Marvel's Wolverine vs Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties

• Perspective: Third-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: Marvel Universe (Earth-1048)
• Platforms: PlayStation 5 Exclusive
• Release Window: Fall 2026
• Unique Feature: A mature, brutal take on the Wolverine character from the creators of Marvel's Spider-Man, featuring a unique 'souls-like' inspired combat system with dismemberment.

• Perspective: Third-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: Okinawa and Kamurocho, Tokyo
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2
• Release Date: 2026-02-12
• Unique Feature: A dual-game package featuring a full remake of Yakuza 3 and a brand-new prequel spin-off, Dark Ties, where players control the fan-favorite antagonist Yoshitaka Mine.

• Lore Items: Found through exploration, these collectibles grant access to new outfits and provide deeper insight into Logan's mysterious past.
• Salvage: A type of collectible that also contributes to unlocking new cosmetic outfits for Wolverine.

• Revelations: Found in the Adventure mode of Kiwami 3. Kiryu uses his phone's camera to record incidents, which unlocks new Heat Actions.
• Substories: Found by interacting with NPCs throughout Okinawa and Kamurocho. These are humorous or heartwarming side stories that are a hallmark of the series.

• Superhero
• Action-Adventure
• Mature
• Brutal Combat
• Revenge
• Mystery
• Redemption

• Yakuza
• Crime Drama
• Action RPG
• Beat 'em up
• Japanese Culture
• Remake
• Prequel

• Adamantium Claws: Primary Melee
  Logan's signature, indestructible claws. The combat system is built around their use for fast, fluid, and ferocious attacks that can dismember enemies.
• Crafted Throwables: Consumable
  Players can craft and use items like throwing knives and smoke bombs to gain a tactical advantage in combat.

• Environmental Weapons (Kiryu): Improvised
  In his 'Dragon of Dojima' style, Kiryu can pick up and use a vast array of street objects like signs, bicycles, and cones to brutalize enemies.
• Ryukyu Weapons (Kiryu): Traditional Okinawan
  Kiryu's 'Ryukyu Style' is weapon-heavy, allowing him to master eight different weapons, including Nunchaku and Kobudo tools, for a technical, combo-focused playstyle.
• Shootboxing (Mine): Unarmed / Martial Arts
  Mine's fighting style is based on shootboxing, a hybrid of kickboxing and traditional boxing, featuring elegant combos and acrobatic aerial attacks.

• Outfits: Kiryu has an outfit system that allows players to change his clothes. Mine's appearance is likely customizable as well. The Deluxe Edition includes a cosmetic customization pack for the 'Ryukyu Gal Gang'.

Progression is based on unlocking new combat abilities, which are likely equippable in ability slots. A crafting system allows Logan to create items like throwing knives, smoke bombs, and medkits. His signature healing factor is a core mechanic, allowing him to regain significant lost health by aggressively attacking enemies, similar to the system in Bloodborne.

Each protagonist has a unique combat progression. In 'Kiwami 3', Kiryu can switch between his revamped 'Dragon of Dojima' brawler style and a new, weapon-heavy 'Ryukyu Style'. He also has a 'Dragon Boost' power-up mode. In 'Dark Ties', Mine uses a stylish shootboxing combat style and can unleash his 'Dark Awakening' mode for a transformed, brutal moveset.

The game features a semi-open world structure, with large, dense, and explorable zones rather than a single massive city sandbox. Confirmed locations that will serve as battlegrounds include the neon-lit criminal underworld of Madripoor, the frosted wilderness of Canada, and the bustling streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Traversal is focused on parkour, leaping, and climbing.

The game features two distinct, fully realized open-world locations. 'Kiwami 3' is primarily set in the tropical, bustling Downtown Ryukyu, Okinawa. 'Dark Ties' is set in the iconic, neon-lit urban jungle of Kamurocho, Tokyo, allowing players to explore the city from Mine's unique perspective.

• Wolverine (James 'Logan' Howlett): Playable Protagonist
  The central hero, a centuries-old mutant with a healing factor and adamantium claws, on a quest to uncover his past.
• Jean Grey: Playable Protagonist
  A major character in the story who is also playable in 5 of the game's 15 missions, featuring a unique ranged, psychic combat style.
• Mystique: Key Character
  The elusive shapeshifter. Her role in the story is ambiguous, potentially acting as an ally or a manipulative villain.
• Sabretooth: Antagonist
  Logan's arch-nemesis. He is highly speculated to be a central antagonist in the game.
• Omega Red: Antagonist / Boss
  A formidable personal enemy of Wolverine who will serve as a challenging boss fight.
• The Reavers: Enemy Faction
  A primary enemy faction of anti-mutant cyborgs that will relentlessly pursue Logan.

