Nagoshi Studio removes entire YouTube channel and Gang of Dragon trailers following funding woes

As NetEase pulled funding for Toshihiro Nagoshi’s Gang of Dragon, the game faced an uncertain future, with the studio having to come up with a new financial source to keep developing it. By May, all funding was supposed to go away, and it seems Nagoshi Studio failed to score a new deal and has since removed its entire YouTube channel and all related videos.

As spotted by users on the Yakuza subreddit, Nagoshi Studio seems to have completely wiped its YouTube channel with no warning, taking with it all content related to that developer and, of course, Gang of Dragon. Searching on YouTube, the only “official” way to watch the game’s trailer is via The Game Awards’ account, while Nagoshi Studio appears altogether gone from the platform.

This comes after NetEase reportedly pulled funding from Nagoshi Studio, forcing lead Toshihiro Nagoshi to search for new backers to keep his Yakuza successor afloat. It was reported that if funding isn’t secured by May, the project will most likely be canceled, and as we close in on the fifth month of this year, it seems Nagoshi failed to secure a new deal to continue making the game.

Importantly, NetEase also asked Nagoshi not only to secure new backing but also to get enough money to buy the game and its assets from the publisher, essentially requiring an incredible amount of funding for the game to be allowed to continue its production. It’s thus unsurprising if Nagoshi failed in his mission, though no official comments have been issued from either Nagoshi Studio or NetEase at the time of writing.

Gang of Dragon was meant to be a spiritual successor to Toshihiro Nagoshi’s Yakuza series and was set to star Korean star Don Lee.

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There’s a host of different stats in Vampire Crawlers that will define your chances of completing a specific stage. If you’ve played Vampire Survivors, you’ll be well familiar with most of these stats. If not, then you can refer to the following section to understand what each attribute means.

Vampire Crawlers stats explained

The table below briefly explains what every stat means so that you can always stay on top of your deck’s strength and prowess.

Stat	What it Does
Max Health	It raises your Max Health by 10% per rank. You’ll still need to heal and restore your health after increasing the cap.
Recovery	Heals 1 HP per rank after each encounter. Extremely useful to passively restore your lost HP after every completed battle.
Hand	Determines the number of cards you’ll pull when a fresh turn begins.
Mana	Raises the max mana available for you to use.
Armor	Nullify all incoming attacks. You gain +1 Armor per rank, and also increase it by playing Armor cards.
Might	Raise the base damage of all weapons by 10% per level.
Area	Dish out AoE damage from your attacks, which increases by 10% per rank.
Amount	Adds extra projectiles for your weapon cards.
Duration	Allows you to increase the duration of your Crawler’s stay by one per rank.
Magnet	You can draw extra cards per turn.
Revival	Get extra lives.
Luck	Raises all positive stats, along with increasing the quality of your drops. It increases by 20% per rank.
Growth	You can get extra XP.
Greed	You’ll get 10% extra Gold Coins per rank.
Reroll	You can reroll your draw to try and get other options. You get +2 reroll choices per rank.
Skip	You can skip level-up rewards to get extra XP and Gold.
Banish	You can banish cards that you want to avoid from showing up on your run.
Curse	A negative stat that will amplify the damage of your enemy’s attacks. However, you’ll get more XP and Gold.

Typically, the Power Ups you use will have a direct impact on the stat values of your current run. When you upgrade a Power Up, it will permanently raise the applicable stat for your character (the buffs will be available across all runs). However, your attributes will also depend on the cards you draw and the crawler(s) you use.

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