NEW SITE, WHO DIS?
(that joke probably didn't sound better on paper, tbh...)
Finally, after about more than 3 or so years since this studio first started, we FINALLY have a brand new independent home for Murasaki Kiwami Studios, hosted on Cloudflare! Goodbye to the old Google Sites version! (That old website was, quite frankly, INCREDIBLY limiting for how much this studio has eventually grown, at least in scope!)
So, yeah, welcome to the new static HTML website for all things Murasaki Kiwami Studios-related!
This might not be as reliable for real-time updates, but with this, we're a lot less reliant on Google ( and all those icky trackers, analytics to feed you all sorts of AI slop ads, and probably 5 French dudes in fancy suits and masks sapping your computers ), but, hey, now you get to really see me (and my collaborators) stand out more and really give our works a more simplified yet classy presentation!
...Yes, I 99% ripped off the UX design for Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's official website. When in doubt, Reuse Ga Gotoku.
Jokes aside, I'm really happy to have finally migrated into a new HTML website where I have a lot more free reign to add and spice up whatever the FUCK I want. Now, LET'S GET INTO SOME ACTUAL NEWS!
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NOT-REALLY-NEW!
If you haven't noticed already, yes, Murasaki Everywhere has received a brand new logo and promotional cover art going forward into the year of 2027. It is a deliberate visual parody of the promotional art of RGG's next upcoming (and admittedly incredibly ambitious) title, Stranger Than Heaven, which ALSO is set to release in 2027!
Look, I just thought this looked nicer than the old Infinite Wealth-inspired cover and logo... which was literally just a purple gradient color Edo SZ text PNG with the same drop shadow used for the Yakuza games' title cards.
THE MURASAKI EVERYWHERE STORY ALSO GETS A NEW HOME!
I'm happy to announce the Murasaki Everywhere fanfiction will finally be migrating from being a collection of Google Docs INTO its own HTML website where you can read all four planned arcs, with the first two currently available but receiving new visual assets, interactive features, and retcons to the story. There will be an assortment of music players across the chapters, archived straight from the actual Yakuza games' source files and into high quality .WAV files.
"WAV files?! But what about my Internet?!"
On the topic of the music player, don't worry if your Internet or mobile device isn't exactly top-tier. None of those music tracks are part of the website's files. With the capabilities of Cloudflare's R2 Storage, we saved all our music files there and will only download and play the necessary and respective tracks from that storage bucket, removing the burden of loading a large amount of heavy audio files on your end.
The official story website is currently not ready for public access and is still going under the final stretches of development and QA checks, but will be announced on this website and other platforms whenever we are ready to deliver the current state of the project.
Of course, you WILL still need to have an Internet connection to access the site... I mean, how else are you even on this website in the first place? :p
CLOSING REMARKS
There's still some work to be done here and there to get the new place truly up to standard, but until then, welcome to the new home of Murasaki Kiwami Studios!
See you on the 18th for Blakeuza Kiwami 2 Remastered's release AND Thanksgiving for Blakeuza 5! Just a few more mods and the rest of the story to go!