Mark calendars: Rise of the Ronin drops March 22, 2024

Rise of the Ronin, the highly anticipated open-world action-RPG from Team Ninja, has been confirmed for release on March 22, 2024, as announced with a new trailer at The Game Awards. Set in the tumultuous period at the close of Japan's Edo era, the game puts players in the role of a masterless samurai, or Ronin, granting them the freedom to make their own choices amidst a backdrop of oppressive leaders, deadly diseases, and warring factions. Combining narrative depth with a keen focus on combat, featuring traditional weapons like katanas, Rise of the Ronin promises to take players on an intriguing journey through late nineteenth-century Japan. The title is set to be a PlayStation 5 exclusive, leveraging the console's capabilities to support the ambitious project that has been in development since its initial announcement last year. The team's motivation stems from the enthusiastic response from the gaming community.

Rise of the Ronin is set in late nineteenth-century Japan during the end of the Edo period, and is focused on open-world exploration and action-packed combat, where players wield katanas and other traditional weapons as a Ronin, a samurai without a master, who is free to shape their own path amidst a society fraught with internal strife and external threats.