The release of a
new Shenmue III trailer was not the only news coming out of the PC Gaming Show on Monday: it was also announced that the PC release of Shenmue III will be distributed exclusively on the
Epic Games Store. (However a Steam version will still be coming, as detailed below).
Epic Games is the developer behind the development software used to make Shenmue III, Unreal Engine, and they opened a digital store front in December 2018 as a competitor to Steam.
Although it was not explicitly stated in the announcement, a FAQ on
Deep Silver's Shenmue III site confirms that this is a
timed exclusive: the game will still be released on Steam, but at a future date
The
Shenmue III Steam page release date now reads "Planned Release Date: coming soon" from its earlier November 19th date.
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