Taren Rolston

While the PS4 has seen its fair share of sequels or reboots of older properties from PlayStation's past ( God of War , Infamous: Second Son, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End ), Sony has also brought about entirely new worlds and characters for us to fall in love with for the first time. In a time where many games that are released annually have started to feel a bit derivative and by-the-numbers, PS4 exclusives like Horizon Zero Dawn , Death Stranding , and Until Dawn have been some of the most captivating and enjoyable games for me on a personal level these past few years just because of how fresh they f Ghost of Tsushima fictionalizes several elements of this history. For starters, Sucker Punch's Mongol army is led by the fictional Khotun Khan, and Tsushima's ruler is fictional, too - a man named Shimura. Events seen in Ghost of Tsushima's trailers indicate Shimura's battle with the Mongols goes just about as well as it did in real life, but it appears Shimura survives, and so does his nephew, protagonist Jin Sakai. Given he's the playable character, it's no surprise Jin forms the basis of Ghost of Tsushima DLC|https://tsushimagame.com/ of Tsushima' s largest departure from history. Rather than being a stand-in for an actual person like Kublai Khan, Jin is essentially a stand-in for 1274's kamikaze . As Sucker Punch Game Director Nate Fox told Variety , "Our hero isn’t a hurricane, he’s a man, and we actually acknowledge that change with his sword that’s engraved with storm wind desig Hopefully, IllFonic learned from the shaky launch of its previous release and will be ready to address bugs and matchmaking issues when Predator: Hunting Grounds releases . The unfortunate decline of Friday the 13th: The Game might have taught the studio how to handle a launch of such a high profile title, and narrowing the scope down to a PS4 exclusive should make keeping on top of updates and patches more manageable for the small development t Sony has received endless praise this console generation for the number of stellar first-party titles that it has released, and rightly so. Games like God of War , Horizon Zero Dawn , and Marvel's Spider-Man stand as some of the most well-received from both critics and fans alike over the past few years. But for all of Sony's success in the PS4 era, I think what I've personally loved the most from the PlayStation brand is its willingness to publish new Sucker Punch is one of the most admired developers in the gaming industry, and perhaps best known for creating the Sly Cooper and Infamous series of games. In 2011, Sony purchased Sucker Punch to produce games exclusively for PlayStation. Sucker Punch has always worked within short development windows, with the longest period in between releasing games being four years. The length between the release of the Studio's last game Infamous First Light and the scheduled release of Ghost of Tsushima will be six years, prompting some to wonder if the game would be better off debuting on the PlayStation The release window for Ghost of Tsushima comes from a trailer at The Game Awards . Just a few days ago, Sucker Punch teased that the game would get a new reveal at The Game Awards . Although it was known the game was going to be showed, it wasn't apparent just how much was going to be revealed. The good news is that there's plenty of new things to talk about when it comes to Ghost of Tsushima , as The Game Awards trailer is over four and a half minutes l Sucker Punch has set the bar very high for themselves with their past success making Sly Cooper and Infamous games. Throughout three generations of PlayStation consoles, the developer has been a mainstay for gamers on the platform. It seems like Ghost of Tsushima is up to the challenge of raising the bar higher than ever before, as Sucker Punch looks to cap off the PlayStation 4 with perhaps it's last AAA exclus Along with a new trailer for the upcoming PlayStation 4 title Ghost of Tsushima , PlayStation has revealed the collector's edition version of the game, which fans will undoubtedly be dying to get their hands on. Developed by Sucker Punch Productions, the studio behind the PlayStation 2's Sly Cooper trilogy and the inFamous series, Ghost of Tsushima was originally revealed in October 2017 during Sony's Paris Games Week presentation and has been on fans' collective radar ever si While the game itself has unfortunately been delayed past its initially revealed release date, this does mean that the developers are more focused on dropping a quality game a little late, rather than a broken game on time. It's been mentioned before, but considering the alternative of getting an underwhelming release, delays can be the better option someti All in all, we have seen very little about Ghost of Tsushima , which is why I think I have such a close eye on it this year. Compared to other major releases that are coming up in 2020 ( Cyberpunk 2077 , Final Fantasy VII Remake , DOOM Eternal ) I feel like there are many relatively unknown factors with Ghost of Tsushima . Heck, news on the game went so quiet in 2019 that many started questioning whether or not it would end up just altogether becoming a PS5 game . That obviously won't be the case, but it speaks to how silent Sony has been with this ti