist Kiryu Kazuma in the English dub, replacing the Yakuza's longtime VA Darryl Kurylo.
Kurylo previously voiced SEGA's number one mobster in the first Yakuza game and Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Several users have expressed doubts about Yea's ability to translate the talent of Takaya Kuroda, Kazuma's Japanese voice actor, into English.
Footages of the YouTuber's impersonations of the Yakuza character did not impress many audiences of the game.
The update will come before the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the next installment in the main series, on Jan. 26 next year.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Synopsis
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name takes place in the Sotenbori district of Osaka in 2019, three years after the events of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.
The story features the return of the series' main protagonist, Kiryu Kazuma, after faking his death.
Now working under the Daidoji faction, Kazuma ventures the streets of Sotenbori for various tasks from his handler Kihei Hanawa to fund the Morning Glory Orphanage.
Like its predecessors, the game offers various gameplay modes and side quests players can sink their time and interests in.
