Yakuza Kiwami 3 is official, and it’s out subsequent 12 months with a bonus new spinoff sport

Following Sega’s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios the sport’s existence final week, Yakuza Kiwami 3 has been formally introduced by the developer throughout its presentation. Like Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 earlier than it, Yakuza Kiwami 3 is a full remake of an early entry within the long-running sequence, on this case 2009’s Yakuza 3, which initially launched on the PlayStation 3.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is one other ground-up remake from RGG, that includes trendy graphics, enhanced gameplay and new cutscenes. The sport continues the adventures of the (at this level within the story) middle-aged Kazuma Kiryu, who briefly places his prison profession on maintain to assist run an orphanage that may turn into essential in later entries within the sequence. Yakuza Kiwami 3 can be bundled with a free spinoff sport known as Darkish Ties, which focuses on Kiryu’s adversary, Yoshitaka Mine.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Darkish Ties shall be launched on February 12, 2026, for PS4 and PS5, Xbox and PC (Steam), in addition to the Swap 2. Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 are each coming to Swap 2 later this 12 months, and RGG has additionally introduced that Yakuza 0: Director’s Lower is coming to PS5, Xbox and PC on December 8. The expanded model of what many think about to be one of the best Yakuza sport of all time has been a Swap 2 unique till now.

This week’s RGG Summit additionally gave us a quick replace on the studio’s subsequent sport, , which we nonetheless know little or no about, aside from that it’s separate from the Like a Dragon and Judgement sequence and is about throughout a number of time durations within the twentieth century. The sport continues to be a number of years away from launch, however a brand new reveals off snippets of in-game footage and movement seize periods with actors.

On the time of writing, we’re nonetheless ready for an announcement of the subsequent Like a Dragon sport, with the latest entry being this 12 months’s splendidly titled Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.