There's been much speculation over whether or not Yakuza 3 would make it to Western shores, but today that speculation finally comes to a rest as Sega have announced the game is indeed making it's Western release debut, and that we'll be seeing the game (on PS3) in March 2010.

The Yakuza series is the brainchild of Toshihiro Nagoshi, one of SEGA's most prolific and successful internal developers. Along with the Yakuza saga, Nagoshi is the father of the beloved Super Monkey Ball series and has worked on other popular SEGA games such as Daytona USA, F-Zero GX and Spikeout. In his current role as Head of Research and Development, Nagoshi oversees SEGA's internal development teams and imbues his creative flair across their portfolio of titles.