On the RGG Summit livestream tonight, Sega introduced Yakuza Kiwami 3, a ground-up remake of 2009’s Yakuza 3. As with the earlier “Kiwami” remakes, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, Kiwami 3 provides the sport’s visuals a large improve, fleshes out story particulars with new cutscenes and motion sequences, and in addition is ready to supply a wealth of latest facet content material.
Within the later RGG Direct, sport director Ryosuke Horii elaborated on a few of the sport’s additions. Apart from further story scenes, a number of of the cutscenes and voicelines from Yakuza 3 have been utterly redone for Kiwami 3. The environments of Okinawa–a distinct function of Yakuza 3–have additionally been utterly remade. Fight sees related revamps, with Kiryu with the ability to swap between his traditional “Dragon of Dojima Kiwami” combating abilities and the all-new, Okinawan-martial-arts-inspired, weapon-heavy “Ryukyu Fashion.” And to high all of it off, the “Dragon Enhance” powered-up mode provides Kiryu’s hard-hitting, face-smashing, ruffian-hurling strategies much more of a ferocious edge.
All-new minigames have been additionally showcased. A new sport mode referred to as “Life at Morning Glory” reveals the softer facet of Kiryu as he manages the Morning Glory orphanage and interacts with the youngsters beneath his care. One other new mini-game, “Legendary Baddie: Dangerous Boy Dragon,” sees Kiryu teaming up with a posse of feminine Okinawan biker gang members and serving to them of their turf wars towards rival teams.
Moreover, the sport will function a brand-new “Gaiden” story happening simply earlier than the in-game occasions of Kiwami 3. This story, referred to as Darkish Ties, will deal with Yoshitaka Mine, Yakuza 3’s major antagonist. Mine can be a completely playable character on this story, permitting gamers to get a deeper look into the life and motivation of one in every of Yakuza 3’s most lovable characters. This story can be a part of the core Kiwami 3 bundle, and it is possible for you to to decide on whether or not to play the principle story of Darkish Ties upon beginning the sport.
Gameplay in Darkish Ties is much like that of Yakuza 3, and it focuses totally on the acquainted floor of Kamurocho. He fights with a mixture of boxing-style strategies and acrobatic aerial strikes, and in addition has a powered-up “Darkish Awakening” state he can enter into for elevated brutality. The Darkish Ties marketing campaign options quite a few mini-games and sub-stories, together with “Kanda Injury Management”–where you try to launder the fame of the notoriously noxious gangster Tsuyoshi Kanda, and the “Hell’s Enviornment” underground coliseum.
Digital version pre-orders have gone live on Steam and (*3*), the place the sport is listed as having a February 11, 2026 launch date and a $59.99 price ticket for the usual version. A Digital Deluxe version with varied extras can also be out there about $74.99.