Console: | Sony Playstation 3 |
TV Standard: | Region Not Set |
Developer(s): | CS1 Team |
Publisher(s): | Sega |
Release Date: | 2011-03-15 |
Players: | 1 |
Co-op: | No |
ESRB: | AO - Adult Only 18+ |
Type: | Action, Adventure, Role-Playing, Sandbox |
Yakuza 4 (龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの "Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono"?, lit. "Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend") is a video game developed and released by Sega for the PlayStation 3.[3] The game was introduced on July 24, 2009.[4] A promotional video was presented at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show,[5] and a preview of the main plot was released on January 13, 2010.[6] The sequel to Yakuza 3, it was released on March 18, 2010 in Japan after a playable demo was released on the Japanese PlayStation Store on March 5.[7] Yakuza 4 was released in Europe and North America in March 2011.[8][9]
The game received an Award for Excellence at the 2010 Japan Game Awards,[10] and received a score of 38 out of 40 from Famitsu.[11] It has a 79-percent rating on GameRankings based on 40 reviews[12] and a valuation of 78 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 59 reviews.[13]