Yakuza spin-off Judgment is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in April

Yakuza spin-off Judgment will be released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Stadia on April 23, 2021.

Developed by Sega’s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the game originally hit PS4 in Japan in 2018 and in the west in 2019.

Priced at $39.99, the remastered version will include all of the original’s DLC, “refined” visuals, 60 FPS performance and faster loading times.

Sega told IGN that cross-buy will not be supported for PS4 and PS5, while it’s currently unclear if progress can be transferred from Sony’s older console to its latest one.

RGG Studio also said there are no plans to bring the game to PC.

Judgment sees players assume the role of lawyer-turned-investigator Takayuki Yagami, who’s working a case related to Kamurocho’s criminal underground.

VGC’s Judgment review said the game “doesn’t deliver on its investigative pitch, but its humour and sense of place still shine”.

Our critic wrote: “Judgment is plenty entertaining, but it is just a muted Yakuza game in disguise. And after so many games of smashing faces into concrete, we hoped for a little more than that.”

Further reading

Review: Judgment is a fun, but muted Yakuza game in disguise

Sega's spin-off doesn’t deliver on its investigative pitch, but its humour still shines