“Now it’s official – the beginning of a new chapter for Shenmue III! Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the Shenmue series and the 5th anniversary of Shenmue III, the publishing rights have been transferred to ININ Games.

Publishing rights for Shenmue III have transferred from Deep Silver to ININ Games, developer YS NET and ININ Games announced.

For those who may not remember, Ys Net was the company founded by former SEGA developer Yu Suzuki, to produce Shenmue III. ININ Games, as explained in this Gematsu profile, is a video game publisher based all the way in Germany, that has been spending the past few years publishing remakes and rereleases of classic Japanese games.

The publishing rights for Shenmue 3 have been transferred over to ININ Games, opening up some exciting possibilities for the legendary franchise.

Could we finally get our hands on this long awaited sequel? And more importantly, could there be more to come?

The publishing rights to Shenmue 3 have transferred from Ys Net to ININ Games, sparking hope of a future multiplatform

Publishing duties for Shenmue III have transferred from Deep Silver to ININ Games as of yesterday.

Shenmue launched in 1999 as perhaps the most ambitious - and definitely the most expensive - game ever made up to that point. Now, 25 years later, fans are still waiting on the conclusion to the multi-game saga,