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Ghost Of Yōtei
''Ghost of Yōtei'' is an upcoming 2025 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is a standalone sequel to the 2020 game, ''Ghost of Tsushima''. The game is scheduled to release for the PlayStation 5 on October 2, 2025. Gameplay Like its predecessor, ''Ghost of Yōtei'' is a third-person action-adventure video game with a heavy emphasis on melee combat and open world exploration. The player character, Atsu, has access to a number of new weapon types, such as ōdachi, kusarigama, tanegashima, and dual katanas, with the Kaginawa returning from ''Tsushima''. Atsu will also have to complete bounties to fund her journey and visit weapon sensei to learn new techniques. Developers have claimed that players will have more control over Atsu's narrative and choices compared to ''Ghost of Tsushima''. Premise ''Ghost of Yōtei'' centers around the theme of "underdog vengeance". The story is set in the environs of Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sucker Punch Productions
Sucker Punch Productions, LLC is an American video game developer based in Bellevue, Washington. It is best known for creating character action games for PlayStation consoles such as ''Sly Cooper'', ''Infamous (series), Infamous'', and ''Ghost of Tsushima''. The studio has been a part of PlayStation Studios since 2011. As of 2020, the company employs about 160 people. Sucker Punch Productions was founded in October 1997 by Brian Fleming, Bruce Oberg, Darrell Plank, Tom and Cathy Saxton, and Chris Zimmerman. The founders worked at Microsoft before joining the video game industry. Despite having a difficult time finding a publisher and funding, the group's first project, ''Rocket: Robot on Wheels'', was released in 1999. While it did not perform well commercially, it was well received by critics, which encouraged the team to develop another platform game in 2002 named ''Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus''. The team approached Sony Computer Entertainment to publish the game, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underdog
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, usually in sports and creative works, who is largely expected to lose. The party, team, or individual expected to win is called the favorite or wikt:top dog, top dog. In the case where an underdog wins, the outcome is an Upset (competition), upset. An "underdog bet" is a Sports betting, bet on the underdog or outsider for which the odds are generally higher. The first recorded uses of the term occurred in the second half of the 19th century; its first meaning was "the beaten dog in a fight". In Culture of Britain, British and Culture of the United States, American culture, underdogs are highly regarded. This harkens back to core Judeo-Christian stories, such as that of Goliath, David and Goliath, and also ancient British legends such as Robin Hood and King Arthur. This is also reflected in the idea of the American Dream, American dream, where someone from a low social class can achieve success through hard work. Sports are anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Play (video Program)
State of Play is a series of video programs produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) to showcase upcoming games for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation VR2 platforms. State of Play broadcasts are used by Sony to directly communicate with consumers about new software, hardware, and updates within the PlayStation ecosystem. History The State of Play format was introduced by Sony in March 2019 as a new way of engaging with the PlayStation community by delivering direct-to-consumer broadcasts, similar to Nintendo showcasing and revealing their games in Nintendo Direct presentations. The initiative represented a shift in how Sony markets its upcoming titles, moving away from large industry events like E3 in favor of a more controlled, proprietary, digital presentation format. Format State of Play broadcasts vary in length and content, generally featuring a mix of announcements. These include new game reveals, gameplay footage, updates on prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation
is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists of handhelds, online services, magazines, and other forms of media. The brand began with the first PlayStation home console released in Japan in 1994 and worldwide the following year, which became the first console of any type to ship over 100 million units, which made PlayStation a globally recognized brand. Since then there have been numerous newer consoles—the most recent being the PlayStation 5 released in 2020—while there have also been a series of handheld consoles and a number of other electronics such as a media center and a smartphone. The main series of controllers utilized by the PlayStation series is the DualShock, a line of vibration-feedback gamepads. SIE also operate numerous online services like PlayStation Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feudal Japan
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia. During this period, the first known written reference to Japan was recorded in the Chinese '' Book of Han'' in the first century AD. Around the 3rd century BC, the Yayoi people from the continent immigrated to the Japanese archipelago and introduced iron technology and agricultural civilization. Because they had an agricultural civilization, the population of the Yayoi began to grow rapidly and ultimately overwhelmed the Jōmon people, natives of the Japanese archipelago who were hunter-gatherers. Between the fourth and ninth centuries, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the Emperor of Japan. The imperial dynast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiretoko National Park
covers most of the Shiretoko Peninsula at the northeastern tip of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. The word "Shiretoko" is derived from an Ainu word "sir etok", meaning "the place where the earth protrudes". One of the most remote regions in Japan, much of the peninsula is only accessible on foot or by boat. Shiretoko is best known as the home of Japan's largest population of brown bears, and for offering views of Kunashiri Island, ownership of which Japan and Russia dispute. Shiretoko is also the home of many birds, such as Steller's sea eagle and white-tailed eagle, and marine animals such as spotted seal, orca whale, and sperm whale. The park has a hot springs waterfall called . '' Kamui wakka'' means "water of the gods" in Ainu. The forests of the park are temperate and subalpine mixed forests; the main tree species include Sakhalin fir ('' Abies sachalinensis''), Erman's birch ('' Betula ermanii'') and Mongolian oak ('' Quercus mongolica''). Beyond the forest limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamekult
