{"id":381992,"date":"2026-01-21T09:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381992\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:55:10","slug":"yakuza-kiwami-3-dark-ties-scores-a-switch-2-eshop-demo-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381992\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakuza Kiwami 3 &#038; Dark Ties Scores A Switch 2 eShop Demo This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yakuza Kiwami 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/42f91ee47da2e\/yakuza-kiwami-3.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768989308_709_yakuza-kiwami-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yakuza Kiwami 3\"\/><\/a> Image: SEGA<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the PlayStation Blog revealed a demo for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/yakuza-kiwami-3-and-dark-ties\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yakuza Kiwami 3 &amp; Dark Ties<\/a> would be released on PlayStation 5. It&#8217;s now been officially confirmed for the Switch 2 and multiple other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>It should be live on the Switch 2 eShop very soon, and will give players access to both games. However, it&#8217;s been confirmed the save data from this demo will not be carried over to the full game when it launches.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s exactly what you can expect from the demo when it rolls out on the Switch 2 eShop (<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2026\/01\/yakuza-kiwami-3-dark-ties-demo-launches-january-21-for-pc-january-22-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Gematsu<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>In this free demo, players will experience both games included in the two-games-in-one, action adventure beat \u2019em up.<\/p>\n<p>In Yakuza Kiwami 3, players can explore Ryukyu, Okinawa as Kazuma Kiryu, beating down bad guys while dynamically switching between Kiryu\u2019s brutal Dragon of Dojima: Kiwami and weapon-based Ryukyu styles and indulging in immersive side experiences like karaoke, sub-stories, outfit customization and more.<\/p>\n<p>In Dark Ties, players can enjoy a slice of the all-new story featuring Yoshitaka Mine, exploring Kamurocho and variety of side experiences while also sinking their teeth into Mine\u2019s shoot-boxing combat to stylishly dispose of foes.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a6a2aec4dfe09\/yakuza-kiwami-3-and-dark-ties.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/yakuza-kiwami-3-and-dark-ties.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"516\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties\"\/><\/a> Image: via Gematsu \/ SEGA<\/p>\n<p>Over the past week, Sega has revealed multiple gameplay features in Yakuza Kiwami 3 &amp; Dark Ties. This also includes retro games. You can find out more about all of this in our previous coverage and our hands on preview here on Nintendo Life:<\/p>\n<p>Will you be trying out this demo before the full game launches next month? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766909708_631_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;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":"Image: SEGA Last week, the PlayStation Blog revealed a demo for Yakuza Kiwami 3 &amp; Dark Ties would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2022,59,376,214,86,56,54,55,377,66337],"class_list":{"0":"post-381992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-demos","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","11":"tag-sega","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-upcoming-releases","17":"tag-yakuza"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}