Yakuza 5 Remastered is a rerelease of the original Yakuza 5 for the PS3 developed by SEGA’s in-house development team Ryu Ga Gotoku responsible for all Yakuza games. The remastered version doesn’t change anything major from its PS3 counterpart aside from localization updates, and graphical improvements. The story picks up right after the events of Yakuza 4, The Dragon of Dojima has left the world of crime for good, and is now hiding his identity and spending his days as a cab driver in Fukuoka’s red-light district, but it looks like another yakuza war is brewing in the horizon, in order to save the dreams of his loved ones he must step into the world of crime once again and do some more butt-kicking.    

• Experience the story from the perspective of 5 familiar characters from the yakuza series Kazuma Kiryu, Taiga Saejima, Shun Akiyama, Haruka, and Tatsuo Shinada. See how their stories interweave with each other.
• Explore realistic depictions of 5 major cities in Japan Tokyo, Osaka, Hakata, Nagoya, and Sapporo the ambitious yet scale-wise in yakuza history.
• Over 29 side activities and mini-games to discover from karaoke, mahjong, shogi to arcade games like Gunrhein, Taiko: Drum Master, UFO Catcher, and casino games like Blackjack, Poker, Roulette, and many more.
• Remastered Improvements: The English sub localization has been updated, Graphical updates have been made 1080p resolution from the originals 720p, and an increased 60fps cap for the compared to the 30fps of the original.