Ghost of Yōtei goes gold for PS5, launches Oct 2, 2025

Sucker Punch Productions announced on August 28 that its next open world action game, Ghost of Yōtei, has gone gold and is on track for release on October 2, 2025 for PlayStation 5. The studio said the final master is complete and manufacturing and certification will proceed, while recent developer-released footage has highlighted new gameplay systems that expand the series beyond its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima.

"Ghost of Yōtei has officially gone gold," Sucker Punch posted on its Bluesky account, adding that the team was "so excited to finally have reached this milestone" and inviting players to experience the game's northern setting, Ezo, on launch day. In industry usage, going gold means the primary development build is finalized and ready for disc production, though developers commonly issue day one patches and postlaunch updates.

Set in 1603 more than 300 years after Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yōtei follows Atsu, the daughter of a blacksmith who rises as a new Ghost to hunt the Yōtei Six after they kill her family. The game moves the action from Tsushima to the lands around Mount Yōtei in what is now Hokkaido, a frontier region described by the studio as sprawling...