Yet another broadcast about Fist of the North Star for PS4 has come and gone courtesy of Sega, with General Director and Sega Chief Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi, and Ayana Tsubaki commentating and reflecting on the game while Producer Daisuke Sato played the game live.

You can check out all the big moments in the videos below, including some intense battle sequences where Kenshiro uses the enemies own death cries against them, some heads explode as the player explores a fairly extensive map. Some Yakuza staples such as the baseball mini game take new forms here, as Kenshiro uses a beam to bat away goons.

The Yakuza style still looks like an amazing fit for the Fist of the North Star license and all the hidden fan service goodies like the Talisman  which let Kenshiro use signature attacks of other series favourites in the usual over the top style elevate it that much more. Launching on March 8th in Japan, there’s still no word on a localized release for other territories, though it is expected to launch in the west.

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Fans chomping at the bit for a peek at the Yakuza styled Fist of the North Star game coming to PS4 have just had their wishes granted by SEGA during a livestream with the General Director and Sega Chief Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi and Producer Daisuke Sato.

Sato played a brief while of the very beginning of the game for the watching fans, and while the tutorial segments are certainly familiar to anyone who’s touched the Yakuza series before, the Fist of the North Star specific elements such as Hokuto Shinken add a special spin.

There’s no information on a western launch still, but it’s likely to come sometime after the Japanese launch on March 8th. If you’re the adventurous type, this same demo that was played in the video below will likely become available on the Japanese PlayStation Store sometime soon.

The Yakuza development team isn’t just working on a brand new game in the series (and the first one to not be starring series protagonist Kiryu as the main chap)- they are also working on a brand new game based on the popular Japanese animated series Fist of the North Star for the PS4, which is currently called  Hokuto Ga Gotoku.

We don’t actually know much about Hokuto Ga Gotoku just yet- we know that the game will use the Yakuza Kiwami engine, and we know that it will have a stylized look inspired by the series it is based on, but not much else. But thankfully, we now have some new art to give us an idea for what this game may end up looking like, too.

You can check out these screenshots for yourself below. Hokuto Ga Gotoku will launch exclusively on the PS4 in Japan in 2018; a western release date is not yet confirmed.