BOOM! And there it is. #ShenmueSaved

Sega has just confirmed a new Shenmue 1 & 2 collection by unveiling a brand new trailer during SEGA PES 2018 in Tokyo:

https://www.twitter.com/SEGA/status/984974525245747200

https://www.twitter.com/SEGA_OFFICIAL/status/984971035354124288

http://shenmue1-2.sega.jp

Updated versions of the first two games in the series will be released by Deep Silver as a single package on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. (Yes, you read that correctly: there will be an Xbox One version, despite the same publisher's Shenmue 3 by Ys Net launching on PS4 and PC only.)

The new collection will allow players to select between Japanese or English audio, as well as between original or new control schemes.

This announcement marks the conclusion of the #SaveShenmueHD campaign, which has been running since 2015 following the successful crowdfunding of Shenmue 3. We will have a lot more to say on this soon, including details of where we go from here as an organized community that congregates on Twitter every 3rd of the month. But for now, we are taking a short break! We'll see you back here in a week or so. Thank you so much for your support on the journey to this long-awaited announcement of Shenmue 1 & 2 on modern platforms.

In our brief absence please be sure to keep up to date with news and developments by following these reliable Facebook pages and Twitter accounts:

https://www.facebook.com/ShenmueForever https://www.facebook.com/switchblog https://www.facebook.com/ShenmueDojo https://www.facebook.com/Shenmue.Master https://www.facebook.com/ShenmueDE

As part of our scaling back operations following the announcement of Shenmue I+II for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, we will no longer be updating our least used outlets, namely our pages on Tumblr and Google+.

We greatly appreciate all Tumblr users who have interacted with the page during its lifetime, and would like to welcome you all to continue participating in our remaining activities via Twitter, Facebook, and our website.

How many more people have to die before #Shenmue3 comes out?

It’s a good thing that SEGA just released Shenmue I & II HD, because fans still waiting for Shenmue III are going to have to wait quite a bit longer for the long-awaited sequel to see the light of day.

Now scheduled for release on 27 August 2019, it will have been more than four years since Shenmue III was crowdfunded in record numbers.* Certainly Shenmue fans are a patient lot, but 17 years is a…