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Yakuza: Like a Dragon, or Ryu ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue in Japan, is the next title in the Yakuza series. The game will feature a brand new protagonist and location for the first time in the series.

During the recent Sega Nama broadcast, General Director Toshihiro Nagoshi confirmed that many past characters would make an appearance.

Confirmed to appear in the game are Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, Taiga Saejima, and Daigo Dojima. Kiryu was previously the main protagonist of the previous Yakuza games, but his role has been reduced.

This small handful of characters are not the only ones to return. Nagoshi also said that “others” would return, which means that there are more surprises in store for the newest Yakuza series. It’s unknown if these characters will only have a small cameo or if they’ll play a larger part of the story.

According to the official YouTube announcement trailer: “Yakuza: Like a Dragon introduces a new main protagonist for the first time since the series’ inception over a decade ago — Ichiban Kasuga, a low-level yakuza member looking to prove his self-worth, and follows him and his motley crew of unlikely allies as they attempt to rise from rags to riches in this modern human drama.”

The series is considered a soft reboot to the entire Yakuza series. It will take take place within the new region of Ijincho in Yokohama.

The new series stars Ichiban Kasuga, whose history is similar to Kiryu’s. Kasuga went to prison for a crime he didn’t commit, thinking it would make him more powerful. Unfortunately, his time in jail had the opposite effect. When he was released, no one remembered Kasuga’s sacrifice. What begins as a story about a starry-eyed man willing to do anything for his superior turns into a story of revenge.

Not only are the story and characters mostly new, but there’s a brand new company system. The Dragon combat system went through a huge overhaul that combines action with a turn-based RPG system. More information about the gameplay is slowly being released.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon will launch in Japan first on January 16, 2020, for the PlayStation 4. A Western release is expected sometime in 2020, but the official date has yet to be confirmed.

Teresa Giudice made some interesting statements during her very first interview following her reunion with her husband Joe Giudice in Italy. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star talked about her marriage with the man and their future together among other topics.

She was very open as well when she discussed the infidelity rumors, the possibility that they will get a divorce as well as their family since the pair shares four daughters together.

Teresa explained that whether she wants to stay married to Joe or not, it’s not really in her control.

The reason for that is, of course, the possibility that he will get deported and have to remain in his native country forever!

During her interview for Good Morning America, she admitted that if that happens, their relationship continuing is not ‘feasible.’

She also mentioned that their trip to Italy was only for Joe and the girls to spend time together and not as much about the two of them discussing their marriage’s future.

‘I was so overjoyed seeing my daughters seeing how happy they were seeing their dad. This trip was all about focusing on our daughters. It really wasn’t about us,’ she shared.

‘I’m always going to love him [whether together or separate]. Imagine he lived in Italy and I lived here … I don’t know if that’s a feasible relationship,’ she went on to say.

When asked if she thinks she could find happiness and love with the father of her daughters again, Teresa shared that they are ‘taking it day by day’ so it’s yet ‘to be determined’ at this point.

As for the infidelity rumors, she insisted that she never cheated on Joe while he was behind bars but admitted she was not so sure he was also faithful when she was serving her own sentence.

Regardless, she did say that it was all in the past and his possible cheating is not a factor when it comes to her decision.

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Taylor Swift has found her voice and is speaking up for herself yet again. The country-pop queen is blasting Scooter Braun and Scott Borchata for the second time this year.

Taylor took to social media to slam the duo for blocking her from performing her own songs at the American Music Awards where she is this year’s special honoree. She also revealed that she was working on a Netflix documentary that she was also told that she couldn’t use any videos of herself performing her tunes.

The message read:  Guys — It’s been announced recently that the American Music Awards will be honoring me with the Artist of the Decade Award at this year’s ceremony. I’ve been planning to perform a medley of my hits throughout the decade on the show. Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun have now said that I’m not allowed to perform my old songs on television because they claim that would be re-recording my music before I’m allowed to next year. Additionally — and this isn’t the way I had planned on telling you this news — Netflix has created a documentary about my life for the past few years. Scott and Scooter have declined the use of my older music or performance footage for this project, even though there is no mention of either of them or Big Machine Records anywhere in the film.’

She went on to say that she was told that she would be able to go through with both if she would agree not to re-record her old songs and stop talking about Scooter and Scott.

She asked her fans and clients of Braun to speak up for her.

Page Six paints a different story, the publication claims that the singer actually owes Braun and Borchata $7 million and agreed to talk about the debt after the negotiations for the AMA performance was sort out; however, once the negotiations went left — she threatened to put them on blast.

This comes after earlier this year when she revealed that Scooter and co. bought Big Machine Records along with her entire catalog of music.

What do you think should be Taylor’s next move?

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