SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have announced a Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Direct is set for December 22 at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST on YouTube and Twitch. The livestream will feature new details and gameplay covering both titles in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties. RGG Studio encourages re-streamers and reactions to the Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties livestream.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties includes a remake of 2009’s Yakuza 3 and Dark Ties, a Like a Dragon Gaiden-style game with Yoshitaka Mine as the protagonist. Yakuza Kiwami 3 features revamped gameplay, story changes, new cast members and English voice-overs, and new cutscenes in the Dragon Engine.
The cast includes:
- Takaya Kuroda as Kazuma Kiryu
- Shido Nakamura as Yoshitaka Mine
- Satoshi Tokushige as Daigo Dojima
- Ryo Ishibashi as Shigeru Nakahara
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Goh Hamazaki
- Show Kasamatsu as Rikiya Shimabukuro
- Hiroyuki Miyasako as Tsuyoshi Kanda
- Kenji Matsuda as Shinpei Ikari
Players may choose to play Yakuza Kiwami 3 or Dark Ties in any order. Mine has a unique fighting style and access to mini-games like Karaoke. There’s also Kanda Damage Control, a new request-based system with substories, and Hell’s Arena, a underground fight club with Survival.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties launches February 12, 2026 for $59.99 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. There will be physical and digital editions, and pre-orders include the Ichiban Legendary Lad DLC. A Digital Deluxe Edition costs $74.99 and includes several DLC packs (also sold separately).
