RGG Studio Direct 2025 Confirms Yakuza Kiwami 3 Remake, Spinoff Dark Ties, and More — Here's Everything Announced

Overnight, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio manager and enforcement shaper Masayoshi Yokoyama introduced RGG Direct 2025, a livestream chiefly dedicated to a remake of the antecedently leaked Yakuza 3, which volition beryllium released alongside the spin-off game, Dark Ties.

Yakuza 3 was released successful 2009 — that's implicit 15(!) years agone present — and Yokoyama said this remake "is the champion iteration of the archetypal game, Yakuza Kiwami 3." Dark Ties, however, is simply a "new, never-before-seen story," which means this fundamentally bundles 2 games successful 1 package.

"Like a Dragon & Yakuza bid volition observe its 20th day connected December 8 of this year," the squad said. "We sincerely admit your continued enactment of RGG Studio."

Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties

"We're processing [Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties] based connected the conception 'a fable is reborn and a caller bequest begins,'" Yokoyama added, aft which main shaper Hiroyuki Sakamoto said that some Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 "directly nexus to this title." Producer/director Ryosuke Horii introduced details astir the upcoming game, which is retired successful February 2026.

"[Kiwami 3] is simply a full remake of 2009's Yakuza 3," helium explained. "We've rebuilt it from the crushed up utilizing the latest exertion developed by our talented staff. The crippled has evolved enormously with loads of caller cutscenes and recently added crippled elements. I tin proudly accidental that we're delivering a crippled worthy of the Kiwami title."

We had a bully clip with the original, awarding it 8.5/10 backmost successful 2010, but portion the remake follows Yakuza 3's story, RGG has added cutscenes "that we weren't capable to afloat present before."

"Whether it's Kiryu and his pal Rikiya Shimabukuro, oregon enemies similar Mine, Kanda, and Hamazaki, we've further elaborate their thoughts and actions to amended picture the quality information and connection," Horii added.

Additional scenes are not the lone caller things coming to the game, either. Players tin expect re-recorded dependable lines arsenic good arsenic marque caller ones, and "overhauled" animations, with immoderate scenes "changed drastically with antithetic developments and outcomes."

"In bid to greatly outdo ourselves and marque a crippled that everyone volition love, we didn't instrumentality the safe, antiaircraft way by glorifying the past with a elemental remake, but alternatively took a much assertive attack to marque Yakuza Kiwami 3," Horii said.

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The conflict strategy has besides been reworked truthful you tin expect 2 kinds of conflict style, Dragon of the Dojima: Kiwami and a marque caller conflict style, Ryukyu, which is inspired by generational Okinawan martial arts.

"For beyond a remake, Yakuza Kiwami 3 is simply a marque caller title, vastly evolved from the original," Horii added, aft which Sakamoto explained the caller Dark Ties communicative sees Yoshitaka Mine — president of the Hakuho Clan and a "popular quality from the series" — arsenic protagonist for the archetypal time, joining the yakuza to "pursue unwavering bonds."

Essentially a spinoff, Dark Ties is an action-adventure crippled that depicts the events starring up to Yakuza 3. It's a communicative of the "gritty world of quality relationships successful the transgression underworld," with a "refined but cool" combat benignant centered astir boxing.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties are retired connected February 12, 2026. You tin pre-order now.

Yakuza Kiwami 1 and Yakuza Kiwami 2

Meanwhile, some Yakuza Kiwami 1 and Yakuza Kiwami 2 are coming to Nintendo Switch 2, with some carnal and integer editions available, connected November 13, 2025.

They're besides coming to PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S, albeit a small aboriginal connected December 8, 2025.

Yakuza 0: Director's Cut

Yakuza 0: Director's Cut is already disposable connected Nintendo Switch 2, but it's present besides coming to PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S connected December 8, 2025. Again, it'll disposable some digitally and physically.

Live-action Yakuza 3

Details were slim here, admittedly, but a live-action accumulation featuring Kazuma Kiryu is besides connected the way. The squad moving connected this antecedently worked connected 1 of Japan's astir fashionable transgression series, Nihon Touitsu.

"Through the collaboration of the crippled and the live-action play themed astir the underworld, we're creating a enactment to marque Yakuza adjacent much accessible to those unfamiliar with the series," Yokoyama explained, adding that multilingual localization volition besides beryllium disposable "to marque this much accessible for those of you astir the world."

Stranger Than Heaven

To adjacent retired the livestream, fans were treated to a little behind-the-scenes snippet of Stranger Than Heaven, which is besides successful development. We don't get to spot much, unluckily — the video is lone a mates of minutes agelong — but the squad is making bully progress, arsenic showcased by a BTS peek astatine programming, mocapping, and more.

New Virtua Fighter Project

I'm acrophobic I person thing further to study present different than to reiterate that Yokoyama said a "new Virtua Fighter project" was connected the way. Watch this space...

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