Hey all! I very rarely post. but i'm a huge lurker. I find it very interesting that the website is down more than anything. The site has been up for 15 years with no problems. I decided to do a whois lookup on the domain, nothing out of the ordinary it seems. The domain actually expires in november of this year, but it also appears that it's last update was 7/26/2013. Does anyone recall an acquisition by Sega that happened around this time? Here's the whois info:
Domain Name: SHENMUE.COM
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.1api.net
Registrar URL:
http://www.1api.netUpdated Date: 2013-07-26T08:15:11Z
Creation Date: 1998-11-20T05:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z
Registrar: 1api GmbH
Registrar IANA ID: 1387
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
[email protected]Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +49.68416984x200
Reseller: Brights Consulting Inc.
http://brightsconsulting.comDomain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Domain Administrator
Registrant Organization: SEGA CORPORATION
Registrant Street: 1-2-12, Haneda
Registrant City: Ohta-ku
Registrant State/Province: Tokyo
Registrant Postal Code: 144-8531
Registrant Country: JP
Registrant Phone: +81.357351634
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +81.357351656
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email:
[email protected]Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Domain Administrator
Admin Organization: SEGA CORPORATION
Admin Street: 1-2-12, Haneda
Admin City: Ohta-ku
Admin State/Province: Tokyo
Admin Postal Code: 144-8531
Admin Country: JP
Admin Phone: +81.357351634
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +81.357351656
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email:
[email protected]Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Domain Master
Tech Organization: Brights Consulting Inc.
Tech Street: 30F, Kasumigaseki Bldg., 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki
Tech City: Chiyoda-ku
Tech State/Province: Tokyo
Tech Postal Code: 100-6030
Tech Country: JP
Tech Phone: +81.5055364005
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +81.355210117
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email:
[email protected]Name Server: fixer.sega.co.jp
Name Server: ns2.sega.co.jp