Nagoshi Studio has officially shut down and its first game called Gang of Dragon is seemingly no more, months after publisher NetEase pulled funding from the Yakuza-like project. Read more
Yakuza creator's new studio and its debut game Gang of Dragon are no more after losing funding from NetEase

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