Team Ninja has announced its next game, Rise of the Ronin a PS5 console exclusive coming in 2024.

The debut trailer showed an open-world game set during the modernization period of Japan after the arrival of Commodore Perry. The main character, an unnamed Ronin, is seen traversing Japan, jumping off buildings, and using gliders.

Set at the end of the Edo Period in late 19th-century japan, Rise of the Ronin is set during a tumultuous time of civil war between the shogun and anti-shogunate forces. Players will become the Ronin, a warrior without a master who is free to make their own choices.

Players will be able to use both katanas and new weapons such as firearms, which began to enter Japan during this time. The developers call this time "the darkest and ugliest chapters" in Japan's history and hopes to showcase this new era in the country.

Koei Tecmo is also promising a "multilayered story" that showcases the Bakumatsu period and that each character the player meets will have their own "brand of justice and motivations."

For more new announcements from today's State of Play check out IGN's full round-up.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Team Ninja has announced its next game, Rise of the Ronin a PS5 console exclusive coming in 2024.

The debut trailer showed an open-world game set during the modernization period of Japan after the arrival of Commodore Perry. The main character, an unnamed Ronin, is seen traversing Japan, jumping off buildings, and using gliders.

Set at the end of the Edo Period in late 19th-century japan, Rise of the Ronin is set during a tumultuous time of civil war between the shogun and anti-shogunate forces. Players will become the Ronin, a warrior without a master who is free to make their own choices.

Players will be able to use both katanas and new weapons such as firearms, which began to enter Japan during this time. The developers call this time "the darkest and ugliest chapters" in Japan's history and hopes to showcase this new era in the country.

Koei Tecmo is also promising a "multilayered story" that showcases the Bakumatsu period and that each character the player meets will have their own "brand of justice and motivations."

For more new announcements from today's State of Play check out IGN's full round-up.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Project Eve, the extremely shiny-looking action game shown off last year from Korean studio Shift Up, has reemerged at Sony's State of Play with a new title and release window: it's coming in 2023, and it's now called Stellar Blade.

The new trailer showed off some of Stellar Blade's slashy gameplay and lovely visuals, as well as gave another taste of the story. We saw a locaiton called Xion, the city of the abandoned, which seems to house thousands of people in a deep sleep due to energy depletion.

From a PS Blog post, we get a little more info about Xion and the old man seen in the trailer, a town elder whose name is Orcal. While on her mission, Eve develops relationships with various people in Xion and helps rebuild the city, though whether or not to help the survivors is a choice left up to Eve.

Interesting, when Project Eve was originally announced, it was said to be for Xbox and PC as well. but now, it's being touted as a PS5-exclusive.

Stellar Blade is a project from Blade & Soul character designer Kim Hung Tae that follows a young woman named Eve in a post-apocalyptic world, fighting off monsters called NA:tives who have invaded earth.

You can catch up with everything else announced during today's State of Play in our roundup.

Project Eve, the extremely shiny-looking action game shown off last year from Korean studio Shift Up, has reemerged at Sony's State of Play with a new title and release window: it's coming in 2023, and it's now called Stellar Blade.

The new trailer showed off some of Stellar Blade's slashy gameplay and lovely visuals, as well as gave another taste of the story. We saw a locaiton called Xion, the city of the abandoned, which seems to house thousands of people in a deep sleep due to energy depletion.

From a PS Blog post, we get a little more info about Xion and the old man seen in the trailer, a town elder whose name is Orcal. While on her mission, Eve develops relationships with various people in Xion and helps rebuild the city, though whether or not to help the survivors is a choice left up to Eve.

Interesting, when Project Eve was originally announced, it was said to be for Xbox and PC as well. but now, it's being touted as a PS5-exclusive.

Stellar Blade is a project from Blade & Soul character designer Kim Hung Tae that follows a young woman named Eve in a post-apocalyptic world, fighting off monsters called NA:tives who have invaded earth.

You can catch up with everything else announced during today's State of Play in our roundup.

Synduality, a new sci-fi third-person shooter from Bandai Namco, was announced at PlayStation's September 2022 State of Play.

In Synduality you team up with an AI partner, Magus, to "reclaim lost ground for humanity" in the remains of a ruined world where poisonous rain and dangerous creatures run amok. Drifters like the player character are the humans that brave it all in the name of collecting a rare resource called AO Crystals. According to a post on the PlayStation blog, the development team at Bandai Namco Entertainment is looking to explore how humans and AI interact and coexist with this sci-fi adventure.

Players can customize their Mecha's appearance and weapons over the course of the game. Synduality will also have a PvPvE online mode where players are challenged to clear missions and can potentially thwart one another's progress.

Synduality is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC in 2023. Tekken 8 was also officially revealed during the State of Play along with many other announcements. Catch them all in IGN's September 2022 State of Play news roundup.

Miranda Sanchez is the executive editor of guides at IGN and a member of Podcast Unlocked. She's a big fan of stationery and fountain pens. You can sometimes find her on Twitter.

Synduality, a new sci-fi third-person shooter from Bandai Namco, was announced at PlayStation's September 2022 State of Play.

In Synduality you team up with an AI partner, Magus, to "reclaim lost ground for humanity" in the remains of a ruined world where poisonous rain and dangerous creatures run amok. Drifters like the player character are the humans that brave it all in the name of collecting a rare resource called AO Crystals. According to a post on the PlayStation blog, the development team at Bandai Namco Entertainment is looking to explore how humans and AI interact and coexist with this sci-fi adventure.

