Like a Dragon fans have grown excited after series publisher Sega filed a trademark for something called Yakuza Wars. The trademark was filed in Japan on July 26, 2024 but only made public today, August 5, as spotted by X/Twitter user Wario64. Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is revealing its next game sometime between September 26 and September 29 at Tokyo Game Show, with many fans now believing Yakuza Wars to be it.
The trademark reveals nothing beyond the name though, not even if Yakuza Wars is a video game property. Yakuza Wars trademark filed by SEGA https://t.co/2r8S3lSKNE pic.
twitter.com/0VD4pVh4Ry — Wario64 (@Wario64) August 5, 2024 Fans have still run away with 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 it is, that would be totally mind blowing," they said.
Sakura Wars combines role-playing and dating simulator gameplay in a steam punk version of early 20th century Japan where demons are invading, obviously. Others theorised Yakuza Wars sounds like a mobile or real time strategy game title, the latter of which RGG Studio has explored before through the Majima Construction minigame in Yakuza Kiwami 2. The next Like a Dragon game really could be anything though.
RGG Studio has already said fans will be "surprised" by the reveal, and confirmed it won't be Yakuza Kiwami 3 , a remake of the third game following on from Yakuza .