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Nagoshi Studio and its costly gangster drama Gang of Dragon are not any extra
Nagoshi Studio, the developer based by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has formally closed its doorways after backer NetEase stopped its funding. Nagoshi Studio had been engaged on Gang of Dragon, a Yakuza-style crime drama starring Ma Dong-seok.
Japan’s official gazette, Kanpo, confirmed that the corporate was dissolved on Oct. 31. Again in March, Bloomberg reported that NetEase had determined to chop off Nagoshi Studio after studying that Gang of Dragon would price one other 7 billion yen ($44 million) to finish. Nagoshi Studio reportedly failed to seek out one other backer for the sport.
Gang of Dragon was too costly for NetEase
Gang of Dragon was revealed on the 2025 Sport Awards with a cinematic trailer that advised an much more lifelike and extra violent tackle gangster life in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district than that introduced within the Yakuza video games.
Chinese language large NetEase has been slimming down its gaming portfolio and divesting abroad investments since 2024, closing a number of studios in consequence. Amongst these was a brand new MMO studio from World of Warcraft designer Greg Avenue.
Nagoshi Studio was based in 2022 by Nagoshi and key members of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the Sega group liable for the Yakuza/Like a Dragon collection. Nagoshi had been at Sega for over 30 years, the place he labored on Daytona USA, Shenmue, and Tremendous Monkey Ball earlier than creating the Yakuza collection.