Like a dragon Series developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio seems to have its hands full in 2025. Not just a studio release Like Dragons: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii As a follow up Like the Dragon: Eternal WealthBut two new RGG titles were revealed at The Game Awards 2024: a new Virtua Fighter Also Project Centenary. It is the latter of these two that probably holds more interest Like a dragon Fans, it looks like it's inspired by the series' action-brawler roots, but it could hold even greater significance to the franchise.
With little information to go on, it's unclear whether Project Centenary is connected to Like a dragon franchise, or its own standalone IP. Although few details about the game were shared during its TGA trailer, one piece of information was revealed that confirmed its 1915 Japan setting. Fans familiar with in-universe lore Like a dragon The franchisee recognizes the importance of that time period and how it can suggest Project CentenaryLocation within the franchise continuum.
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The 1915 setting of the project is aligned with the founding of the Omi Alliance
Yakuza: Dragon sets the founding of the Omi Alliance 100 years ago
Part of “Century”. Project Centenary It may be the key to understanding its place in the larger Like a dragon the universe. The series has yet to see a pre-1988 canon entry explore the setting Yakuza 0And very few details exist before this time about the history of the series' rivals, the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance. However, during the events Yakuza: Like a dragonMasaru Watase, captain of the Omi Alliance, dated the organization to around 1915, noting that the organization was over 100 years old — or a century old — at the time of the game in 2019.
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Set in historical Japanese periods, they are not canon to the main series.
While the series explores the leadership succession of the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance in depth, the details of the founding of these organizations have never been chronicled, leaving a gap in knowledge. Like a dragon. as Like a dragon The series continues to expand its universe with the addition of side games Like Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Like Dragons: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaiiand also justice series taking place within the same universe, it seems like a logical step for Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio to visit the roots of these basic entities in the world of the franchise.
Project Century could set up the original confrontation between Tojo and Omi
With a setting of 1915 Project Centenary To line up perfectly with the establishment of the Omi Alliance, it seems too coincidental to not be intentional. As such, fans could finally see the origins of the Omi Alliance and perhaps the Tojo Clan as well Project Centenary As a way to bring the legacy of these organizations full circle within the series after the Great Dissolution Yakuza: Like a dragon saw the end of his criminal reign. This kind of story will naturally align with the brutality Project Centenary Its reveal trailer shows disorganized criminals banding together to create formal clans.
The largest real-world yakuza group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, was founded in 1915. The Omi Alliance is said to be the largest yakuza organization in the world.
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series, so Project Century could take inspiration from this event and follow its establishment.
hero of Project Centenary The character shown in the trailer is never named, even for speculation; He may be the founder and first chairman of the Tojo Clan, Makoto Tojo, or perhaps the unknown founder of the Omi Alliance. It is also possible that they are a character on the periphery of these clans and players will get to see their origins from the outside looking in. Regardless, the significance of 1915 for both the real-world yakuza and those within it. – Sports science Like a dragon The series refers to totals Project Centenary Being an origin story for the Omi Alliance, Tojo Clan, or both.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- Date of establishment
- August 31, 2011
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
