Not only are hopes of Shenmue 3 still dead in the balance, but now the newest Shenmue title to hit the market has been scrapped.
Launched in December 2010 in Japan, Ysnet’s Shenmue World was a social game for mobile phones.
However, Andriasang reports that Ysnet announced its surprise closure on Boxing Day. That also means that the promised PC browser version will also now never surface.
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