Shenmue III coming December 2017

Who knew? Shenmue III is slated to release December (providing it doesn't get delayed) of this year on PS4 and PC.

http://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/shenmue/247734/shenmue-3-release-date-trailer-latest-news-everything-else-we-know

http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles/20888/20161027/shenmue-3-updates-2017-release-date-delay.htm

Just a placeholder I believe.

have we even seen gameplay? i can't seem to find any. makes it hard to believe it will be ready to release late this year.

I'll believe it when I see it.

lol no way

I highly doubt it will come out this year.

enlighten us with more info and gameplay then plz

I think we'll see something for Shenmue III at this years E3, one could hope.

They'll start with December of this year, then it'll get a delay, and we won't see it until March of next year, and by then, it'll get hit with another delay, so expect it to come out Fall of next year...lmfao

@jcrame10:

Something tells me that it's going to disappoint. A game rushed this fast tells you how low the quality will be. An rpg like Shenmue deserves years and YEARS of work. The last thing we need is a rush job.

I can guarantee a lot of people talking this game up wont understand it. It's not for everyone. It's slow, occasionally pedestrian, and relies on your appreciation of the setting a lot. Don't get me wrong, for me it's a GOAT but it's not for everyone.

I don't believe it. I think it's just a placeholder date.

I also think that the game will end up being a huge disappointment to a lot of people and will end up hurting the Shenmue legacy.

Phil went to Japan and wowed developers, now it's a X1Scorpio exclusive. Thanks Phil.

I unfortunately don't see this happening.

It's just a placeholder. I don't even remember the last time they gave us a meaningful update on kickstarter.

It's gonna be shit if does.

I'm with others - as a backer, I don't think it is coming this year and... given how little we've seen and how quick it has been it probably shouldn't

Here are some of the updates.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1751809

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1764527

Just another game that solidifies the xbone's state of irrelevancy.

Half Life 3 launching on the same day as well..... Believe. lolol :P

Odd none of the major sites picked this up.......

DelayStation.

i hope coming this december i cant wait for shenmue 3

meh, who gives a shit? it will disappoint

More world class gaming exclusives coming for PS4.

No way.

2018 if backers are lucky.

Maybe in Japan only.

TBH I can't see how relevant Shenmue will be these days. The original iteration was enjoyable, part-due for it's technical accompishments and the spectacle that went with it. It'll need some considerable tweaking to stand up today, to the point it perhaps will hardly recognisable as a Shenmue game, IMO of course... If they really ramped up the arcades however, I'd probably give it a pop

What was originally a highly costly, spectacular realised world that people enjoyed for the whole experience is IMO fairy dull these days as I found out when I replayed it 12 months ago. Boring conversations punctuated with lots of 'hmmmm' and 'I see'. From a gameplay perspective its not intruiging or relevant or compelling, hence a 3rd iteration will only appeal to fans of the original alone and in many ways be regarded as an esoteric product by everyone else.

Now don't get me wrong, this is only my opinion, and from someone who enjoyed the DC original the first time round (and second to some degree on the xbox), I've just sullied the memory or Shenmue enough and personally I'd rather leave the series as it was, an unfinished intruiging moment in the life of the DC. That's all.

I could be wrong and it will be amazing, in which case I'll eat my words, but I'm an old cynic these days :/

Awesome, another game for Microsoft Windows. Definitive version for me for sure.

• "Whats grooving bro?"
• "Do you know where I can find some sailors?"
• "My latin blood means I got cojones grandes, heh?"
• "Hey man, you like Mexico?"

Yeah, no thanks...I'll pass on this crap low budget game.

I would think they would of just called it Shenmue as a reboot. Also why not rlease the old games on steam or PS store?

Back when I got the original Xbox, I didn't hear about Sihenmue or probably heard of it but I passed. Shenmue 3 has onlky one short trailer but I goit really intrigued. Some people compare it to Yakuza series but although I like Yakuza, I'm more excited to play Shenmue 3 as I prefer the beautiful natural scenery over the urban settings.

If you get a game which is largely conversation based (which shenmue is) it needs to be intruiging or have something that compells you to want to continue. The writing in Shenmue is laughable (which to be fair IS the one thing that compelled me to continue). Throw in a forlift section, QTE's, and well that's me done. I'm neither intruged by what comes next nor compelled to continue. Are you ever intrigued by a story line that compells you to continue playing? It seems not. Nevermind - rhetorical question. We'll just disagree and make do :)

@charizard1605: Same here.

-DOUBTING THOMAS NINJA APPROVED-

@xantufrog: Agreed.

It needs more "time in the oven" before coming out.

-STILL RAW NINJA APPROVED-

its not a reboot..its continuing the story.

as for releasing the old games that's up to sega..not the devs of this game

No way is 2 years enough time to develop this game, not properly anyway. Unless they go full early access to bring in more cash.

i can see them attempting to do this.

I think it'll be delayed until at least fall 2018.

This has Mighty No 9 written all over it

Will be delayed.

it sayed dec 2017 min

Meh, Shenmue 2 was surpassed by yakuza 1 and 2 and yakuza only got much better since then.

Yakuza is the better version of shenmue and by then we'll have yakuza kiwami out and almost be ready to have yakuza 6.