Yakuza : Dead Souls (龍が如く OF THE END lit. “Like a Dragon of the End”?) is an action-adventure/survival horror video game, developed and published by Sega exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game is the sixth installment in the Yakuza series. The game’s concept and keyword is “destruction”; a promotional image for the game showed the series’ main locale, Kamurocho, in ruins. Leaked scans of the Famitsu issue released on September 16, the first day of the 2010 Tokyo Game Show, revealed that the game would be set during a zombie outbreak in Kamurocho and reportedly after the events of Yakuza 4. The game was originally scheduled for release in Japan on March 17, 2011 two days after the release of Yakuza 4 in North America; however, after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the release was indefinitely delayed. A new release date, setting the game’s release for June 9, was announced on April 7. The game was also released in North America and Europe by Sega in March 2012.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz or higher; Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher | AMD Six-Core CPU; Intel Quad-Core CPU |
| RAM | 4GB or more | 8GB |
| OS | Windows Vista 32-Bit with Service Pack 2 and the KB971512 platform update | Windows 8 64-bit |
| Graphics Card | AMD Radeon 3870 or higher; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher | AMD Radeon 7870 or higher; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or higher; Graphics Memory: 3GB |
| HDD Space | 17GB | 17GB |
| Game Analysis | April 2011, Kamurocho, Tokyo, a city that never sleeps, even when under attack from zombies. The undead are multiplying and filling the streets of Tokyo’s red light district. The area is quarantined quickly, but degenerates into a district full of terror, panic and devastation. Survivors try to flee the city, but four men rise up to protect those they care most about. If you think zombies are bad, meet the Yakuza. As they run through the battle-scarred streets and witness the scale of the destruction, they are seen as the final hope for the remaining residents of the city as they kick, snipe, batter and bulldoze their way through the hordes of zombies. Immerse yourself in the Kamurocho experience as the true to life recreation of Tokyo’s sin-city district faces its greatest threat. Unravel the story as you play through the eyes of four characters, form alliances, and work together to save Japan from the zombie apocalypse. | |
| Optimization Score | 10 | |
