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The Game Pass rotation continues, and unfortunately, that means waving goodbye to another batch of excellent titles at the end of the month.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is charting a new course for the Like a Dragon series with Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

A shorter Like a Dragon experience that doesn’t skimp on overall quality must have been the goal here for RGG Studio and they have once again nailed it in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Need more Like a Dragon in your life? Early 2025 will see you sorted with the release of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in...

I was fortunate to recently be on a business trip to Taiwan. I went ahead and booked an extension to visit Tokyo and the real-life Kabukichō, the location that Kamurocho and many of the early games are based on. Even going as far as booking a hotel right in the centre of the red-light district.

Yakuza 0 was the gateway drug into the wider franchise that I and many others have dined out on in the years since first release.

Since Yakuza 0 launched on Xbox, there have been eight additional Yakuza releases in just over 12 months, and RGG Studio aren’t finished just yet. It can be a daunting prospect. But, having already spoken in depth about why each entry is a viable entry point into the series, it is time to produce a definitive Yakuza ranking list - 'worst' to best - for those that simply want to play the standout titles in this impeccable series.

As a conclusion to Kiryu’s seven-game saga, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life on Xbox provides a very fitting end that will not leave a dry eye in the house. It is an added bonus that it is one of the best Yakuza games; a standout title in a standout series.

We've had in-clan fighting, bomb threats and more betrayals than you’ve likely had hot dinners, but now comes perhaps Kiryu’s most personal journey as Yakuza 6: The Song of Life arrives on Xbox and PC and available to subscribers through Xbox Game Pass.

Yakuza 5 is very much the magnum opus of the series; bigger, better and bolder than anything that came before it. It is immediately obvious from the get-go why it is often cited as one of the best in the entire series.