James Brown wrote: Interesting, did not know this, maybe it's a combined effort? - or just everyone trying to cash in on the hype

Who knows for sure. All the IC stuff is officially licensed though. It popped up on their twitter around the time of the announcement. See if I can find it later on.

Worth noting that Insert Coin teased they "are" working on some new stuff for Shenmue I & II.

1-3... 100% a physical PS4 copy to play but I may get another to stay sealed and grab it on Steam as well. Depends how much modding I would like to try.