SEGA has said today that Yakuza 4 will be coming to western shores next year on the PlayStation 3 but haven't given an exact date other than sometime during next Spring.
Yakuza 4 will be at E3 this year with game designer Toshihiro Nagoshi taking questions from fans over e-mail via the games official site.
The game's plot sees the regular protagonist of the Yakuza story line, Kazuma, move away from his usual role with three different characters to play as, each with their own back-story and "gripping interwoven plot".
Better mark those calenders, next Spring it is.