RGG studio's latest work explores "identity, belonging, [and] history" in addition to the usual crime and ambition Right. So. Stranger Than Heaven, the Like A Dragon/Yakuza devs' hop through different decades of 20th century Japanese history? Snoop Dogg's in it. And, also, it's telling the story of how the Tojo Clan - the famous yakuza group Kazuma Kiryu belongs to - came to be founded. Oh, and it'll have you wandering around town sampling the sounds of brooms sweeping and steam trains chugging so that you can turn these into symphonies, as you plunge headlong into a career in band management. All of that and more has just been shown off in a fresh look at the game, which is out this winter. Previously, developers RGG had revealed that this historical take on their usual underworld brawling was set across five Japanese cities in five different decades, running from the 1910s to the 1960s. Now, narrative meat's been put on those bones. As explained by Dean Fujioka, the voice actor behind one of its two main characters, it's "far more than a story about crime or ambition, it's a story of identity, belonging, [and] history". That story kicks off in 1915 with half Japanese/half American protagonist Makoto Daito choosing to flee the US for Japan following the sudden deaths of his parents. Naturally, as an orphan in an RGG game, he soon meets a lifelong frenemy who'll serve as his on-off mate and rival throughout his efforts to find a place for himself in his new home. That rival's Yu Shirota, voiced by Fujioka, a "realist, sharper and more calculating than most" in contrast to Daito's brash impulsiveness. Sounds very reminiscent of the relationship between Kiryu and original Yakuza antagonist Akira Nishkiyama to me. Then, the pair are nearly thrown into the sea by Snoop Dogg. Yep, in RGG's latest celebrity cameo after the studio gave actor Danny Trejo and wrestler Samoa Joe fairly big roles in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii respectively,