A few months ago, Sega pulled their Yakuza spin-off Judgment off store shelves following a drug scandal with one of the actors. When actor Pierre Taki was arrested for cocaine possession, Sega moved quickly to pull Judgment from store shelves, with promises to recast the actor and put the game back eventually. Now, several months later, Sega is finally ready to put the game back in retail and on PSN with a new actor in July.
Last month, Sega showed the new actor for the game replacing Pierre Taki. The voice actor, who is separate from the acting likeness, will be Miou Tanaka, who played a character in Yakuza Kiwami 2 just recently. While the recall on the game was immediate, many copies still managed to filter through to consumers in Japan, and likely command an exceedingly high price as an incredibly rare print featuring Taki.
This new version of the game will be what we get on the western shores next month on disc on June 25, releasing a few days earlier on PSN for pre-orders. Judgment is currently exclusive to the PlayStation 4 and, for the first time since Yakuza 1, will contain an optional English dub.
Source: Game Informer Sega's Judgment To Go Back On Sale In Japan