Writer Sony Interactive Leisure and developer Workforce Ninja have introduced a brand new samurai title, Rise of the Ronin.
Constructed by Workforce Ninja, Rise of the Ronin has each Nioh and Ghost of Tsushima vibes and is coming someday in 2024 as a “PS5 console unique.”
Right here’s the reveal trailer for Rise of the Ronin:
Right here’s the phrase from Workforce Ninja director and president Fumihiko Yasuda:
Right here at Workforce Ninja, we’re extremely excited to introduce our very newest motion RPG sport which takes you on an epic and unfettered journey as a Ronin on the daybreak of a brand new period in Japan. It was seven years in the past once we first started this challenge. And since then, the event has progressed slowly and freely, very similar to the spirit of a Ronin. It’s with nice pleasure to lastly convey this title to gentle, and we’re stuffed with gratitude on having the ability to make this announcement with PlayStation who’ve supported us and this challenge all through these a few years.
Rise of the Ronin is a fight targeted open-world motion RPG that takes place in Japan at a time of nice change. It’s the very finish of a 300-year lengthy Edo Interval, generally often known as “Bakumatsu”. Set within the late nineteenth century, Japan is going through the darkest of occasions because it struggles with its oppressive rulers and lethal illnesses whereas western affect permeates as civil warfare continues to rage between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Anti-Shogunate factions.
Right here on this time of mayhem, you embody a Ronin character, a warrior certain to no grasp and free to make decisions of its personal. Rise of the Ronin is a brand new Workforce Ninja expertise that can immerse you in an traditionally impressed world whereas bringing collectively its famend fight motion with Katanas and the likes, with new firearm weaponry that depicts the distinctive character of its time interval.
We at Koei Tecmo, have had many titles up to now that have been based mostly on historical past. However with Rise of the Ronin, we got down to take the following huge step. By harnessing all the abilities and information we’ve gained over time we actually wished to take issues to the following stage by trying to completely painting probably the most vital revolution within the historical past of Japan together with the darkest and ugliest chapters that many will shrink back from. That is undoubtedly probably the most bold and difficult challenge for Workforce Ninja Studio to this point. But we are going to enable our expertise in creating samurai and ninja motion video games to information us via this journey.
Past the motion components, we can be steadfast in our efforts to create a multilayered story that showcases the world of the Bakumatsu interval and the revolution that happened. The characters that you’ll meet all have their very own model of justice and motivations, and whether or not you determined to aspect with or towards them… every resolution you make will matter. With new fight motion and unrestrained open gameplay, we’re wanting ahead to setting you free as you immerse your self as a Ronin.