Ghost of Tsushima devs to be honored as tourism ambassadors for real-life island

Ghost of Tsushima
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Two of Ghost of Tsushima's lead developers hav💛e be💯en made tourism ambassadors of the real-life island. 

As first reported by , 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ghost of Tsushima creative director Jason Connell and game director Nate Fox will both be made permanent tourism ambassadors fo🦹r the island of Tsushima. The honor has been granted by the city of Tsushima in Nagasaki, where the mayor of the city has announced that a new tourism initiative based on the game, to encourage more people to visit the island behind Sucker Punch's game.

"[Connell and Fox] spread the name and history of Tsushima to the whole world in such a wonderful way," said the Mayor Hitakatsu of Tsushima city. "Even a lot of Japanese people do not know the history of the Gen-ko peri✤od. Wh🀅en it comes to the world, the name and location of Tsushima is literally unknown, so I cannot thank them enough for telling our story with such phenomenal graphics and profound stories."

Currently, the ceremony bestowing the honor upon Connell and Fox is scheduled to take place digitally, due tꩵo the COVID-19 pandemic. However once the current travel bans have lifted, Tsushima's mayor wishes to extend an offer for the entire development team at Sucker Punch to visit the island and city of Tsushima. 

Ghost of Tsushima has been nothing short of a smash hit success for Sucker Punch since it launched last year in 2020. After selling through 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:well over 5 million copies wo𝐆rldwide as of November 2020, players of Sucker Punch's game raised a grand total of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:$260,000 to 🐠restore the island's real-life s𓆏hrine, which suffered significantജ damage due to a recent storm.

Elsewhere, there's been a number of hints as to a sequel to Ghost of Tsushima being in development at Sucker Punch. Several job advertisements at Sucker Punch have hinted at a new game being in the works, as they're asking for combat designe꧅rs familiar wಞith Ghost of Tsushima's combat, and story leads to 澳洲幸运5开奖号ꦫ码历史查询:help te🤡ll a new tale set within feudal Japan.

To see what we made of Sucker Punch's open-world action game, head over to our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ghost of Tsushima review.

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, 🌌and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time h🐓e freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.