Shenmue III Kickstarter fully funded

$2 million goal achieved in nine hours.

The Shenmue III Kickstarter has reached its funding goal. The campaign gathered $2 million within just nine hours following its launch last night.

This means that Shenmue III will definitely see release on PlayStation 4 and PC. But there are still 31 days left to gather funds. Now it’s all about the stretch goals:

$2.5 million – Shenmue 1 and 2 cinema shorts
$2.6 million – German subtitles
$2.7 million – French subtitles
$2.8 million – Spanish subtitles
$2.9 million – Italian subtitles
$3.2 million – Rapport system
$3.5 million – Skill Tree system
$4 million – Baisha Village expanded, mini-games x5

Shenmue III is expected to release in December 2017, according to the Kickstarter’s “estimated delivery date.”