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How to make Shenmue on a budget

When Shenmue 3 launched on Kickstarter yesterday, fans freaked out, thrilled that the game they’d wanted for more than 10 years could finally happen. As the dust settled, though, many started to...

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Get caught up on PlayStation's E3 press conference in 8 minutes

Watch on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube Sony's E3 press conference was as jam-packed as gaming press conferences go, with announcements for The Last Guardian, the Final Fantasy 7 remake,...

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Shenmue and Streets of Rage soundtracks are coming to vinyl

The soundtracks to two Sega classics, Genesis beat 'em up Streets of Rage and Dreamcast adventure RPG Shenmue, are making the leap to vinyl. A new record label called Data Discs announced today it...

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Dead or Alive 5 PC mod brings Shenmue's key battle back to life

Thanks to modders, the Windows PC release of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is giving players more Shenmue than Sega seems willing to give us these days. A new texture pack released by modder...

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The Sega Dreamcast launched, and crashed, at a pivotal time in gaming history

The Dreamcast. Like Mars, Elvis and the St. Louis Browns, it is dead and defunct, but it still lives on as an ultimate symbol of what-if. Did You Know? Gaming's excellent video series chronicles it...

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Remembering the Dreamcast, the console that wanted to murder you

Regardless of which console you favor in the current, raging war for hardware supremacy, there's one thing the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U have in common: None of them are trying to kill...

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Enjoy this video of Shenmue in HD, because you'll probably never play it

Mod creator NoconKid is creating an HD version of the original Shenmue. The project, which began as an HD recreation of the in-game arcade, has expanded to the entire map. The arcade itself has...

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GDC 2014 sessions now available to watch online

A number of 2014 Game Developers Conference sessions are live and free to watch via the GDC Vault. Those interested are free to browse by session category, such as audio, visual arts, serious...

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Creator Yu Suzuki shares the story of Shenmue's development

In a Classic Game Postmortem session at the 2014 Game Developers Conference today, Yu Suzuki — director, producer, designer and writer — spoke about the origins and development of 1999 Sega...

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Shenmue creator holding postmortem session at GDC 2014

Yu Suzuki, the renowned game designer behind the Shenmue series, will discuss the creation of the original Shenmue in a postmortem lecture at the 2014 Game Developers Conference, the convention's...