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Industry News June 26, 2023

Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and other devs removed from credits in new GOG versions

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and SEGA recently released a collection of seven games in the Yakuza franchise on GOG. However, the name of the creator of the series, along with some other developers, has been erased from the credits.

Industry News August 30, 2021

NetEase to potentially poach Yakuza franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi from Sega

NetEase is in the late stages of talks to poach Toshihiro Nagoshi from Sega. Nagoshi is best known as the creator of the Yakuza series, and if he does join NetEase, it would strengthen China’s giant in Japan.