Shenmue Studio Considering Legal Action Over Fake Shenmue 4 Trailer

Shenmue 4 Video 'Has Absolutely No Connection' to Developer Ys Net, and Now the Studio Is Threatening Legal Action as the Footage 'Misleads Viewers Into Believing Such Content Is Official'

Shenmue developer Ys Net has threatened legal action over a widely-circulated video designed to look like leaked footage of Shenmue 4.

Shenmue studio threatens legal action over an apparently faked Shenmue 4 trailer, which it says 'has absolutely no connection to Ys Net'

The purported work-in-progress trailer popped up on YouTube last week.

Ys Net considers "potential legal action" after confirming "leaked" Shenmue 4 video is fake

Ys Net is considering legal action after a video teaser, falsely claiming to be of Shenmue 4, popped up online last week.

That "leaked" Shenmue 4 trailer has nothing to do with Ys Net, and they're so mad about it they might take legal action

Earlier this week you may have seen what was framed as a leaked trailer for Shenmue 4. Admittedly, thanks to Dwitter compression and supposedly being a recording of a screen rather than direct capture, it looked convincing enough, as long as you don't look too hard at it. There's that pesky thing called "Ay Eye" going around these days though, so you should never trust something right off the bat these days. Now, as confirmed by Shenmue develope…

Ys Net May Seek Legal Action Against Fake Shenmue 4 Video

That suspicious and poor quality Shenmue 4 trailer that appeared last week was a fake video and not a leak of a Ys Net game.