[Famitsu] Now that Yakuza 3 has been out in North America for a whole week and Yakuza 4 ia due to hit Japan in two days, it's definitely time for Sega to announce another one. At least, that's what Sega seems to think. At a Yakuza 4 event in Tokyo, Sega showed a teaser trailer for a new game in the series, with concept art depicting the familiar Kamurocho district of the other games. As usual, the next iteration will be produced by series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi.

Codenamed "Project K," the new game appears to star a young man who "knew the graveness of the crimes he continued to commit," and "that fighting is his destiny," but "doesn't know the cruel fate that awaits." Powerful stuff!

The video calls this new project "A new challenge for Ryu ga Gotoku" (Yakuza), suggesting that this new game will be different in some way. Perhaps this one will leave the story of Kazuma Kiryu behind entirely in favor of this new character. Or perhaps it'll be made for a platform other than PlayStation 3.