Issues actually aren’t trying good for Gang of Dragon, the Yakuza non secular successor from former Sega and RGG Studios bigwig Toshihiro Nagoshi’s eponymous Nagoshi Studio. Between studies of writer NetEase pulling monetary backing and the studio’s YouTube channel vanishing-then-reappearing quietly in a seeming “no worries, all the things is ok right here” second, followers desirous to see extra of Gang of Dragon after its The Sport Awards debut final yr have been feeling an ever-creeping dread in regards to the sport’s destiny. Right this moment the title had one more very huge, very seen setback … or moderately, not-so-visible, as a result of as of the time of writing, Nagoshi Studio’s web site is completely offline.
Of course, there might be fully innocuous explanations for this–it’s the web, and web sites go down on a regular basis for quite a lot of reasons–but given the circumstances, it is troublesome to imagine all the things is a-ok in Gang of Dragon-land. Information in regards to the sport, apart from the studies of its funding woes, has fully dried up, and there is been no studies of anybody swooping in to fund or purchase Nagoshi Studio in a valiant rescue. That is to not say that it could not occur, however all of the indicators level to Gang of Dragon–and its developer–vanishing with no hint (in addition to what’s left on the Internet Archive.)
At the least with Stranger than Heaven’s latest reveal, Yakuza collection followers nonetheless have one thing concrete with comparable vibes to look ahead to. As for Gang of Dragon, although, the one factor concrete about its destiny appears to be cement sneakers.