{"id":48418,"date":"2025-05-28T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48418"},"modified":"2025-05-27T18:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:36:39","slug":"like-a-dragon-has-big-announcements-on-upcoming-stream-but-its-not-a-new-game-rgg-studio-lead-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/like-a-dragon-has-big-announcements-on-upcoming-stream-but-its-not-a-new-game-rgg-studio-lead-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a Dragon has big announcements on upcoming stream, but it\u2019s not a new game, RGG Studio lead says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>RyuStaTV, RGG Studio\u2019s official live program, will air its 41st episode on May 30, 8 PM JST via YouTube and Nico Nama. Announced as a \u201cspecial\u201d episode, it will focus on the upcoming Switch 2 title Yakuza 0 Director\u2019s Cut, with a panel discussion and two \u201cmajor announcements\u201d from RGG Studio. Fans have been speculating about what these big announcements could be, some even suggesting that the studio will announce a new game. However, RGG Studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama has since debunked the rumors, taking the chance to explain the concept of RyuStaTV and how it differs from bigger live events, like RGG Summit, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u65b0\u4f5c\u306e\u767a\u8868\u306f\u3001\u3001\u3001\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\uff01<br><br>\u9f8d\u30b9\u30bfTV\u3067\u306f\u524d\u3005\u304b\u3089\u304a\u4f1d\u3048\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u9f8d\u30b9\u30bfTV\u3067\u305d\u3093\u306a\u5927\u304d\u306a\u767a\u8868\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093\uff01<br>\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u306b\u898b\u308c\u3070\u5c0f\u3055\u3044\u3051\u3069\u300c\u9f8d\u30b9\u30bfTV\u7684\u300d\u306b\u306f\u5927\u304d\u306a\u30cd\u30bf\u306e\u767a\u8868\u3067\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u9f8d\u30b9\u30bfTV\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u30ed\u30fc\u30ab\u30eb\u306e\u5c0f\u3055\u306a\u914d\u4fe1\u756a\u7d44\u3067\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u512a\u3057\u304f\u898b\u5b88\u3063\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3002\u3002\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MmJqK6s2hO\">https:\/\/t.co\/MmJqK6s2hO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6a2a\u5c71\u660c\u7fa9 (@yokoyama_masa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yokoyama_masa\/status\/1926829749088711110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on his personal X account, Yokoyama clarified that the big news on RyuStaTV will not be about a new game. As the devs have explained in previous episodes of the program, such big announcements generally won\u2019t be made through RyuStaTV. Yokoyama notes that the May 30th news may not be huge in a global sense, but that it is a big thing in the context of RyuStaTV, which they consider a smaller, more local program. The message here would probably be not to jump the gun the next time you see the words \u201cbig news\u201d in a RyuStaTV episode announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funnily enough, this isn\u2019t the first time Yokoyama decided to chime in and address rumors regarding Like a Dragon games \u2013 in the 36th episode of RyuStaTV, he dedicated a section of the livestream to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/speculation-about-project-century-so-far-is-all-wrong-rgg-studio-head-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debunking fan theories<\/a> regarding the studios\u2019 upcoming game Project Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that note, while it will take some time before we get a new Yakuza announcement \u2013 more news on Project Century seems to be approaching. Yesterday, Yokoyama posted a photo of what seems to be an animation storyboard teasing a future work, and fans are, yet again, speculating that this is related to Project Century \u2013 the way the characters in the storyboard are dressed is reminiscent of something you\u2019d see in early 20th century Japan, the historical period Project Century is based on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3042\u30fc\u3001\u3044\u3064\u3082\u306e\u30a2\u30ec\u304c\u59cb\u307e\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3046\u3002\u30ef\u30af\u30ef\u30af\u3057\u3064\u3064\u3082\u6182\u9b31\u3067\u3082\u3042\u308b\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9pPaLcRtY2\">pic.twitter.com\/9pPaLcRtY2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6a2a\u5c71\u660c\u7fa9 (@yokoyama_masa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yokoyama_masa\/status\/1926805623993201144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Translation: <em>\u201cAh, it\u2019s about to begin again. Feeling both excited and melancholic about this\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While this rather mysterious comment by Yokoyama could seem exciting to some fans, and slightly worrying to others, it is almost certain that, if not on the next livestream, there will be more news about the upcoming title very soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 41st episode of RyuStaTV will go live on YouTube on May 30, 8PM JST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u9f8d\u30b9\u30bfTV#41\u3011Nintendo Switch\u2122 2\u300e\u9f8d\u304c\u5982\u304f\uff10 \u8a93\u3044\u306e\u5834\u6240 Director\u2019s Cut\u300f\u30ab\u30c1\u30b3\u30df\u5927\u8a0e\u8ad6\u4f1a\uff06\u5927\u767a\u8868\u30b9\u30da\u30b7\u30e3\u30eb\uff01\" width=\"1160\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rBWTlU4j7zQ?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an X post, RGG representative Yokoyama clarified that the upcoming big announcement from Like a Dragon developers is not a new game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":48420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-48418","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 - 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