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Who exactly is funding Shenmue 3? It’s a question that over a week after the game’s reveal we still don’t know the answer to. And while Shenmue 3 is fully funded, the rate of funding it is receiving on Kickstarter has slowed considerably. Is there a trust problem? Is Sony …
Read More »Shenmue 3 could hit extra platforms; Suzuki says $10m would deliver open world
Could Shenmue 3 be released on Xbox One? That all depends on how you interpret a new addition to the game’s Facebook page. As added to the FAQs today: Currently we are planning development only for PC (Windows) and PS4. Other platforms have not been decided yet. If other platform …
Read More »Shenmue 3’s budget will be a lot bigger than $2m
Kickstarter is far from the only source of funding for Shenmue 3. The original Shenmue famously cost $47m to make, which has played a big part in Sega (or indeed any other publisher) stepping forward to make a new entry in the series. That’s also the reason why, once the …
Read More »Sony helping to fund and develop Shenmue 3
Kickstarter partly to gauge consumer interest
Read More »Shenmue 3 successfully funded on Kickstarter
UPDATE: Shenmue 3 has been successfully funded on Kickstarter. It took less than 12 hours to hit its $2m goal. In the process it has set the record for both the fastest game to reach $1m and then $2m. ORIGINAL STORY: Having been announced last night, Shenmue 3 is already …
Read More »E3 2015: Shock as Shenmue III heads to Kickstarter
Clamour for sequel crashes crowdfunding website
Read More »Heavy Rain studio launches Twitter account ahead of Sony E3 conference
French developer Quantic Dream has officially opened its Twitter account, leading to rumours ahead of Sony’s E3 briefing. The outlet’s last high-profile appearance was at E3 two years ago, where it teased the ‘Dark Sorcerer’ concept in a 12-minute video. The year previous, it also had an on-stage presence, showing …
Read More »Either Suzuki is trolling us or… Shenmue 3?
It would undoubtedly be the moment of E3 2015, but can we even dare to dream of a possible Shenmue 3 announcement this week? Oh, why not? Let’s just indulge ourselves shall we? Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki has posted something on Twitter that if not alluding to a Shenmue 3 …
Read More »Shenmue III could be crowdfunded on Kickstarter
Yu Suzuki 'researching possibility' of developing new game in series
Read More »Yu Suzuki could acquire Shenmue license from Sega
Yu Suzuki has hinted at a possible move to acquire the rights to the Shenmue franchise from Sega. And of course, the only reason he would make such a move would be to finally get to work on the long demanded Shenmue III. "Shenmue’slicense is an IP that belongs to …
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