Yakuza is Sega's crime saga. The upcoming entry will have zombies in it. Yeah.

The first image Sega showed of upcoming Yakuza game, Yakuza: Of The End, depicted the in-game Kamurocho, the in-game version of Shinjuku's Kabukicho, in ruins.

The game's designer said that the theme for Of The End was "destruction". A more apt theme is "bwah?"

The initial image of the destroyed urban landscape seemed to look more like a natural disaster. The destruction, however, appears to have been caused by zombies. The latest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu confirms the inclusion of zombies in Yakuza: Of The End.

The game is set in April 2011, when the walking dead appear on the streets of Kamurocho. The Self Defense Force quarantines the area, and it becomes a fight to survive.

The scans show the Japanese Self Defense Force attempting to handle a horde of zombies. There appears to be either a tank or some sort of armored vehicle enveloped by zombies. Other scans show the city landscape in shambles. The outside of a sushi restaurant is destroyed.

The other scans are gunplay heavy, depicting Yakuza series hero Kazuma Kiryu mowing down zombies with machine guns. Another Yakuza character, Ryuushi Gouda, has a mechanical hand that transforms into machine gun.

Another screenshot shows what looks like is a giant rock monster.

The game's designer, Toshihiro Nagoshi, tells Famitsu that this is not the last Yakuza title. He did add that if this game was not a hit, then it might be the end of Yakuza games. So he is trying hard to make the best title he can. Nagoshi would not say whether Of The End is a numbered entry in the Yakuza series or whether it was a spin-off.

Of The End? This is the end of the Yakuza series as we know it. Though, if this game does feature zombie hostesses, perhaps we would be willing to overlook this totally off-the-wall direction the series is taking.

I just heard about this from someone.

Nuts. Dumb. 
 
My opinion has been sufficiently expressed.

I've heard Canadian Japanese zombies are the craziest, so this looks pretty tame to me :)

Zombies are so 'in' right now :I

Well, it does have the name Yakuza in it so it will probably sell well in Japan.

So it's like an even more japanese dead rising.

oooooooooooook. Consider my interest levels dead.

1st VC3 on PSP.
 
Now this?
 
Who the hell is running things at Sega now?!!??!?!?!/

" oooooooooooook. Consider my interest levels dead. "

I love this. The Yakuza games are some of the least wacky stuff that Japan puts out and the idea of them spending the last 5 or 6 years building up that reputation and then deciding "NO, FUCK IT - ZOMBIES." That's awesome.

" I love this. The Yakuza games are some of the least wacky stuff that Japan puts out and the idea of them spending the last 5 or 6 years building up that reputation and then deciding "NO, FUCK IT - ZOMBIES." That's awesome. "

" @Fratteker said:

" I love this. The Yakuza games are some of the least wacky stuff that Japan puts out and the idea of them spending the last 5 or 6 years building up that reputation and then deciding "NO, FUCK IT - ZOMBIES." That's awesome. "

I'm copying this quote for future reference because I almost fell out of my chair laughing at it. That's pretty much a terrifyingly accurate description to what I'm thinking about now. "

hell ya! RGG3 is fun but too much fetch quests for a fucking dog at orphanage. bring on zombies and dude with Takeshi Miike machine gun arm

" I love this. The Yakuza games are some of the least wacky stuff that Japan puts out and the idea of them spending the last 5 or 6 years building up that reputation and then deciding "NO, FUCK IT - ZOMBIES." That's awesome. "

This is pretty stupid but sort of awesome. 
 
STUPID AWESOME (but more stupid)

One of the guys working on the game said there probably won't be a Yakuza 6 if this game doesn't perform well, so I'm a little surprised they're taking the series in a direction that probably doesn't appeal to Japanese people. There's really no reason for them to cater to Western audiences as the Yakuza games are probably the worst-selling Japanese games in the West.

I dig moves like this. They are just indulging themselves, which they totally deserve after all that they have created. I say good for them, and this sounds awesome. It wasn't that much less ridiculous before. In fact, I'd say this is way less absurd in the west than any of the other games.

" @vidiot: How is a game about zombies mind blowing? Everyone's fucking doing it. Don't be surprised if Barbie Horse Adventures 2 has zombie horses. "

technically this isn't Yakuza '5'. during the sony press conference at tgs, the logo didn't have the '5' at all. i think its more of a spin off.

the trailer looked cool so why caint it be an awesome game?

Hey maybe it'll sell in America now.

Sounds like a terrible idea, but I've enjoyed the other Yakuza games a lot so hopefully this game won't suck.

Good, cause it's not like there's enough zombies already or anything.

There's no shortage of Zombie games so this seems like a huge cash grab. I enjoyed the Yakuza series because they were well done games that were fairly ground level game approaches to organized crime in Japan. This is disappointing and pandering. 

The only Yakuza game I played was Yakuza 3, and I really liked it. I also like zombies, so I'm totally into this. 
 
So... are the massage and hostess minigames included?

Dude, that`s awesome

guess they can rename the title into Left 4 Yakuza?

so i punch zombies to death HELL YA!

its a spin off like kenzan

My first thought after seeing this was,

That's surprising alright considering the series. Still, it sounds more like a spin off like the way they made that Feudal Japan Yakuza game. I dunno, it's weird but I kinda dig it in a way.

wow. Couldn't have called this!

This is... I dunno what this is, but if there's good mafia melodrama mixed among the zombie plot, and I can smash a bicycle on a zombie's face... i'm cool with it.

Alright, I'm going to say this is awesome.  The thing I love most about Japan is all their crazy, and this is several new kinds of it.

Is this game getting a Western release by any chance?

I'm sure all of this is canon.

Ryoji's Arm-Gun was just hilarious. I just hope this ends with it just being Haruka's dream or some such shit.

" ''The last Yakuza game didn't do too well. Lets put zombies in this one, 'cause zombie games are quite popular at the moment.'' "

" Is this game getting a Western release by any chance? "

" @eroticfishcake said:

" Is this game getting a Western release by any chance? "

Well, it's questionable when the game will see release at all.  The game was postponed after the earthquake and tsunami, and Sega hasn't yet stated when they plan to reschedule the Japanese release, and until that happens, there's no telling when or if an international release will follow. "

spin off like Yakuza Kenzan! (Yakuza character set In the  Tokugawa Period 1600's)