After a painful period of silence, Yu Suzuki and co have provided a status report and confirm Shenmue III will be in attendance during Germany’s Gamescom 2017 event this August. Shenmue 3 has achieved near mythical status in the 16 years since Shenmue II, and after the surprise E3 2015 reveal we could finally see our first gameplay in just over a month’s time.

“We would like to express our gratitude for the many comments we received on our previous report,” said the team. “From constructive criticism to kind words of encouragement, we were touched by every single one of your comments. Yu Suzuki and the entire Shenmue III Team are more determined than ever to bring to the Shenmue III that will live up to your expectations.”

Shenmue III will be in attendance at Gamescom, where Ys Net plans to show new multiple new trailers, new updates and a couple of new announcements. I think the biggie we’re all hoping for is that those rumours of a Shenmue + Shenmue II HD Remaster on PC are true. That would be the perfect stop-gap and also clue PC players in on Shenmue’s narrative.

As well as this, the team has also updated the logo. It’s out with the old (and a little bit naff) design, in with a new cursive design.

Shenmue 3 Original Logo

Shenmue 3 New Logo

Last month it was confirmed that Shenmue 3 had been delayed and wouldn’t be hitting its December 2017 launch target. It’s now aimed at the back half of 2018.