Ghost of Yotei (PS5) News Articles
Friday11th Jul 2025
News Ghost of Yotei Confirms Japanese Dub at Launch, Complete with Full Lip-Syncing
Walk the talk
Ghost of Yotei will feature an optional Japanese dub — with full lip-syncing — at launch, developer Sucker Punch has confirmed. You may remember that with Ghost of Tsushima, the Japanese voicework was not lip-synced to the character models until the Director's Cut released on PS5. The studio caught a bit of flak for this, and so...
Thursday10th Jul 2025
News What Time Is Ghost of Yotei PS5's State of Play Livestream?
Find out when to watch Sucker Punch's showcase
We’ve all been waiting for this one: Ghost of Yotei’s big State of Play blowout will air this week, from 2PM PDT/10PM BST on 10th July. Before we continue, here’s when you can expect to watch the broadcast in your country: 10PM BST 10th July 2025 The livestream, which was announced earlier in...
Monday30th Jun 2025
News Ghost of Yotei's Pricey $250 PS5 Collector's Edition Is for the Hardcore Fans Only
But it includes a lot
Like any major PS5 game, Ghost of Yotei is getting a pricey Collector’s Edition targeted at hardcore fans only. The £219.99/$249.99 physical bundle – which, irritatingly, only includes a digital version of the upcoming open world game – packs a bunch of limited edition items, including a Ghost Mask replica statue and a...
Wednesday18th Jun 2025
News PS5's Ghost of Yotei Features Some Kind of 'Foraging' System, Sucker Punch Confirms
In the mud
Ghost of Yotei will apparently see players gathering natural resources on their travels — which immediately raises questions about certain gameplay systems. This cheeky little detail is touched upon in a new PlayStation Blog post from Sucker Punch's Nate Fox. In it, the Yotei director writes about the developer's research visit to...
Wednesday4th Jun 2025
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Gameplay Showcase Confirmed for July
Ghosting
Ghost of Yotei did indeed show up at the latest State of Play — but we didn't get to see much of the upcoming PS5 exclusive. Yep, this was a classic bait and switch, with the above trailer dropping a tease for another State of Play which will give us a Ghost of Yotei gameplay deep dive. It's happening at some point next month. We knew...
Thursday15th May 2025
News Ghost of Yotei Dev: As Americans, We Knew How Ignorant We Were of Japanese Culture
Sucker Punch on doing things right
If you've been keeping up with Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch over the years, you'll know that the studio takes its work very seriously. Although Ghost of Tsushima wasn't utterly grounded in historical accuracy — taking heavy inspiration from samurai cinema — Sucker Punch still...
Tuesday6th May 2025
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Will Be Even Better Than Its Wildly Successful Predecessor, Says Yoshida
"Sucker Punch has done it again"
Ghost of Tsushima was, in some ways, a surprise success. The game launched during the pandemic in 2020, and while it was always expected to be popular, it exceeded expectations with sales of over 13 million units announced in 2024. Even more impressive is that the title sold over one million units in
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Pre-Orders Show Players Are Willing to Pay $80, Even When They Don't Have To
Sucker punch
Ghost of Yotei has, as you’d expect, rocketed right to the top of the PS Store pre-order charts right around the world. In both the UK and US (and several other countries we checked, to be fair), the game is the number one most pre-ordered release on Sony’s storefront, with the $80 Deluxe Edition trending better than its...
Friday2nd May 2025
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Pre-Orders Go Live for Digital, Physical Copies
Where to pre-order Ghost of Yotei on PS5
Sony has this morning opened up pre-orders for Ghost of Yotei on PS5, ahead of its newly revealed release date of 2nd October 2025. You can opt for one of the handful of versions across digital and physical platforms, all of which are now detailed below. Note: Pre-orders in the USA will go live later on in...
Monday28th Apr 2025
News Ghost of Yotei Has the 'Biggest Map' and 'Greatest Freedom' of Any Sucker Punch Game
The Ghost with the most
Having just received a release date (out of absolutely nowhere, it should be reiterated), Ghost of Yotei is starting to seep back into the news cycle — and that means fresh info on the PS5 exclusive. Indeed, some tasty new tidbits have been found in Famitsu's latest interview with directors Nate Fox and Jason Cornell (as...
