RGG, the studio behind the beloved Like a Dragon games, has two new titles in the works, but says none of us have managed to guess what Project Century is about yet.
I was covering the Game Awards this year and everyone on the team thought Project Century looked great. when it was announced. Set in Japan in 1915, it's nothing like the Like a Dragon (aka Yakuza) series, except for the fact that it's clearly a third-person action game.
We've all been speculating what it could be, but Games Chat reports (with translations of Automaton) that RGG studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama says none of the fan theories are correct.
Apparently, the most prominent theory is that Project Century will explore the rise of the Tojo Clan, the antagonists of many of the Like a Dragon games. However, Yokoyama has denied this.
It also ended speculation that Project Century's protagonist was played by Kazuki Kitamura, who played Like a Dragon's Kiryu in the 2007 live-action film. This is a new character created just for this game.
Still, everyone has been scouring the TGA trailer in hopes of finding some clues as to what's going on, but apparently we won't get very far that way. “We didn't include any information that would allow people to guess,” Yokoyama says.
For now, we'll have to wait to find out more for sure. In addition to Project Siglo, RGG is also working on a new Virtua Fighter game.
Instead of guessing what will come next, why not look back and see best yakuza games you can play right now.