Sega
announced yesterday an online multiplayer PC version of Shenmue. This is great news for anyone who's played the first two games (and if you haven't, you should, especially if you like adventure games), and it ought to be an original and unique addition to the somewhat stagnant MMOG genre. The setting - Japan, Hong Kong, China in the mid 80s - is unlike anything else out there, and I'm guessing and hoping the online version will retain this setting.
As for how the the character-driven drama and the
Virtua Fighter style combat of the offline games will translate into an online environment, we'll just have to wait and see. Interesting stuff.
Just one picture today:

That's one giant broom for mankind...or one tiny woman.