Xbox Series X will be on the shelves before November 13th!

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Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg, GM Xbox Games Marketing, recently announced that the Xbox Series X will be released in November, narrowing the release window from “Holiday 2020” to a specific month.

We can now reveal that the console will be out by November 13th, thanks to a press release for Yakuza: Like A Dragon which has in very big letters…

Yakuza: Like a Dragon Launches Day 1 on Xbox Series X!

Just announced on Inside Xbox, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, an explosive new entry point in the acclaimed Yakuza series, will be releasing as a launch title on the next-gen Xbox Series X*. Yakuza: Like a Dragon will also be available as simultaneous release on the Xbox family of devices, including Xbox One X*, Windows 10 PC*, PlayStation 4, and Steam*.

Now, all we need to do is check the Xbox store which conveniently tells us the Xbox One game is out on November 13th, and as this is a simultaneous launch across all platforms that is also the day one release for Xbox Series X version, ergo the console must be landing on shelves sometime between 1st and 13th of November.

We also checked the  PlayStation Store and that has the same date, November 13th.

The main cast of the game’s English dub has been revealed, including the legendary George Takei:

  • Kaiji Tang as Ichiban Kasuga, protagonist of the story returning from 18 years spent in prison
  • George Takei as Masumi Arakawa, patriarch of the Arakawa Family
  • Andrew Morgado as Koichi Adachi, an ex-cop on the search for truth
  • Greg Chun as Yu Nanba, downtrodden former nurse making amends with the world
  • Elizabeth Maxwell as Saeko Mukoda, a bar hostess on a mission

Set in 2019 following the events of Yakuza 6, Yakuza: Like a Dragon follows the story of Kasuga Ichiban, a member of the formidable Tojo Clan who, much like Kiryu Kazuma, takes the fall for a crime he did not commit in order to protect the honor of his clan. When Ichiban emerges from prison almost two decades later in 2019, though, he’s found that the world has changed immensely and moved on without him. Stuck as an outsider in an unfamiliar town, he gathers a crew of unlikely allies in order to find out the truth behind what happened while he was behind bars.

The game is a pretty major departure beyond just having a new lead, with new turn-based RPG encounters. Part of the reason for this switch to an RPG battle system is that Ichiban is obsessed with Dragon Quest, and the regular thugs you run into on the street will often transform into otherwordly warriors (in Ichiban’s head, at least) once battle begins.

Source: Press release

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3 Comments

  1. From the wording of the press release, I’m not sure I am getting the same conclusion as you TC but happy to be wrong here!

    • Nah, we’ve been over it a few times. The wording is very, very definitive and specific. The game will be out on day 1 for Xbox Series X, as a “launch title”, and it’s arriving simultaneously on all platforms, with two digital storefronts confirming this for 13th November. All of that can only be true if the Series X is out on or by 13th November.

  2. November the 13th will be a Friday… If that’s not a good sign for the Xtra series of an XBox… ;-)
    Looking forward to Sony’s next step…

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