Team Ninja has high hopes for new action-RPG Rise of the Ronin

A ronin rides over a hill with the sunset in view
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Sony's latest State of Play stream was stacked, with one of the standouts proving Rise of the Ronin, a new action-RPG from Team Ninja. It's not just fans that are hopeful over the upcoming game, though, as Koei Tecmo is equally optimistic over the game being a big par🐻t of its future. 

As shared on by Bloomberg's Takashiܫ Mochizuki, Koei Tecmo – of which Team Ninja is a division of – hopes Rise of the Ronin will sell 5 million copies "as one of the important strategic pillars of the company's mid-term growth strategy." 

that Nioh had cleared 5 million in time for its fifth anniversary. 

Some of those hopes may lay in how long the action-RPG has been in the works. Team Ninja director Fumihiko Yasuda reveals in a that work on Rise of the Ronin initially kicked off seven years ago, with Sony offering support throughout the years. "The development has progressed slowly a♓nd freely, much like the spirit of a Ronin," Yasuda says.

If you’ve been out of the loop, Rise of the Ronin is a combat-focused, open-world action-RPG that takes place in Japan as the Edo Period draws to a close. You’ve got oppressive rulers and deadly diseases while "western influence pe🌌rmeates as t𝓰he civil war continues to rage between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Anti-Shogunate factions." Against this backdrop, you take up the role of a ronin bound to no master and free to make their own choices. 

That’s not all we saw during the State of Play stream, though. God of War Ragnarok got a new trailer and a swanky controller reveal to boot. You can find our full 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:PlayStation State of Play recap at the link. 

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Iain Harris
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