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Unboxing the “Shenmue III” Kickstarter Edition

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Shenmue III is now in the hands of rabid retro SEGA fans worldwide, including mine! As a backer of the original 2015 Kickstarter campaign, I received my copy just in time for the worldwide, 19 November release. I decided to unbox it for anyone interested in checking it out. (Note: Despite my comment to the contrary in the video, I

Kickstarter editions of “Shenmue III” being prepped for shipping; launch trailer released

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

In a backer update on Wednesday, Ys Net revealed that the Shenmue III launch trailer is officially live. In addition, backers of the Shenmue III Kickstarter have started to receive email notices from the Fangamer fulfillment service that their games are being prepped for shipping. However, these messages specify that only the Kickstarter version of the game and slipcase will

“Shenmue III” street date broken in Europe; how to avoid spoilers

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Monday, Twitter user Topsu indicated that he found and purchased a copy of Shenmue III at his local market, a full eight days ahead of its scheduled release. Topsu’s Post was confirmed as true by the online Shenmue fan community Shenmue Dojo, which has now put their spoiler policy into effect. This news may be particularly irksome for backers

Imagine my shock! “Shenmue III” delayed yet again

Posted on June 3, 2019 by R 2 comments

Publisher Deep Silver and the Shenmue III development team Ys Net released their 100th update to Kickstarter backers today. How did they celebrate this milestone? By announcing another delay. The new release date is now 19 November 2019. Here’s how the team put it in the update: Whilst almost ready, the game simply needs a little more refinement before being truly finished.

How many more people have to die before Shenmue III comes out?

Posted on August 22, 2018 by R 2 comments

It’s a good thing that SEGA just released Shenmue I & II HD, because fans still waiting for Shenmue III are going to have to wait quite a bit longer for the long-awaited sequel to see the light of day. Now scheduled for release on 27 August 2019, it will have been more than four years since Shenmue III was

“Be heard on the third” at least one more time – Shenmue fans celebrate long-awaited success

Posted on June 3, 2018 by The Splintering Staff 2 comments

Since 2012, fans of SEGA’s Shenmue series have used social media to campaign for the series’ return. With the re-releases of the original two games coming soon and Shenmue III slated for release in 2019, what more is there to say? “Thank you,” of course.