Players can customize their Mecha's appearance and weapons over the course of the game. Synduality will also have a PvPvE online mode where players are challenged to clear missions and can potentially thwart one another's progress.

Synduality is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC in 2023. Tekken 8 was also officially revealed during the State of Play along with many other announcements. Catch them all in IGN's September 2022 State of Play news roundup.

Miranda Sanchez is the executive editor of guides at IGN and a member of Podcast Unlocked. She's a big fan of stationery and fountain pens. You can sometimes find her on Twitter.

Ironwood Studios has announced its first game, Pacific Drive, coming in 2023.

The new title puts players behind the driver's seat of a car in what looks like a post-apocalyptic version of the Pacific Northwest. The developers call their title a "run-based first-person driving survival game."

According to Ironwood Studios, players explore the "Zone" with the car as their lifeline. Search for resources, improve your car, and keep it powered to continue exploring and evading danger.

In a PlayStation Blog Post, the Pacific Northwest became an irradiated wasteland after it was claimed by the United States government. The Olympic Exclusion Zone is the result of technological research gone horribly awry.

Players will make trips from their garage into the Zone and during this time discover the secrets and horrors hidden within the area.

Ironwood Studios has been working on Pacific Drive since the studio was founded in 2019 and is promising surreal settings that players must venture through and survive.

For everything else, check out IGN for all the new announcements from today's PlayStation State of Play.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Ironwood Studios has announced its first game, Pacific Drive, coming in 2023.

The new title puts players behind the driver's seat of a car in what looks like a post-apocalyptic version of the Pacific Northwest. The developers call their title a "run-based first-person driving survival game."

According to Ironwood Studios, players explore the "Zone" with the car as their lifeline. Search for resources, improve your car, and keep it powered to continue exploring and evading danger.

In a PlayStation Blog Post, the Pacific Northwest became an irradiated wasteland after it was claimed by the United States government. The Olympic Exclusion Zone is the result of technological research gone horribly awry.

Players will make trips from their garage into the Zone and during this time discover the secrets and horrors hidden within the area.

Ironwood Studios has been working on Pacific Drive since the studio was founded in 2019 and is promising surreal settings that players must venture through and survive.

For everything else, check out IGN for all the new announcements from today's PlayStation State of Play.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

During Sony's State of Play today, we got another look at Hogwarts Legacy, specifically a little taste of a console-exclusive quest involving a shop in the village near Hogwarts: Hogsmeade.

The trailer shows the shop of a woman named Madame Mason, who is apparently putting it up for sale - but there seems to be something strange at the heart of her desire to sell. There's a creepy basement involved, and a run of bad luck, a hallway that is much longer than it initially appears, and some extremely creepy mannquins near the end of the trailer.

The end of the trailer revealed that this is all a PlayStation-exclusive quest called "The Haunted Hogsmeade Shop", which includes an additional dungeon, a cosmetic set, and an in-game shop.

A PS Blog post following the show gave more detail about both the quest and Hogwarts Legacy in general. Specifically, we learned that the shop reward for finishing the quest lets you sell items and gear at better rates than anywhere else. Additionally, PS4 and PS5 pre-orders of Hogwarts Legacy will unlock the Felix Felicis potion recipe, a luck potion that reveals gear chests on the minimap for one in-game day.

The blog also noted discussion around a previous trailer for the game revolving around a quest where you decide whether or not to torture another student by casting Crucio, or if you will allow it to be cast on you. The quest itself is completely optional, but is intended to explore "an ever-present question about the Dark Arts; are they still evil if they could save a life?"

Hogwarts Legacy has remained controversial since its announcement due to repeated transphobic comments made by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. While Warner Bros. has said the author is not directly involved with the game, studio leadership has added that "she's entitled to express her personal opinion" and she nonetheless owns the IP and will earn royalties from anything Harry Potter-related.

Hogwarts Legacy launches on February 10, 2023 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. You can catch up with everything else shown off during the State of Play in our roundup.

During Sony's State of Play today, we got another look at Hogwarts Legacy, specifically a little taste of a console-exclusive quest involving a shop in the village near Hogwarts: Hogsmeade.

The trailer shows the shop of a woman named Madame Mason, who is apparently putting it up for sale - but there seems to be something strange at the heart of her desire to sell. There's a creepy basement involved, and a run of bad luck, a hallway that is much longer than it initially appears, and some extremely creepy mannquins near the end of the trailer.

The end of the trailer revealed that this is all a PlayStation-exclusive quest called "The Haunted Hogsmeade Shop", which includes an additional dungeon, a cosmetic set, and an in-game shop.

A PS Blog post following the show gave more detail about both the quest and Hogwarts Legacy in general. Specifically, we learned that the shop reward for finishing the quest lets you sell items and gear at better rates than anywhere else. Additionally, PS4 and PS5 pre-orders of Hogwarts Legacy will unlock the Felix Felicis potion recipe, a luck potion that reveals gear chests on the minimap for one in-game day.

The blog also noted discussion around a previous trailer for the game revolving around a quest where you decide whether or not to torture another student by casting Crucio, or if you will allow it to be cast on you. The quest itself is completely optional, but is intended to explore "an ever-present question about the Dark Arts; are they still evil if they could save a life?"

Hogwarts Legacy has remained controversial since its announcement due to repeated transphobic comments made by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. While Warner Bros. has said the author is not directly involved with the game, studio leadership has added that "she's entitled to express her personal opinion" and she nonetheless owns the IP and will earn royalties from anything Harry Potter-related.

Hogwarts Legacy launches on February 10, 2023 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. You can catch up with everything else shown off during the State of Play in our roundup.