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Sega has published details of its Q1 financial report, highlighting a 53% profit increase for the year ended March 31, 2013. The publisher’s biggest hit for the year was Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, while Aliens: Colonial Marines old1.3 million copies worldwide.

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A new fan campaign has been launched to try and pressure Sega into producing a localisation for the PlayStation 3-exclusive Yakuza 5. All previous games in the series have been released in the west, usually after a long delay, and in very small quantities – so it’s a fair bet that we can expect some decision on the December 2012 Japan release soon. It’s also worth noting that Sega itself uses social networks to gauge interest in localisations. Do the Like and Share thing here.

Thanks, Gematsu.

Yakuza 5 director Toshihiro Nagoshi has teased that there will be more games in Sega’s series after the fifth game releases. However, the game will not be on PS3, hinting at a switch to next-gen for subsequent titles.

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Yakuza 5 follows its predecessor in having an install cinematic that shows off the game’s characters. However, players will only be able to watch ‘The Battle for the Dream’ once during their install and then that’s it. Watch it below the cut, it’s J-Rock-tastic.

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Yakuza 5 will have players spending some time in jail it seems, as suggested by Sega’s whopping barrage of screens. There’s blood, snow, shaved heads, eye-patches, shops and a man getting ready to fight a bear. Seriously. Check out the shots below.

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Yakuza 5 has received a PS3 demo in Japan, and with it comes the inevitable torrent of gameplay footage on YouTube. User ElgarFirst has posted up some captured gameplay, which shows off city exploration, shopping, combat and amazingly, Virtua Fighter.

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Sega is bringing one of its most popular and successful faces into the gangaster drama Yakuza 5.

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Yakuza 5 has not been confirmed for western localisation, but that won’t stop über fans downloading and enjoying the Japanese demo when it release next week.

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The Yakuza series has a long narrative tail, spelled out in dramatic cut-scenes. Familiarising yourself with the events of just one game’s twists and turns will give you a working knowledge of gangster Japanese, so tune into over 17 minutes of incomprehensible trailer if that’s what floats your boat.

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Yakuza 5 has a slew of mad mini-games including Namco’s Taiko Drum Master and Kiryu’s taxi service. Here’s the next one: Baseball. Yep, you can take to the batting cages and hit homers between busting gangster skulls. Watch it in action below.

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Yakuza 5 protagonist Kiryu can work as a taxi driver when he’s not cracking skulls in Sega’s bustling sandbox. Watch him make some crazy money in the game’s new dev diary trailer. You can also see Saejima hunting in the forest.

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New Yakuza 5 screens courtesy of Gematsu show a glowing blue chicken racing for sport, a stern-looking gentlemen preparing noodles and a snowball fight. What crazy times, we live in.

Yakuza 5 is being published by Sega and launches on PS3 in Japan in December.

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Yakuza 5 will bring back a new and improved hostess dating system, that lets players take a slew of digital divas around the Tokyo streets, cabaret clubs, and buy them drinks and other things. We’re sure someone will find this interesting. Get the screens below.

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Japan will score two exclusive – and smexy – PlayStation 3 Super Slim editions, celebrating Yakuza 5 and Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2. Hit the break to marvel at them.

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Yakuza 5 has better turn up in the west or my adoration of these two new, release date-celebrating trailers will be wasted.

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Yakuza 5 newbie Tatsuo Shinada has been revealed in more detail by Sega. The developer revealed new shots of Shinada throwing down with a number of painful grapples, kicks and death by flagpole.

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SEGA has announced its TGS 2012 line-up of games for the show.

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Yakuza 5 reveals are trickling out of Japan a lot recently, lifting the lid on a new dance battle mode, the return of the Tojo clan, and the inclusion of Namco’s Taiko Drum Master arcade game. Now, Sega has revealed a new batch of in-game screens showing off its cast of characters. Get the shots below.

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Yakuza 5 reveals have ranged from weird to weirder recently, but now Sega has spilled the ramen on the game’s cold-hard gameplay facts.

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Yakuza 5 brings back some of your favourite gangsters; see them in all their sharp-suited, moderately sociopathic glory through the break.

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