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Like a Dragon fans talk as Sega trademarks Yakuza Wars

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Like a Dragon fans talk as Sega trademarks Yakuza Wars

Like a Dragon fans have been excited ever since series publisher Sega filed a trademark for something called Yakuza Wars.

The trademark was filed in Japan on July 26, 2024, but was only made public today, August 5, as spotted by X/Twitter user Wario64. Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will reveal its next game between September 26 and 29 at the Tokyo Game Show, and many fans now believe it’s Yakuza Wars.

The brand doesn’t reveal anything beyond the name, however, not even whether Yakuza Wars is a video game property.

Fans have always been intrigued by the prospect, of course, with Bestgamer on Reddit even discussing its potential as a collaboration between the Like a Dragon series and another Sega franchise, Sakura Wars.

“If that’s the case, it would be totally mind-blowing,” they said. Sakura Wars combines a role-playing game and a dating sim in a steam punk version of early 20th-century Japan where demons invade, obviously.

Others have speculated that Yakuza Wars resembles a mobile or real-time strategy game, the latter of which RGG Studio has already explored through the Majima Construction mini-game in Yakuza Kiwami 2.

The next Like a Dragon game could very well be anything. RGG Studio has already said that fans will be “surprised” by this reveal, and has confirmed that it will not be Yakuza Kiwami 3, a remake of the third game following Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2.

Like a Dragon has many other ramifications as well, so revealing the ninth main game (technically the tenth thanks to the prequel Yakuza 0) isn’t the only option.

RGG Studio has already referred to the Like a Dragon spin-off Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name as the “first” Gaiden game, for example, and it could even remake the PlayStation Portable and Japan-only Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō games for modern platforms like it did with 2023’s Like a Dragon: Ishin.

The full-length Judgment spinoff is also waiting in the wings, as the still action-packed but more murder mystery and detective-focused series hasn’t seen a new entry since 2021’s Lost Judgment.

Ryan Dinsdale is a freelance journalist for IGN. He talks about The Witcher all day long.