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MENAFNEditorial) iCrowdNewswire - Sep 24, 2018
Toshihiro Nagoshi's team behind theYakuzaseries at Sega has announced its next major work. The PS4 game is calledJudge Eyes: Shinigami no Yuigonin Japanese and carries the working title ofProject Judgein English. LikeYakuza,Project Judgeis a gritty real-world drama set in present-day Japan, but flips the stakes altogether by casting the player character as a former lawyer turned detective.
Whilethe excellentYakuza 6featured megastar actor Beat Takeshi in a key role, Sega has managed to one-up its star power this time around.Project Judgestars Takuya Kimura, actor and former member of colossal Japanese boy band SMAP. 'Kimutaku is one of the most famous entertainers in Japan; imagine if Justin Timberlake were cast in theUnchartedseries and you'll get an idea of how big a coup this is.
Project Judgewas announced with a brief trailer at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show event today, but a subsequent closed-door conference showed off a lot more footage of how the game plays out. The combat and general movement through the city is extremely reminiscent ofYakuza, but it looks like there's a lot more variety in the core gameplay. As a detective you have to collect a lot of clues, whether by finding them in person or by flying a drone around the city, and there's a stealth element to tracking people.Project Judgealso shares theYakuzaseries' penchant for quirky, tangential minigames.
Perhaps the most surprising part ofProject Judge's announcement is its release date: the game will come out on December 13th this year in Japan and other Asian markets, and a demo is available on the Japanese PlayStation Store today. The game will be out in the West under its finalized title next year.
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