Team Ninja Debuts PS5-Exclusive Rise Of The Ronin During State Of Play

Ninja Gaiden developer Team Ninja has another intense-looking action game on the horizon--although it'll be a while before you get to play it. The developer announced the PlayStation 5-exclusive open-world action game Rise of the Ronin with a new trailer that gives a sense of both a cinematic story and some intense, inventive combat.

Team Ninja and publisher Koei Tecmo announced the game with a trailer during Sony's State of Play event. Though the trailer didn't give too much in the way of concrete details, it did suggest you'll spend the game fighting with swords and other traditional samurai weapons, as well as with rifles and other weapons that would be common in the 1860s. One shot also suggested players will ride horses, soar over urban areas with a sort of hang glider, and wield weapons lit with flame. Check out the trailer below.

According to the PlayStation Blog, the game is "historically inspired," and is set at the end of Japan's Eido period. Team Ninja calls the game its "most ambitious to date." The historical setting is a dark one for Japan, with a number of forces influencing the country and a civil war raging.

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