Stranger Than Heaven isn’t just inspired by Yakuza, it is an official prequel

If you’re a frequent reader of the site, you may have noticed my prior posts on Stranger Than Heaven, a brand-new, next-generation game from Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, best known for their Yakuza series of intricately detailed brawlers. I’ve already gushed about how unrelentingly cool it looks. Its era-spanning story and flashy, reactive combat look to be li…