After becoming a third party publisher more than 20 years ago, maybe feel that the recents success and original IPs that had come over the years, maybe the story of Sega could have a different present.

Yakuza has been those intellectual properties that went well beginning with the Playstation 2 days, to how we are with Yakuza Like A Dragon (Yakuza 7) nowadays.

Now and as per an interview with Famitsu, we know that Yakuza 8 is in development thanks to the revelation that the Japanese publication spoke with MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura while touring Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.

While Yakuza 8 in development was not a total secret, there has been no news after Sega's studio announced it back in October.

The Famitsu tour included footage worked in-engine as the digital version of Mikuru Asakura is being prepared as reportedly, he will act either as a fictional version of himself or an original character.

While there is no release date yet, it has been reported that Yakuza 8 might not end being called Yakuza 8, not even in Japan where Yakuza Like A Dragon is called Yakuza 7 because the focus of the game will be a new original and fictional city in the game's lore.