Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut Coming to New Platforms

Ryū ga Gotoku Studio held a new RGG Direct presentation ahead of this year’s Tokyo Game Show. In addition to announcing Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, the developer revealed that three other titles in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series will be arriving on new platforms.

Firstly, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, which were previously announced for release on Nintendo Switch 2 on November 13, 2025, will also be coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The additional platform versions will launch on December 8, 2025, with the PC versions receiving new language options on the same date. Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of the first game in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise. The game follows Tojo Clan lieutenant Kazuma Kiryu after he emerges from prison and gets involved in a search for ten billion yen stolen from the group. Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a remake of PlayStation 2 title Yakuza 2 and is set a year after the events of the first game, seeing series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu dragged back into the world of organised crime.

In addition, Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut, which launched on Nintendo Switch 2 in June of this year, will be coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S as well. Like Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, its new platform versions will release on December 8, 2025. Yakuza 0 is a prequel to the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series. The game is set in 1988 and follows younger versions of Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima as they are caught in a turf war between warring yakuza clans. The Director’s Cut version includes new cutscenes; a new online multiplayer mode; English voiceovers; and French, Italian, German, and Spanish text localisations.