Sega has halted gross sales of Yakuza spin-off judgement after one of many game’s voice actors was arrested for alleged cocaine use. Pierre Taki, who gives the voice for in-game character Kyohei Hamura, in addition to the Japanese model of Olaf in each Disney’s Frozen and Kingdom Hearts 3, was arrested by Tokyo police final night time.
According to Mainichi News (by way of Kotaku), the arrest was made after a tip-off led investigators to go looking Taki’s automobile. No medication have been discovered, however the actor’s urine later examined optimistic for cocaine. He has since admitted to make use of of the drug, which is in violation of the nation’s strict narcotics legal guidelines.
This morning, Sega issued a statement (translated by way of Google) stating that “for the time being we have decided to refrain from shipping and DL sales of [Judgement].” The assertion additionally says that Taki’s arrest is “regrettable,” however that clients can be notified of the corporate’s future responses to the scenario. Sega has additionally been deleting posts in regards to the game from its social media accounts.
Currently, Judgement is proscribed to a PS4 launch in Japan, however is due for a worldwide launch in June. Given that the remainder of the Yakuza collection is being step by step ported to PC, nonetheless, it’s attainable {that a} PC launch of the spin-off may very well be into consideration.
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Japan’s angle to unlawful medication is basically zero-tolerance, and a number of pop-culture stars have been faraway from tasks after their very own arrests.
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