{"id":29231,"date":"2024-04-02T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=29231"},"modified":"2024-04-02T12:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:08:32","slug":"new-like-a-dragon-game-in-the-works-but-its-not-kiwami-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/new-like-a-dragon-game-in-the-works-but-its-not-kiwami-3\/","title":{"rendered":"New Like a Dragon game in the works, but it\u2019s not Kiwami 3\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced on April 1 that they will be holding casting auditions for a new entry to the<strong> Like a Dragon<\/strong> series. The news was revealed in a stream on the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio TV official YouTube Channel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u9f8d\u30b9\u30bfTV#29\u3011\u6700\u65b0\u30b0\u30c3\u30ba\u7d39\u4ecb\uff06\u91cd\u5927\u767a\u8868SP\uff01\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPpPpTTJ6P0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Exact roles and details about the auditions have yet to be revealed, but Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama said that they will be similar to the live-action hostess auditions held for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name in that members of the general public will also be eligible to audition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yokoyama mentioned that the auditions this time around are not related to Kiwami 3, but that the studio is considering doing Kiwami 3 at some point too. More information will be revealed through subsequent announcements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio released the massive Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth on January 25, which was preceded by Like a Dragon Gaiden in November 2023. Read about <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/20231030-22625\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how the studio efficiently works on multiple titles in parallel<\/a> by streamlining and categorizing tasks in our past interview with the devs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Like a Dragon devs announced casting auditions for a new entry to the series, but it seems it&#8217;s not Kiwami 3&#8217;s turn yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":29236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-29231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Like a Dragon game in the works, but it\u2019s not Kiwami 3\u00a0 - 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