Sequel to Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei, announced with new protagonist and a story set 300 years after the original – State of Play
Ghost of Tsushima is officially getting a sequel called Ghost of Yotei, it was confirmed during today’s Sony State of Play presentation. It will be released sometime in 2025.
It was the big announcement to close out State of Play, and one of the biggest surprises. Developer Sucker Punch also showed off an extensive look at the footage, including some great cinematics. And if you couldn’t tell from the title, it will focus on a different setting and a brand new protagonist, Atsu, moving away from Ghost of Tsushima’s Jin Sakai.
Sucker Puncher didn’t give too much away during the presentation, but thanks to a PlayStation blog post shortly afterward, we got a little more insight. It will take place in 1603, 300 years after the events of Ghost of Tsushima, in the lands surrounding Mount Yōtei, now known as Hokkaido. Sucker Punch calls it “a far cry from the organized samurai clans that lived in Tsushima, and it’s the setting for an original story we can’t wait to tell.”
According to the post, the developer wanted to “keep the core tenets of Ghost of Tsushima: playing as a wandering warrior in feudal Japan, having the freedom to explore at your own pace, and highlighting the beauty of the world.”
“We also wanted to continue to innovate. To create something fresh but familiar, we looked beyond Jin Sakai’s story and the island of Tsushima and instead shifted our focus to the idea of the ghost,” the post continues. “At Sucker Punch, we love origin stories and we wanted to explore what it might mean to have a new hero with a ghost mask and a new legend to uncover. That led us to Ghost of Yōtei: a new protagonist, a new story to unfold, and a new region of Japan to explore.”
As “Sucker Punch’s first game built from the ground up for PlayStation 5,” it will also feature new mechanics, gameplay improvements, and new weapons.
Unashamedly inspired by the works of Akira Kurosawa (so much so that the game even included a “Kurosawa Mode”) and other samurai films, Ghost of Tsushima follows a samurai on a quest to protect the island of Tsushima during the first Mongol invasion of Japan. It was released for the PlayStation 4 in July 2020, followed by a multiplayer mode, Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, in October of the same year. A director’s cut was released for PS4 and PS5 in 2021, and a PC port finally arrived last year.
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions are also currently working on a Ghost of Tsushima film. John Wick director Chad Stahelski is set to direct.
IGN gave Ghost of Tsushima a 9/10 in 2020, calling it “an absolutely gorgeous adventure through one of the most breathtaking landscapes in history, and that beauty is enhanced by one of the best blade-vs-blade combat systems the open-world action genre has ever seen.”
Alex Stedman is IGN’s senior news editor covering entertainment. When she’s not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.
