The Shenmue III launch trailer is now available. Running 2 minutes and 35 seconds, the trailer introduces you to some new characters. View the trailer below: Shenmue III will be available for the PC and PS4 on November 19.
Shenmue III has been a long time coming, and thanks to a majorly successful Kickstarter campaign, the game is finally being made. And as such, the team are updating players with what they can expect from the game. For the first time, some footage has been shown of it. We have it below. Also via the Kickstarter page, we have insight on the logo for the game by Yu Suzuki: “I really wanted to bring home the Shenmue logo because this belongs to all of you, and I know how passionate everyone feels about it. As the result, I felt the design should come more from the heart. So, with more than a bit of trepidation, I took brush to hand. I believe we have reached a design that will please, but let me know what you think!”
A major staff member for the original Shenmue is returning for the highly anticipated Shenmue III. In an update on the game’s Kickstarter page, Ys Net revealed that SubDirector Keiji Okayasu, who worked on the original Shenmue game, is returning to work on Shenmue III. Okayasu also served on the staff for Shenmue III. You can check out the video interview Ys Net released with Okayasu at the above link. He will work as the subdirector for Shenmue III as well. Speaking on his addition to the staff, he stated: “I have just recently joined the team. I thought I would be another fan waiting excitedly for the release, but as it is, I get to once again be a part of the team. Of course I want to help finish the game, and do it so the fans will be satisfied. That means making it interesting for everyone who played I and II, and everyone who will be experiencing Shenmue for the first time.” He added: “What I personally
Whether or not a retail version of Shenmue III will actually be available upon launch for consoles is still not clear. According to VG24/7, an email exchange with the developer Ys Net stated that the company was still unsure whether it would make a physical edition of the long-awaited sequel available for PlayStation 4 players to buy. Initially, only digital versions of the game were offered to backers of the Kickstarter campaign. After some criticism from fans and a good deal of feedback from those who wanted to have a physical box of the game to keep Ys Net later added a $60 tier. However, it was unclear whether this backer edition of the title would be exclusive to Kickstarter contributors or would make its way to brick and mortar stores. For what it’s worth, a physical edition has already been confirmed for PC while Shenmue III might not even make it to other platforms such as the Xbox One. Shenmue III was first revealed during Sony’s E3 media briefing
Yesterday, the $2 million funding goal for Shenmue III was smashed in just a few hours. However, despite the obvious success of the Kickstarter campaign and the intense interest in the game, questions were raised about how such an ambitious title was ever going to be able to be developed with such a tiny budget. This is especially when you consider that the first two titles in the franchise are some of the most expensive games to ever be made. Well the answer to that came today. Speaking on their official YouTube channel, Sony’s Director of Third Party Production Gio Corsi revealed that the Japanese company was partnering with Yu Suzuki to ensure that the game comes out. Corsi detailed how the Kickstarter campaign was essentially being used by both the developer and Sony to see how much interest there was in the project and whether it would be financially viable. While Sony didn’t go into detail about how much the game would cost, as is usual for most games,
Fans have been waiting for this day for more than a decade, but it is now officially confirmed that the final act of Shenmue will be released in the form of Shenmue III. During the Sony media briefing last night, series creator Yu Suzuki revealed that he was attempting to fund the game through Kickstarter. With a modest total of $2 million, the campaign has already blasted through that total with less than 24 hours gone. News about Shenmue has been building up over the past few weeks. Rumors of a possible sequel first surfaced in May, with a supposed leak revealing that a new game in the franchise was in the works. A few days later news emerged that the soundtrack from the games was due to be released on vinyl as part of a new record label that aims to put as many game soundtracks onto the medium as possible. Even if the leak was not true, Shenmue III is definitely happening. The Kickstarter pages lists experienced developers