![]() ![]() Clearly there is enough interest for this game to fund it and break a few records along the way. This project’s existence at all is also surprising, but situations like this are exactly what kickstarter is for. This is surprising given the franchise never sold very well. The exact number at the kickstarter’s completion was $6,333,295, beating out the previous record of $5,545,991, held by “Bloodstained.” As of July 17, “Shenmue III” broke the record for most funded video game in kickstarter history. is a website where creators can put up their ideas and promote it, allowing anyone to help fund their projects. Most people assumed the franchise was over with, but at Sony’s press conference, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, they surprised fans by announcing a kickstarter for “Shenmue III.” The game left us on a cliff hanger and fans have been wanting a sequel for 14 years. The last game in the series was “Shenmue II” in 2001. ![]() The Shenmue games are a cult classic series. The standout improvements are a much more manageable inventory system, a more reactive and responsive movement system for controlling the avatar and a place for the players to store valuable items. On July 19, patch 1.07 was introduced to the game with a myriad of tweaks and gameplay improvements. The trend continued this past week in a big way. They also plan to have two expansion packs for the game later in the year, which combined will add up to the length of the previous game in the series, “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.” ![]() Since releasing the masterpiece quality game, “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,” they have released one or two pieces of free downloadable content for the game every week. ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” patch 1.07 releasedĬD Projekt RED, the creators of the Witcher series, have been known for supporting their games long after launch. ![]() There’s no way to know for sure if this was Kojima foreshadowing the dramatic events around Metal Gear these past few months, but it certainly seems to imply the issues have been going on for a long while. Upon removing them all, a message plays saying, “You might be able to erase the markings but the memories will never disappear.”Ī second message from Kojima himself is given to the player thanking them for all their support. In this mission, the player is tasked with running around a base erasing logos found in the environment of all Metal Gear games directed under Kojima. This was spotted by on July 20, during a mission in the game. While the public does not know what has transpired between Kojima and Konami, it is clear there was some drama or disagreement going on between the two.īefore anyone knew there was contention between the two parties, Kojima might’ve given a hint of his departure in his most recently released game, “Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes.” He is set to depart Konami, the game’s publisher, upon the game’s release because of controversy between himself and the company. Shenmue III had unexpectedly been another casualty of Epic Games' non-stop effort to attract all kinds of developers over to their platform and away from Steam (they had even claimed Metro Exodus as another exclusive only a little while before).This is creator and gaming icon Hideo Kojima’s final Metal Gear game. This left backers quite upset, as Ys Net had promised them a Steam release since, well, the inception of the project. “But most importantly, in looking for the most enjoyable experience on PC, it was decided together with Deep Silver after much discussion that the Epic Games Store would be the best distribution platform option." "Development for Shenmue III has been moving forward using Unreal Engine and the support we have received from Epic has been excellent,” wrote the developer. Then, during the E3 conference, the news broke that the game would be shifting over to Epic: For a long while, the Steam page offered what amounts to free advertising for Shenmue 3 in anticipation of the game's release. During the original 2015 Kickstarter, the game listed Steam as the platform where the game would be distributed to customers. The first scandal started early this June, with a sudden change in platforms. ![]()
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