It was simply final December when Nagoshi Studio unveiled Gang of Dragon, a non secular successor to the Nagoshi-created collection Like a Dragon/Yakuza from Sega, at The Game Awards in Los Angeles. However because the announcement, NetEase reportedly minimize funding on the sport’s growth, and the studio itself has been dissolved in line with a report of company dissolutions by Kanpo, the official authorities gazette of Japan.
Toshihiro Nagoshi left Sega in 2021 as its chief artistic officer, in addition to head of the Yakuza developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. That very same 12 months, Nagoshi based Nagoshi Studio underneath NetEase, revealing Gang of Dragon 4 years later. This previous March, Bloomberg reported that NetEase pulled back funding on the game after the studio required addition funding of ¥7 billion ($44.5 million) to complete the sport, additionally coinciding with NetEase trying to pull again from gaming.
Different studios have just lately break up from NetEase, akin to Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture and Anchor Point Studios, however Nagoshi Studio joins the far bigger checklist of studios underneath NetEase that suffered layoffs or shut down entirely. NetEase has not formally canceled Gang of Dragon, however it’s unclear if there’s any urge for food at NetEase to take the venture over the end line.
Nagoshi has not issued any public statements since Gang of Dragon was revealed in December. This previous summer time, the Nagoshi Studio YouTube channel was deleted, then restored with all movies made non-public, together with the reveal trailer for Gang of Dragon.