Rise of the Ronin, Team Ninja’s New PS5 Exclusive

The history of ronin at the dawn of a new era for Japan.

Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and Koei Tecmo, Rise of the Ronin is a new open world role-playing game set in Japan at the end of the 300-year Edo period, a period known as Bakumatsu (end of isolationist politics, sakoku). and the modernization of the feudal system of the shogunate to give rise to the Meiji government).

Ronin uprisings

Fumihiko Yasuda, director and president of the Japanese studio Team Ninja, says:

In Rise of the Ronin, Japan struggles with its oppressive rulers and deadly diseases as Western influence rises and the civil war between the Tokugawa shogunate and anti-shogunate factions continues to rage. In this turbulent time, you play as a ronin, a warrior who is not accountable to any master and free to choose. Rise of the Ronin is a new experience from Team Ninja that will immerse you in a history-inspired world and bring together the fighting you love so much, where katanas and other blades meet firearms, a blend that exemplifies the unique characteristics of this era..

In development for seven years, with full creative freedom, Rise of the Ronin will be released in 2024 only on PS5.