Yakuza / Like a Dragon producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto has teased “surprising and exciting announcements” for the series in 2026, according to 4Gamer’s annual end-of-year interviews with Japanese developers. These announcements are in addition to the release of the latest entry in the series, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties.
“Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties will be released on February 12, 2026, so we hope everyone will enjoy it,” Sakamoto said in 4Gamer’s end-of-year feature. “We also expect to make some surprising and exciting announcements in 2026, so please look forward to those as well.”
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties includes a remake of 2009’s Yakuza 3 and Dark Ties, a Like a Dragon Gaiden-style game. The title 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 and side content like Karaoke. Kiryu’s Bad Boy Dragon, and Mine’s Kanda Damage Control and Hell’s Arena activities.
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).
