Project Century: Yakuza L.A. Noire in the Stranger Than Heaven SGF 2025 Trailer

Alright, so picture this: It’s Summer Game Fest 2025, and Sega, along with Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio—the brains behind the whole Yakuza craze—rolls into town with a fresh trailer. So, they had this Project Century thing going on at The Game Awards 2024, and now it has a new name: Stranger Than Heaven. First trailer felt like it plopped you right into a moody 1914 Japanese city, all rainy and mysterious. Now? Now it’s like they’ve taken a page from L.A. Noire. You remember that game, right? With the detective work and all.

Anyway, there’s this detective, Mako Daito. He’s in this upscale, chaotic city — think neon lights, loud nightclubs, gritty back alleys, and everything in between. You can almost hear the mix of street noise and jazz. Now, RGG Studio seems to be trying on a new hat, dabbling with survival and simulation bits. For instance, there’s this snapshot where Mako’s puffing on a cigarette (could almost smell the smoke myself), and suddenly a tooltip says, “Draws immense hostility when smoking.” Intriguing, right? Then you’ve got hunger and thirst stats—totally unexpected from these guys. And it gets wilder: split-second choices, like deciding if he’ll spare some tough guy.

The whole thing winds up with Mako running into this American dude who’s all startled that he’s Japanese. Then there’s this intense line from Mako about, well, losing himself or something. Classic drama that reminds me a lot of Yakuza’s vibe, y’know? A bit weird for RGG Studio, but their drama game seems strong as ever.

Oh, and there’s this fascinating nugget—something about Project Century. With the trailer jumping forward three decades, maybe this game zigs and zags through the century? Just me speculating here, but feels like a safe-ish guess. RGG is keeping mum on the details and even joked about folks not bothering to guess what’s happening. Mysterious much?

Anyway, mark your calendars for 2026. Stranger Than Heaven is coming, and who knows what we’re in for!