Shenmue I & II launches a week before a Yakuza 2 remake. — AFP Relaxnews
Though Shenmue III might still seem like a dream, the Shenmue I & II HD collection is now set for an Aug 21 launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC, per an official trailer.
In 2001, two ambitious titles were paving the way for 3D open-world action adventures over the decade and a half to follow.
Just as Grand Theft Auto III was enchanting players with its tales of daring enterprise and narrow escapes in a US criminal underworld, whether scripted by its developers at Rockstar Games or the result of player interaction with its thugs, crimelords, cops or passers by, Shenmue II was casting its own vision of go-anywhere, do-anything video game immersion with perhaps a more optimistic message.
Following the ecstatic fan response to the 2015 announcement that a very long awaited Shenmue III would be given a renewed development push thanks to a crowdfunding campaign, the series' first two entries have been prepared for release on PS4, XBO and PC.
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