Nagoshi Studio, Founded by Yakuza Creator, Shuts Down Following Funding Cuts from NetEase

11/02/2026

Nagoshi Studio – the developer founded by Yakuza and Super Monkey Ball creator Toshihiro Nagoshi – has been shut down.Following the release of series semi-reboot Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Lost...

11/02/2026

Nagoshi Studio, founded by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has officially closed

11/02/2026

Nagoshi Studio, the Shinjuku, Tokyo-based founded by Yakuza series creator Toshiro Nagoshi under NetEase Games in November 2021, was officially dissolved by a shareholders’ resolution on October 31…

11/02/2026

After reporting of trouble earlier this year, Nagoshi Studio has officially been shut down after a shareholder vote on 31st October, ending development of Gang of Dragon. The news comes via the...

11/02/2026

Nagoshi Studio has officially shut down and its first game called Gang of Dragon is seemingly no more, months after publisher NetEase pulled funding from the Yakuza-like project. Read more

11/02/2026

Gang of Dragon developer Nagoshi Studio has been closed after NetEase withdrew funding earlier this year. Read more

11/02/2026

Nagoshi Studio , the developer founded by Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has officially shut down. A notice published on November 2, 2026, in Kanpo , the official gazette of the Japanese...

11/02/2026

Founded in 2021, the studio was working on a game funded by NetEase announced just under a year ago, but the studio has reportedly collapsed.

11/02/2026

After months of speculation, the studio officially shut its doors on October 31st

11/02/2026

Nagoshi Studio revealed Gang of Dragon less than a year ago, but it ran into trouble just a few months later.

11/02/2026

Dissolved days ago on 31st October