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Shenmue series co-director returns for third entry

Shenmue 3 will benefit from the touch of a familiar hand on the rein.

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Shenmue 3 will be reunite Yu Suzuki with Keiji Okayasu, the lesser known co-director of the first two games.

Okayasu's involvement was revealed to Shenmue 3 Kickstarter backers in the video above, which includes some discussion of his collaboration with Suzuki.

Shenmue 3 is currently expected on PC and PS4 in late 2017. Although Ys Net hasn't made a lot of noise about the project, it keeps in regular touch with backers and we expect to hear more from it as the project approaches a state suitable for showing off to the general public.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.
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