Sucker Punch Productions‘ Nate Fox and Jason Cornell have shared new details on Ghost of Yotei during a chat with Famitsu, revealing the game’s map is the biggest of any open-world game that the inFAMOUS creator has put out to date.
As previously confirmed on the PlayStation Blog alongside the game’s release date last week, Ghost of Yotei is a tale of revenge, as protagonist Atsu hunts down the Yotei Six, who have brought death and chaos to Japan. However, players can go about the quest in any order the wish. Furthermore, Nate and Cornell revealed that they researched the game’s setting by visiting the prefecture of Hokkaido.
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I also went to Hokkaido to research Ainu culture, and had people knowledgeable about Ainu culture introduce me to museums and folk crafts, which I incorporated into the worldview of this work. By the way, I also went to the mountains with them and had the experience of picking wild vegetables.
In terms of an open-world adventure, Ghost of Yotei has the greatest freedom and biggest map of any open-world game we have ever made.
Recently, ex-Sony indie boss Shuhei Yoshida stated that he’s played multiple in-development builds of Ghost of Yotei, and always came away impressed with what he experienced. Ghost of Yotei is slated for released on October 2, 2025 and will also feature a Collector’s Edition that includes a wealth of physical goodies, including a replica of Atsu’s Ghost Mask.
Ghost of Yotei is the follow-up to 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima, and takes place in Japan during the year 1603, some 329 years after the events of its predecessor. As mentioned, the game sees Atsu hunting down the masked Yotei Six, six individuals who murdered her family during her childhood, and adopts the persona of the Onryo to exact her revenge.