{"id":547368,"date":"2026-04-24T00:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547368\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:48:08","slug":"the-future-looks-bleak-for-yakuza-creators-new-ps5-title-gang-of-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547368\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Looks Bleak for Yakuza Creator&#8217;s New PS5 Title Gang of Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, it was reported by Bloomberg that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/03\/yakuza-creators-promising-new-ps5-game-may-soon-be-sleeping-with-the-fishes-as-funding-is-cut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NetEase had made the decision to stop funding Gang of Dragon<\/a>. The game was only revealed at the end of last year, but reports claim another \u00a57 billion (~$44 million) is needed to finish development. This was apparently one reason why NetEase has decided to walk away from the project.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first update and sign of life \u2014 or, rather, a lack of it \u2014 since then, leading to concern the game will never make it to release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shin Ji-seong \u2014 portrayed by renowned Asian actor Ma Dong-seok \u2014 is a high-ranking member of a Korean crime syndicate based in Kabukicho. As he explores the streets of Shinjuku, Shin becomes entangled in underworld conflicts and forges intense, human connections that push him to confront his own sense of purpose,&#8221; is how the promising title was pitched upon its unveiling.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/x.com\/Okami13_\/status\/2047378783930347892\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Okami13_\/status\/2047378783930347892\">x.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last month, it was reported by Bloomberg that NetEase had made the decision to stop funding Gang of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[166099,59,12421,112,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-547368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gang-of-dragon","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-netease","11":"tag-ps5","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}