RGG’s Stranger Than Heaven game will span five time periods

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio revealed more details about its upcoming title, Stranger than paradiseduring the Xbox Partner Preview stream. While previous teasers showed that the game would take place in the 1910s and 1940s, it turns out that its gameplay will span five different time periods: 1915, 1929, 1943, 1951, and 1965. The game’s events will also take place in five different cities. Ryu Ga Gotoku has yet to reveal what the locations will be based on, but the 1965 setting appears to be Kamurocho. This is the fictionalized version of Tokyo’s Kabukicho entertainment district in the studio’s games, the Yakuza and Judgment series.

One period appears to take place in winter, while another focuses on a spa town. It’s clear from the teasers and the new trailer released by RGG that the new title will share Yakuza’s aesthetic and perhaps even its combat mechanics. The studio has yet to say whether it will be connected to the Yakuza series, but fans believe Stranger than paradise could focus on the beginnings of the yakuza clans that have appeared throughout the franchise.

RGG Studio will reveal more details about the game on another stream with Xbox on May 6 at 7 p.m. Eastern. For now, you can watch the trailer below for a preview. Note that if the studio has partnered with Xbox for these revelations, the game will also be available on Steam and on PS5.