# Yakuza Creator’s Gang of Dragon PS5 Game and New Studio Officially Dead

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/yakuza-creators-gang-of-dragon-ps5-game-and-new-studio-officially-dead/
- Published: 2026-11-02T13:33:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Push Square
- Original article: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/11/yakuza-creators-gang-of-dragon-ps5-game-and-new-studio-officially-dead
- Topics: Software, Technology

## Key points

- Nagoshi Studio officially closed on 31 October 2026.
- Gang of Dragon will not be released on PS5.
- Reports cited an extra ¥7 billion needed to finish the game.

## Summary

Nagoshi Studio, the developer founded by former Yakuza creator Toshiro Nagoshi, has officially closed, ending plans for its PS5 game Gang of Dragon. The closure confirms earlier reports that publisher NetEase had withdrawn funding, and means the announced project will not be completed.

The studio was dissolved by a shareholders’ resolution on 31 October 2026, according to a notice in Japan’s official gazette. Reports said the game needed a further ¥7 billion, about $44 million, to reach release. NetEase has been scaling back its international games business; Gang of Dragon had been presented as a melee action-adventure set in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, starring actor Ma Dong-seok as a Korean crime syndicate member.

## Coverage

- [Push Square: Yakuza Creator’s Gang of Dragon PS5 Game and New Studio Officially Dead](https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/11/yakuza-creators-gang-of-dragon-ps5-game-and-new-studio-officially-dead)
- [Polygon: Yakuza Creator's Studio Officially Shuts Down After Backers Desert It](https://www.polygon.com/nagoshi-studio-shuts-down-yakuza-gang-of-dragon/)
- [GamesRadar+: Yakuza creator's Nagoshi Studio shuts down less than a year after the reveal of Gang of Dragon](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/yakuza/yakuza-creators-nagoshi-studio-shuts-down-less-than-a-year-after-the-reveal-of-debut-title-gang-of-dragon/)

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