{"id":251004,"date":"2025-09-24T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/251004\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:50:11","slug":"yakuza-kiwami-3-dark-ties-announced-for-switch-2-launching-in-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/251004\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Announced For Switch 2, Launching In February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sega isn’t slowing down any time soon when it comes to the Yakuza series, and with this in mind, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has today announced it’s bringing Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties<\/a><\/strong> to the Switch 2 and multiple other platforms next year.<\/p>\n

During RGG Summit 2025<\/a>, the talented studio confirmed this particular entry would be arriving on 12th February 2026<\/strong>, with digital pre-orders going live today<\/a> and physical version pre-orders to follow in the “coming days”.<\/p>\n

As mentioned in the official game description, the third entry originally made its debut on the PlayStation 3 in 2009, and it’s now been “reimagined with cutting-edge visuals and modern technology”. It also comes with the brand-new tale, Dark Ties. Here are some more details about what you can expect:<\/p>\n

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Originally debuting on PlayStation 3 in 2009, Yakuza 3<\/strong> has been reimagined with cutting-edge visuals and modern technology. This evolved edition brings Okinawa to life, featuring more intense battles, added cutscenes that bring depth to the story, and minigames chock-full of replay value. Kiryu’s back in the brawl, continuing the fight to protect those he holds dear.<\/p>\n

This title also includes Dark Ties<\/strong>, which stars Yoshitaka Mine, Kiryu’s adversary. Follow Mine on his journey from working as a venture company’s founder to becoming a full-fledged yakuza member. After losing everything, Mine sets off in an attempt to form a connection that would fill the void in his heart. Kazuma Kiryu and Yoshitaka Mine live in different ways.<\/p>\n

Walk alongside them as their paths intersect, throwing both of their fates in the balance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Images: SEGA<\/p>\n

This latest Yakuza Kiwami<\/a> game announcement follows the release of Yakuza Kiwami on the Switch eShop last October.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut<\/a> has been released on Switch 2, and this will be followed by Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2<\/a> for the Switch 2 this November. It’s also been confirmed Yakuza Kiwami 1 & 2 for the Switch 2 are getting separate physical releases<\/a>, but they’re both Game-Key Cards.<\/p>\n

Excited for this one? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube834k Sega isn’t slowing down any time soon when it…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":251005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[395,6794,158,67,132,5803,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-251004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","9":"tag-sega","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-upcoming-releases","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115259128411463537","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}