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Ghost of Yotei review: stunningly beautiful and suspiciously familiar

3/5 This follow up to the celebrated 2020 game Ghost of Tsushima delivers beauty and action in spades, even if the storyline isn’t anything new

Evening Standard

Ghost of Yotei is reviewing 4 points higher than Ghost of Tsushima, but 2025 has been so amazing for games that it's barely top 20 for the year

Ghost of Yotei looks like another open-world triumph for Sucker Punch

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei is a cinematic and visually stunning PS5 sequel, but I wish it didn’t play things so safe

Ghost of Yotei will feel instantly familiar to players of its Tsushima-set predecessor. But what it lacks in innovation, it makes up for in sheer cinematic brilliance, packing an engaging story, satisfying combat and a visually stunning open-world setting.

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Sucker Punch confirms it fired artist for joking about Charlie Kirk shooting: 'Making light of someone's murder is a deal-breaker'

"That's sort of our studio, and that's kind of where we are."

PC Gamer

If you were hoping to see Sly Cooper on PC for some reason, think again: Ghost of Yōtei dev says 'it's been a long time' since the series' heyday and nobody at Sucker Punch wants to make those games anymore

Bye, Cooper.

PC Gamer

Sony's Sucker Punch made "one joke about a Yotei six pack" and now Ghost of Yotei has a partnership with one of Japan's biggest beer brands

The Sapporo logo even made it into the game

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei co-director says only 10% of Sucker Punch would be really excited to develop a new Sly Cooper game: "It's been a long time since Sly Cooper's come out"

Sly Cooper diehards, shield your eyes

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Ghost of Yotei won't be too caught up in which Tsushima ending you chose, director says, because "both endings are valid" and the open-world sequel is set over 300 years later

In fact, Atsu hasn't even heard of Jin Sakai

GamesRadar

"We're all still hungover": Ghost of Yotei director says the GTA 6 delay prompted Sucker Punch to party like rockstars - "That was a great day"

No one likes releasing around GTA 6

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei has gone gold, and Sucker Punch is celebrating with 74 seconds of brutal, bloody, John Wick-worthy gun fu

"We're so excited to finally have reached this milestone"

GamesRadar

The best part of Ghost of Tsushima is back: Sony confirms Ghost of Yotei Legends DLC is coming next year with 4 classes and new co-op missions

The multiplayer mode is dropping as free DLC next year

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yōtei will likely take just as long to beat as Ghost of Tsushima as the game's creative director says both games are similar 'in terms of the time commitment'

Sucker Punch has confirmed that Ghost of Yōtei will take around the same time to beat as Ghost of Tsushima.

TechRadar

Ghost of Yotei has a "similar" time commitment to Ghost of Tsushima, and another 25-hour open-world RPG sounds heavenly to my swelling backlog

It shares the same "scale and scope" of the original

GamesRadar

5 Years Ago, PlayStation Gave Us Assassin's Creed In Japan, Long Before Ubisoft Actually Got There

'Ghost of Tsushima' gave us Assassin’s Creed in Japan, years before the franchise would catch up and actually give the fans what they wanted.

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Ghost of Yotei is an open-world game, "but there's still a linear story structure" as Sucker Punch wanted to make sure protagonist Atsu's journey "tears at the heartstrings"

Said structure is "very important"

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei director says "I would love to work on more Infamous" and "see a trilogy re-release," but for now "Sucker Punch is a one game at a time shop"

The most recent mainline Infamous game came out in 2014

GamesRadar

I asked Ghost of Yotei's creative directors all of my burning questions, and I don't want to get your hopes up but Sucker Punch's sequel sounds like feudal Red Dead Redemption 2

Interview | Sucker Punch's Nate Fox and Jason Connell dive into everything we saw at Ghost of Yotei's latest State of Play

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Ghost of Yotei countdown: Exact release date and time

Here is exactly when Ghost of Yotei drops on the PS5.

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GamesRadar

How to watch the Ghost of Yotei State of Play gameplay deep dive, and what time it goes live in your region

Ghost of Yotei is getting its own dedicated PlayStation State of Play today, featuring "nearly 20 minutes" of gameplay

TechRadar

Tonight's special Ghost of Yōtei State of Play will offer a first look at gameplay – here's the one thing I'm hoping to see and learn more about

Sony's next State of Play airs tonight, and this special broadcast will be dedicated entirely to Ghost of Yōtei.

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei devs know "how ignorant we were about Japanese culture," but as with Ghost of Tsushima they've had "cultural advisors" to help "deliver a respectful representation" of Japan

"We met with a wealth of knowledgeable individuals and visited important cultural sites"

GamesRadar

After playing Ghost of Yotei "at several stages of its development," former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida swears it's "even better" than Ghost of Tsushima

Sounds good to me

GamesRadar

Unofficial Ghost of Yotei playtester and former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida says "in development" build of the open-world PS5 game "always felt great"

Newly prolific podcaster Yoshida strikes again

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei will build on Ghost of Tsushima with guns, a gorgeous change of scenery, and "unexpected dangers"

Big in 2025 | One of PS4's best games gets a hugely ambitious sequel

Tom’s Guide

12 games we can’t wait to play in 2025 on PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and PC

It's set to be another year full of must-play video games, and these are the 12 releases set for 2025 that we're desperate to start playing right now.

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