News Listen to Ghost of Yotei's Epic Main Theme to Stay Hyped Ahead of October PS5 Launch
Available to stream now
Pretty much all of Sony's first-party games have great soundtracks, and it seems as though Ghost of Yotei will be no different. The game's main theme, composed by Toma Otowa, is available to stream now on all your usual music services. Here's a preview of the track via Spotify: While it's a track we've heard before, in...
News Ghost of Yotei's PS5 Price Provokes Fresh Switch 2 Fury
Perspective
It’s probably fair to say the Switch 2 reveal didn’t quite go how Nintendo had planned it. While we fully expect the system to be seriously successful, it’s attracted a wave of bad publicity for a variety of reasons, spanning its software prices, Game Key cartridges, and its premium tutorial, Welcome Tour. But the surprise...
Wednesday23rd Apr 2025
News Ghost of Yotei Gets PS5 Release Date, Trailer, Pre-Order Details
Out of nowhere
Completely out of the blue, Sony has announced Ghost of Yotei will release for PS5 on 2nd October 2025. The release date is accompanied by a new trailer, which you can catch above. The trailer is called The Onryo's List, and it serves as the story setup for the game: "Sixteen years ago in the heart of Ezo (called Hokkaido in present...
Thursday17th Apr 2025
News Shuhei Yoshida's Played 'So Many Versions' of Ghost of Yotei, and It's 'Always Felt Great'
Yeah, he went on a podcast again
Shuhei Yoshida's podcast victory lap continues with an appearance on the Easy Allies podcast, where he heaped praise on Sucker Punch Productions and its upcoming game, Ghost of Yotei. As the game is brought up, the former PlayStation executive only has glowing things to say about the studio. "Naughty Dog and Sucker...
Sunday30th Mar 2025
News Tiny New Ghost of Yotei Details Have PS5 Owners Hyped
Sony preps official PlayStation.com page
Ghost of Yotei is launching on PS5 later this year, but as is customary from Sony, the platform holder is keeping the game under lock and key until closer to launch. However, as spotted by members of the ResetEra forum, some new information has been uploaded to the game’s official PlayStation.com page...
Thursday27th Mar 2025
News PS5 Exclusive Ghost of Yotei Still on Track for 2025 Release
No ghosting here
Just in case anyone was starting to worry about the fact that we've seen nothing from Ghost of Yotei since its reveal last year, a quick social media post has reiterated that the PS5 exclusive is still on course for its promised (if vague) 2025 release. Said post comes from developer Sucker Punch's communication manager, Andrew...
Tuesday25th Feb 2025
News Ghost of Yotei Dev Eager to Push Creatively and Technically with Anticipated PS5 Sequel
"Each game is building off the work from previous games"
Despite being due to release this year, we don’t know a lot about Sucker Punch’s hotly anticipated Ghost of Tsushima sequel, Ghost of Yotei. Boss Brian Fleming wasn’t giving much away in his Creator on Creator chat with Nicolas Doucet of Team ASOBI, but he did touch upon the...
Monday13th Jan 2025
News Ghost of Yotei Stars in Sony's New, Big Budget Marketing Campaign
Ghost with the most
Sony has just launched a new marketing campaign based on "real creators" — and the main video features just one nod to PlayStation, with Ghost of Yotei. The campaign covers all of Sony's tech-driven bases, across movies, photography, music, audio, and, of course, video games. It's a big budget production, but again, Ghost of...
Wednesday2nd Oct 2024
News Ghost of Yotei's Gorgeous Open World Will Be Less Repetitive Than Tsushima's
The difference 300 years makes
Sony and developer Sucker Punch recently announced Ghost of Yotei, a sequel to its immensely popular open world action title, Ghost of Tsushima. While the game will be somewhat familiar, its setting, time period, and protagonist are all completely new, which should make for a pretty fresh experience when it launches...
Wednesday25th Sep 2024
"I feel like I'm taking crazy pills"
Sucker Punch’s decision to tell a new story with a new character in Ghost of Yotei has triggered the silliest corners of social media, and revered ex-Sony executive Shawn Layden has chimed in on the drama, stating “if you don’t like it, don’t buy it”. The new game, a PS5 exclusive sequel to Ghost of...
Tuesday24th Sep 2024
News Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
Blood vengeance
Ghost of Tsuhima's successor has finally been announced, having rumoured to have been in development for at least a few years at Sucker Punch Productions. It's officially called Ghost of Yotei, and the reveal trailer shows a female ronin supposedly hunting across the Japanese countryside. The trailer itself is dripping with the kind...
