Kevin Eva, Online Community Manager at Sega Europe has confirmed that Yakuza 3 is indeed coming to the West. The game will be releasing at some point in, already over-crowded, March 2010.

Yet another 2010 exclusive game for PS3 owners. Yakuza 3 has already sold over half a million copies in Japan alone. Sega confirmed that "as part of the lengthy localisation work, Yakuza 3 will feature full English subtitling, whilst maintaining the rich Japanese voice actors that bring an extremely engaging atmosphere to the game."

Gary Knight Sega’s European Marketing Director, explained: “Yakuza 3 was one of the most requested titles for localisation by our European SEGA community, so we are delighted to be able to fulfil their wishes with this announcement. As well as delving even further into the rich narrative of the Yakuza universe, the development team have pushed the PlayStation 3 hardware to the limits to produce a beautiful and startlingly realistic depiction of the Japanese underworld.”

The Japanese voice acting + English subtitles is likely to have purists drooling.