Ghost Of Tsushima sequel confirms Jin Sakai is long dead

Last night’s State of Play certainly didn’t disappoint.

If you tuned in, you’ll know that after four somewhat dormant years, Sucker Punch finally surfaced to reveal what we’ve all been waiting for.

Yes, a sequel to Ghost of Tsushima is on the way - and it’s set to land next year in 2025.

It’s something we’ve all been expecting, and yet the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima sequel is wholly unexpected too.

It won’t be continuing the story of Jin Sakai.

Nope. Sucker Punch announced that their next game is titled Ghost of Yōtei, and will star a new hero called Atsu.

As much as it pains me to say it, Jin Sakai will be long dead by this point with Ghost of Yōtei set more than 300 years after the events of the first game.

While I will be sad not to reunite with Jin and Yuna, I’m full of excitement over the new world that the developers have created.

Take a look at the brand new trailer for Ghost of Yōtei below.

When creating Ghost of Yōtei, devs felt far more inspired by the concept of ‘the ghost’ than they did by the idea of continuing Jin’s story.

“At Sucker Punch we love origin stories, and we wanted to explore what it could mean to have a new hero wearing a Ghost mask, and uncovering a new legend. This led us to Ghost of Yōtei: a new protagonist, a new story to unfold, and a new region of Japan to explore,” said Sucker Punch senior communications manager Andrew Goldfarb on the PlayStation blog.

Ghost of Yōtei will take players to Ezo, an area known as Hokkaido in present day Japan.

If you hadn’t already gathered from the trailer, this rich landscape offers everything from sprawling grasslands to snowy tundras.

We don’t know much about the game’s story, with Sucker Punch teasing that they’ll have more to share in the months ahead, “including details about Atsu’s journey and the people (and animals) she’ll meet along the way”.

In the meantime though, they’ve teased “new mechanics, gameplay improvements, and even new weapons,” with players seemingly able to utilise firearms this time around - something we saw in Rise of the Ronin earlier this year.

This was easily the reveal of the night, and Ghost of Yōtei joins GTA VI as one of 2025’s most exciting games.