US EditionLike A Dragon dev’s Stranger Than Heaven is LA Noire, but make it Yakuza
- Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio revealed a new game called Stranger Than Heaven, originally teased as Project Century in December 2024 and set in 1943 Japan.
- The game evolved from an initial 1915 Japan setting shown last year at The Game Awards to a noir thriller exploring a city in World War II-era Japan.
- Stranger Than Heaven follows detective Mako Daito in a neon-lit city filled with jazz clubs, street fights, and survival elements including hunger and thirst meters.
- A June 6, 2025 trailer ends with Mako questioning his identity and meeting an American surprised by his Japanese heritage, highlighting the game’s noir tone and complex narrative.
- The game, planned for a 2026 launch, suggests a fresh direction for RGG Studio by blending their established style with darker, more intense gameplay and storytelling.
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Like A Dragon dev’s Stranger Than Heaven is LA Noire, but make it Yakuza
Following the reveal of Project Century during The Game Awards 2024, Sega and Like A Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio showed up to Summer Game Fest 2025 with a new trailer, a new era, and a new name: Stranger Than Heaven. Where the initial trailer looked like early-20th century Judgment, where a detective wandered around a rain-soaked, 1914’s Japanese city, Stranger Than Heaven‘s latest trailer is more like RGG Studio’s take on L.A. Noire. …
During the Summer Game Fest 2025, SEGA revealed the official name of the new project developed by the studio Ryu Ga Gotoku, to whom we owe the licenses Yakuza, Like a Dragon and Virtua Fighter. Known so far under the provisional title Project Century, this new production will be entitled Stranger Than Heaven. Presented for the first time at the Game Awards 2024, this game marks the creation of a brand new franchise for the Japanese studio. An un…
Project Century: Stranger Than Heaven SGF 2025 Trailer Is Yakuza L.A. Noire - Data Intelligence
Following the reveal of Project Century during The Game Awards 2024, Sega and Like A Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio showed up to Summer Game Fest 2025 with a new trailer, a new era, and a new name: Stranger Than Heaven. Where the initial trailer looked like early-20th century Judgment, where a detective wandered around a rain-soaked, 1914’s Japanese city, Stranger Than Heaven’s latest trailer is more like RGG Studio’s take on L.A. Noire. …
‘Project Century’ Gets New Trailer and Official Title; Stranger Than Heaven
The studio behind the Yakuza franchise showed off a new trailer at Summer Game Fest for Stranger Than Heaven! Originally revealed during last year’s The Game Awards as Project Century, today brings a fresh look at the upcoming period-set RPG from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio: Stranger Than Heaven. SEGA revealed the title during the opening […] Source
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