Gamekult is a French video game journalism website founded in December 2000. ''Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo'' (AFJV) described it as an iconic brand and the second largest French language video game website in 2018. History The website was launched by Kévin Kuipers and Clément Apap in December 2000 while French retailer LDLC acquired a 35% stake. It was acquired by CNET Networks in January 2007. Founders Apap and Kuipers stopped being involved with the website and later launched SensCritique. In January 2014, a management buyout was conducted by CNET France parent ''CBS Interactive France'', creating new company CUP Interactive. CUP Interactive, later Neweb, was acquired by TF1 Group TF1 Group () is a French media holding company. Its best-known property is the broadcast network TF1. The group was formed after TF1 was privatized in April 1987 in which the channel was launched back on January 6 1975 twelve years prior. It is ... in October 2015. In January 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitsune
The , in popular Japanese tradition, are foxes or fox spirits that possess supernatural abilities such as shapeshifting, and capable of bewitching people. General overview , though literally a 'fox', becomes in folklore a ' fox spirit', or perhaps a type of . They are ascribed with intelligence and magical or supernatural powers, especially so with long-living foxes. The ''kitsune'' exhibit the ability of , or transforming its shape and appearance, like the '' tanuki'' as well as the ability to , i.e. beguile or bewitch; these terms are related to the generic term meaning "spectre" or "goblin". Another scholar ascribes the ''kitsune'' with being a "disorienting deity" (that makes the traveler lose his way) and such capabilities were also ascribed to badgers (actually '' tanuki'' or raccoon dog) and occasionally to cats (cf. '' bakeneko''). The archetypal method by which the ''kitsune'' tricks () humans is to lead them astray, or make them lose their way. The experiences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onryō
In Japanese traditional beliefs and literature, are a type of ghost () believed to be capable of causing harm in the world of the living, injuring or killing enemies, or even causing natural disasters to exact Revenge, vengeance to "redress" the wrongs it received while alive, then taking their spirits from their dying bodies. are often depicted as wronged women, who are traumatized, envious, disappointed, bitter, or just infuriated by what happened during life and exact revenge in death. These kinds of ghosts appear extremely vengeful, ruthless, heartless, brutal, cruel, deranged, egotistical, selfish, bloodthirsty, and cold-hearted. Emperor Sutoku, Taira no Masakado, and Sugawara no Michizane are called the because they are considered to be the most powerful and revered in Japanese history. After they died with resentment and anger, there was a series of deaths of political opponents, natural disasters, and wars, and the rulers enshrined them as and deified them in Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rōnin
In feudal Japan to early modern Japan (1185–1868), a ''rōnin'' ( ; , , 'drifter' or 'wandering man', ) was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan. A samurai became a ''rōnin'' upon the death of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or legal privilege.Stephane Lun (2021). ''A Guide on Shinsengumi: the background and management.'' In modern Japanese, the term is usually used to describe a salaryman who is unemployed or a secondary school graduate who has not yet been admitted to university. Etymology The word ''rōnin'' is usually translated to 'drifter' or 'wanderer'; however, per kanji, means "wave" as on the water, as well as "unrestrained, dissolute", while means "person". It is an idiomatic expression for 'vagrant' or 'wanderer', someone who does not belong to one place. The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods, when it referred to a serf who had fled or deserted his master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairouz Ai
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress who is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She played her first major role as Hibiki Sakura for the anime series ''How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?''. She also played Manatsu Natsuumi/Cure Summer in ''Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure, Tropical-Rouge! Precure'', Emily Orange in ''Kandagawa Jet Girls'', Eripiyo in ''If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die'', Jolyne Cujoh in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean'', Delta in ''The Eminence in Shadow'', and Power (Chainsaw Man), Power in ''Chainsaw Man''. Biography was born on 6 July 1993 in Tokyo to a Hāfu, Japanese mother and an Egyptian father. She was named after the Lebanon, Lebanese singer Fairuz. She spent a few years of her elementary education at Cairo Japanese School before returning to Japan. During her junior high school years, she became familiar with the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''. Due to her growing interest in the series, she would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Ishii
Erika Mari Ishii (born March 7, 1987) is an American voice actor and Television presenter, host. They are best known as the voice of video game characters such as Valkyrie in ''Apex Legends'', and for their appearances in actual play web series including ''L.A. by Night'' and ''Dimension 20''. Career Ishii's work in acting started at a young age, with a guest appearance on ''Full House''. Voice acting In an interview with Bungie, Ishii stated that playing ''The Last of Us'' (2013) inspired them to enter voice acting in video games. From the late 2010s, Ishii performed voice roles in numerous video games, and would contribute voice work to ''The Last of Us Part II'' in 2020. During their early career, Ishii was advised to conceal their sexuality and political views to avoid losing work. Later they became more open about their orientation and identity. Ishii indicated that doing so was a positive step, as it allowed them to be part of a community, and to take on relevant roles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
