Yakuza shouldn’t be as popular as it is today, when you compare it to the trends of the industry. It’s a series of games that requires you to spend more time watching its story unfold than actually steering it, it has little to zero DLC after each game ends and the core mechanics between the various sequels barely change, even when they’re given a fresh face-lift with the Kiwami upgrades. And yet, Yakuza does gangbusters in the West.

Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age will hit that platform and PlayStation 4 on September 4, bringing with it a ton of localised features. English dialogue, increased difficulty modes, better menus and a first-person camera are just some of the features that fans can expect to see.

Monster Hunter: World isn’t going to hold your hand for very long when it introduces its core elements to newcomers. This is still very much a game built on legacy and entries of the past, that refuses to compromise all of that effort in favour of more accessible gameplay.

Gundam isn’t just a swell collection of anime series (Turn A Gundam and the 13th MS Team being two of my favourite underrated classics), its also made a natural transition to video games over the years with numerous titles. It’s making a comeback in the west this year, as the first true Gundam game in many a year is busting out of Japanese arcades and is headed to PlayStation 4 on September 29.

Publisher Koei-Tecmo has enough faith in this latest entry of Dynasty Warriors which they call the “most ambitious entry to date,” to give it that translation push. Unlike other games in the series, Dynasty Warriors 9 is going full-on open-world so that players can “experience history across a multitude of perspectives and battles throughout the whole of China.”

The saga of Son Goku continues in 2017, as Dragon Ball Super is headed west with a brand new English dub at long last.

It's been a rough week for European LCS teams at the 2016 Worlds. Europe still struggles with a slim chance of making it into the playoffs.

Got a PC and urge to play ninja ninja? Well good news pal, because Naruto Online arrives next week July 20.