Yakuza / Like a Dragon Dev Seemingly Teases Snoop Dogg Appearance in Project Century

Yakuza / Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio seems to be teasing a Snoop Dogg look in its mysterious new sport Project Century.

RGG Studio posted a photograph of Snoop carrying the distinctive jacket worn by the protagonist within the Project Century trailer. At the identical time, studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama posted a photograph of himself within the jacket, mirroring the pose of Snoop.

The Snoop picture has the teasing caption “…but,” whereas Yokoyama’s, in Japanese, stated: “please wait a bit, yeah?” It’s not the tease RGG Studio followers had been anticipating of Project Century, which seems to be a brand new sequence doubtlessly related to Yakuza / Like a Dragon however set in 1915, given it was solely revealed at The Game Awards 2024 a number of days in the past, however there are some components which are not utterly weird.

Snoop was additionally at The Game Awards 2024, for instance, the place he carried out a medley of songs to the builders and press in attendance. It’s due to this fact probably the picture was taken there, and could possibly be so simple as him liking the jacket and wanting a photograph in it.

But this is not the primary time Snoop Dogg’s title has been introduced up in relation to the Yakuza / Like a Dragon sequence. Following on from Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which featured Danny Trejo because the likeness and voice for villain Dwight Méndez, writer Sega requested followers which different celebrities they’d like to look within the sequence going ahead.

Alongside online game adjoining stars comparable to Keanu Reeves, Mark Hamill, Jack Black, Rami Malek, and David Hayter got here different celebrities, one in all which was none aside from Snoop Dogg. This tease might due to this fact be the tip results of this ballot, although nothing is confirmed but.

Snoop would probably seem as a brand new character and never simply as a cameo of himself, particularly if he does present up in Project Century because it’s set 56 years earlier than he was born. Little is thought concerning the sport, nonetheless, so something is feasible.

RGG Studio followers are already deep within the theorizing section to determine what the heck Project Century is, in fact, and have already got concepts on the place it is set, if it is related to the Yakuza / Like a Dragon franchise, who it is major character is, and if it is utilizing the developer’s Dragon Engine.

They’ll must be affected person for these solutions although. Project Century might be nonetheless some time away given it would not have a title but, and RGG Studio is presently creating Virtua Fighter 6 and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii alongside it.

It is thought for its unbelievably speedy improvement instances, nonetheless. In the final 5 years, for instance, its launched Yakuza 4 Remastered, Yakuza 5 Remastered, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Judgment Remastered, Lost Judgment, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, alongside three Super Monkey Ball Games and an enhanced remaster of Virtua Fighter 5. That’s 12 video games in whole.

In our 9/10 assessment of the final RGG Studio launch, IGN stated: “Sprawling, enthralling, and filled with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t simply the most effective turn-based Like a Dragon sport, it’s one of many best video games in your entire sequence.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.