Ghost of Yotei has gone gold – that means that major growth has come to an finish and the sport is prepared for its launch this October. After a five-year wait from Ghost of Tsushima, there’s now nothing standing between us and people candy, Samurai Champloo-style lo-fi beats besides a handful of weeks.
“Ghost of Yōtei has formally gone gold,” developer Sucker Punch says in a Bluesky submit. “We’re so excited to lastly have reached this milestone and may’t wait for everybody to expertise the fantastic thing about Ezo on October 2nd.”
Traditionally, ‘going gold’ meant {that a} sport’s growth had successfully completed growth, as grasp copies of video games had been as soon as printed on gold-colored discs once they had been prepared for manufacturing. Nowadays, day one patches and post-launch assist complicate the entire going gold milestone a bit, however it nonetheless implies that Ghost of Yotei may be very a lot on monitor for its launch date.
The information comes alongside a recent little bit of in-game footage labeled “firearms gameplay,” which actually in all probability undersells the motion right here. Protagonist Atsu swings into an enemy camp and blends weapons and swordplay into a completely mesmerizing dance of violence. It appears to be like like a choreographed gun fu battle worthy of John Wick at factors, and it is definitely been profitable in getting me hyped for Ghost of Yotei’s motion. The truth that it is a follow-up to among the finest open-world video games round positive does not damage, both.

