'Shenmue III' Received over $7 Million USD in Crowdfunding

With the campaign recently coming to a close.

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Shenmue III was first announced at E3 2015 and now the long-awaited game will be seeing a release date thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign. With 81,087 backers, the final figure raised for the game was $7,179,510 USD.

The game broke records on the platform when it became the fastest video game to reach $1 million USD on a crowdfunding platform. It hasn’t been without delays, but now Shenmue III will be released on PS4 and PC on August 29, 2019.

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