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Ryu ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono

Ryu ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono

Aka: Yakuza 4
Console: Sony PlayStation 3
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): CS1 Team
Publisher(s): Sega
Release Date: 2010-03-18
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: M - Mature 17+
Type: Action, Adventure, Role-Playing

Yakuza 4 (Japanese: 龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu wo Tsugumono, "Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend") is a video game developed and released by Sega for the PlayStation 3. The game was introduced on July 24, 2009. A promotional video was presented at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, 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. Yakuza 4 was released in Europe and North America in March 2011.

This was the first Yakuza game that did not feature the involvement of the current series producer and one of the members involved since the very first game, Daisuke Sato. A sequel, Yakuza 5 was released in 2012.

A remaster was released on the PlayStation 4 on January 17, 2019 in Japan, and worldwide on October 29, 2019 as part of The Yakuza Remastered Collection. Versions for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One were released in January 2021. Because Hiroki Narimiya retired from acting due to allegations of drug use, the role of Tanimura was recast with Toshiki Masuda taking over.