Sega announced Yakuza Online almost exactly year ago, and now they’ve confirmed that pre-registrations have opened for the game. Furthermore, more importantly, a brand new trailer has also been released, which states that the game will be released in Japan this year for the Anroid, iOS, and PC, though a more specific release date wasn’t given.

Although we do know that the game will release this year in Japan, a Western release hasn’t been announced as of now. The game will be free to play and, as such, will make use of microtransactions. The trailer also showcases the series’ new protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga, who is also supposedly going to be the protagonist for the next big game from the series that will make it to consoles, called Shin Yakuza, which was announced alongside Yakuza Online last year. If the game seems interesting to you, you can pre-register here for it. In fact, if it receives more than 100,000 pre-registrations, all of the participants will get an SSR Idol Haruka.

You can check out the new trailer for the game below along with a video that focuses more on the game’s the development team. Yakuza Online is set to release in Japan later this year, and as per the second video, the game will receive more details at Tokyo Games Show in less than a month.

At this point, Yakuza releases in the west have become far more of a sure thing than they were there for a while, when it was a crapshoot whether or not a new Yakuza game would ever come over (a few of them such as Yakuza Ishin and Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō didn’t). Yakuza 0 launched earlier this year, Yakuza Kiwami just now, and Yakuza 6 is due out next year.

But there are more Yakuza games on the horizon, of course- there is Yakuza Kiwami 2, the remake of the second game in the series, Yakuza Online, the PC and mobile online game based on the franchise. And while it is not a Yakuza game, the same developers’ Fist of the North Star has also been announced.

Sega has recently sent out a survey asking players about potential localizations for these games. You can take the survey here if you want to ensure the series continues to get localizations.

Sega and the Yakuza team have announced a brand new Yakuza game, due for release some time in 2018. The new Yakuza game will be the first one to not star Kiryu, whose story finally came to an end in Yakuza 6, which will be launching in the west next year, exclusively for the PS4.

Sega have not announced much about the new Yakuza game- we don’t know an exact release date, an exact name, or even what platforms it is coming for. We do know the setting, however, as well as the fact that it follows the sixth game in the chronology, the general setup of the plot, and now, the hero and his name (40 year old Kasuga Ichiban).

That said, we did get a new trailer introducing us to the new protagonist, which you can see for yourself below. He has some big shoes to fill, following up Kiryu and all.

Sega also announced Yakuza Online, which will presumably be a Yakuza based MMO, which in turn is also due out in 2018- for PC, iOS, and Android. Both games will be set after the events of Yakuza 6. Hopefully we learn more about them come TGS.