Toshihiro Nagoshi's game development studio, Nagoshi Studio, has been dissolved.

What it means

Nagoshi Studio, the Tokyo-based developer founded by Yakuza/Like a Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi under Chinese publisher NetEase Games, has been formally dissolved. The closure, confirmed via a shareholders' resolution and an official government gazette announcement, ends work on the studio's debut title Gang of Dragon, which had already lost NetEase's funding months earlier.

Accuracy & sourcesGrounded

The core claim is solid: multiple independent games outlets (including Polygon, GamesIndustry.biz, and Engadget) corroborate the dissolution, pointing to an official notice in Japan's government gazette and a shareholders' resolution. This particular item is an aggregated secondary report with no direct primary link, so the details beyond the basic fact rely on press coverage rather than the original filing.

How new

Genuinely new: the dissolution was reported in the first days of November 2026, following a longer shutdown sequence that began when NetEase reportedly cut funding earlier in the year.

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