• Kazuma Kiryu: Playable Protagonist (Kiwami 3)
  The former Fourth Chairman of the Tojo Clan, attempting to live a peaceful life running an orphanage in Okinawa.
• Yoshitaka Mine: Playable Protagonist (Dark Ties)
  A successful but empty-hearted startup founder who enters the yakuza world in search of a true bond, becoming a key antagonist in Yakuza 3.
• Haruka Sawamura: Key NPC
  Kiryu's adoptive daughter, who lives with him at the Morning Glory Orphanage.
• Daigo Dojima: Key NPC
  The Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan, whose loyalty inspires Mine to join the yakuza.
• Rikiya Shimabukuro: Key NPC (Kiwami 3)
  A member of a local Okinawan yakuza family who comes to admire Kiryu. Recast with Show Kasamatsu.

• Main Story Campaign
  A cinematic, 15-mission campaign that follows Logan's journey across the globe to uncover the conspiracy behind the forces hunting him and the truth of his past.
• Jean Grey Missions
  Five of the game's fifteen missions will feature Jean Grey as the playable character, offering a change of pace with her ranged, psychic combat style.

• Main Story Chapters
  Two full-length story campaigns. Kiwami 3 follows Kiryu's 12-chapter story in Okinawa. Dark Ties follows Mine's dramatic rise through the Tojo Clan in Kamurocho.
• Minigames
  A vast array of optional side activities in both games, including karaoke, golf, bowling, darts, gambling, and a new 'Print Club' photo mode for Kiryu.
• Bad Boy Dragon
  A major side-story in Kiwami 3 involving team battles and strategic turf wars with a customizable gang and bikes.
• Kanda Damage Control
  A unique mission mode in Dark Ties where Mine must improve a fellow yakuza's public image by solving problems for people around Kamurocho.

The game is available in a Standard Edition ($59.99) and a Deluxe Edition ($74.99). The Deluxe Edition includes the 'Ryukyu Gal Gang Customization Pack' for Kiwami 3. Pre-ordering any edition unlocks Ichiban Kasuga as a recruit in Kiwami 3's team battle mode.

• Q: What is Marvel's Wolverine?
  A: It is a single-player, third-person action-adventure game from Insomniac Games, the creators of Marvel's Spider-Man. It is a standalone story set in the same universe (Earth-1048) but with a much darker, more mature, and brutal tone.
• Q: Is the combat like the Spider-Man games?
  A: No, Insomniac is moving away from the 'Arkham' style combat. Leaks suggest a new 'souls-like' inspired control scheme with dedicated attack buttons and a focus on timed parries to trigger dismemberment.
• Q: Is it an open-world game?
  A: It is described as a 'semi-open' world. This means it will feature large, dense, and explorable zones like Madripoor and Tokyo, but will not be a single, massive sandbox city like in Spider-Man.
• Q: When will it be released?
  A: The game is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2026, exclusively for the PlayStation 5.

• Q: What is Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties?
  A: It's a dual-game package. It includes 'Yakuza Kiwami 3,' a full remake of Yakuza 3 in the modern Dragon Engine, and 'Dark Ties,' a brand-new prequel game where you play as the antagonist, Yoshitaka Mine.
• Q: Do I need to play other Yakuza games first?
  A: While the stories are deeply connected to the overall saga, 'Dark Ties' serves as a prequel to Yakuza 3, and 'Kiwami 3' has added cutscenes for depth, making the package relatively accessible. However, prior knowledge of Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1, and Kiwami 2 would enhance the experience.
• Q: What is new in the combat?
  A: Kiryu has a brand new, weapon-heavy 'Ryukyu Style' in addition to his classic brawling. Mine has a completely unique 'Shootboxing' fighting style and a powerful 'Dark Awakening' mode that transforms his moveset.
• Q: Is there any multiplayer?
  A: No, both Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties are strictly single-player, narrative-driven experiences.

• SPECULATIVE PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. As the game is a PS5 exclusive at launch, these are hypothetical projections for a potential future PC port, based on a next-generation title built on an advanced proprietary engine.
• Laptop Performance Note: A future PC port would demand a high-performance gaming laptop. Actual performance would vary significantly based on the final game's optimization and the laptop's specific hardware configuration.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features, ray tracing, and high-fidelity visuals.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and fast-paced, effects-heavy combat will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex enemy AI, physics, and streaming of the semi-open world.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus would be a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in the timing-based combat.
• Game Name: Marvel's Wolverine

• SPECULATIVE PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. As official specs are pending, these are hypothetical projections for a next-generation title built on the Dragon Engine, likely with requirements similar to or slightly higher than other modern Like a Dragon titles.
• Laptop Performance Note: A title like this would demand a high-performance gaming laptop for the best experience. Actual performance would vary significantly based on the final game's optimization and the laptop's specific hardware configuration.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features of the Dragon Engine and maintain stable framerates in the detailed city environments.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and intense combat will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex AI of numerous NPCs and the physics-based combat.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in the fast-paced combat.
• Game Name: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties

• G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features, ray tracing, and high-fidelity visuals.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and fast-paced, effects-heavy combat will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex enemy AI, physics, and streaming of the semi-open world.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus would be a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in the timing-based combat.

• G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features of the Dragon Engine and maintain stable framerates in the detailed city environments.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and intense combat will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex AI of numerous NPCs and the physics-based combat.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in the fast-paced combat.