| Yakuza Kiwami 2 | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Hiroyuki Sakamoto |
| Producer(s) | Daisuke Sato Mitsuhiro Shimano |
| Designer(s) | Takeshi Tanaka |
| Programmer(s) |
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| Artist(s) | Nobuaki Mitake |
| Writer(s) | Masayoshi Yokoyama |
| Composer(s) | Hidenori Shoji Yuri Fukuda Chihiro Aoki Saori Yoshida |
| Series | Yakuza |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | PlayStation 4
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Yakuza Kiwami 2[b] is a 2017 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is a remake of the 2006 video game Yakuza 2 for the PlayStation 2, and is the second remake in Yakuza series following 2016's Yakuza Kiwami. It was developed using the Dragon game engine from Yakuza 6. The game was released for PlayStation 4 on December 7, 2017 in Japan, and worldwide on August 28, 2018.[1] It was released for Windows worldwide on Steam on May 9, 2019[2] and released for Xbox One on July 30, 2020.[3] A version for cloud-based platform Amazon Luna was released on January 19, 2023.[4]
Yakuza Kiwami 2 was followed up by the spinoff titles Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise and Judgment in 2018, and the next mainline installment Yakuza: Like a Dragon in 2020.
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- ^ Good, Owen S. (2018-03-17). "Yakuza Kiwami 2 launches in the West this August". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ Boudreau, Ian (2019-04-11). "Yakuza Kiwami 2 comes out on Steam next month". PC Gamer. Future US. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ "Yakuza is coming to Xbox for the first time". Polygon. 14 November 2019.
- ^ New on Luna+: Yakuza Kiwami 2, 19 January 2023, retrieved 2023-01-21