Sega has filed a trademark for Yakuza Wars.
As noticed by Gematsu, the trademark was printed in Japan at present.
Its submitting class suggests the identify will likely be utilized in a online game product of some kind, reasonably than any of Sega’s different enterprises.
It’s not clear, nonetheless, whether or not it is going to be the title (or subtitle) of an upcoming sport within the Like a Dragon collection.
Like a Dragon was once referred to as Yakuza within the west till Sega seemingly determined to drop the identify in favour of Like a Dragon, the literal translation of the Ryo Ga Gotoku identify the collection has all the time had in Japan.
As such, the Yakuza identify didn’t function within the western title for the eighth most important entry, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, nor was it within the western titles of Like a Dragon: Ishin and Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Identify.
That stated, each names will likely be used for the upcoming Amazon Prime live-action adaptation, Like a Dragon: Yakuza.
There’s additionally a chance (albeit maybe a much less seemingly one) that the Yakuza Wars identify might be used for a spin-off of in Sega’s Sakura Wars collection, or perhaps a crossover between Sakura Wars and Like a Dragon.
The live-action Like a Dragon: Yakuza collection will include six episodes, with the primary three releasing on October 25 and the ultimate three releasing on November 1.
The present, which is produced in Japan, will likely be obtainable in its authentic Japanese language with subtitles, or with a dubbed voiceover.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama says the the primary episode of the present had an ending that made him scream, leap out of his seat and go for a cigarette break.
