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Sucker Punch gets Sly Cooper some merch for his 20th birthday

September 25, 2022VG247

The studio already confirmed no new game is in development earlier this year. It might not be a new game, but Sucker Punch has shown off some pretty nice looking merch for Sly Cooper’s 20th anniversary. Sorry to say that the words ‘Sly Cooper’ and ‘announcement’ aren’t being paired together to reveal a surprise new title, but with the game’s 20th anniversary having taken place on September 23, Sucker Punch did have some merch to show off, including a print, a t-shirt, and a plush of everyone’s favourite sneaky raccoon. The print is admittedly incredibly gorgeous, showing a cross section…

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Ghost of Tsushima has sold close to 10 million units

July 16, 2022VG247

That’s a around 5 million a year. Ghost of Tsushima has done rather well for itself, having sold 9.73 million units since its release in July 2020. The figures were reported overnight by Sony and the game’s developer Sucker Punch Productions. Last we heard earlier this year, the game had sold over 8 million units, which was up by 3 million units from the 5 million reported in November 2020. Its continued popularity should come as no surprise since it was a hit with both critics and consumers alike. Matter of fact, the game was PS4’s fastest-selling, first-party original IP…

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Ghost of Tsushima is PS4’s second-most completed open world game

March 15, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 15 March 2021 20:43 GMT Ghost of Tsushima is a pretty popular game for PlayStation 4 players, it turns out – over 50% of players have finished it.According to some number-crunching courtesy of the folks over Ungeek, we’ve learned that 50.2% of players have unlocked the Mono No Aware Trophy in Ghost of Tsushima – meaning that have half the players that have booted the title up (and synced their Trophy Data) have finished the game. That’s not a bad number, considering the game has sold at least 5 million copies since its release in July 2020.That’s a…

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Ghost of Tsushima Legends’ raid coming October 30, but won’t support matchmaking

October 23, 2020VG247

By Sherif Saed, Friday, 23 October 2020 10:23 GMT Ghost of Tsushima’s Legends expansion is getting a big update next week.Sucker Punch has announced that the raid for Ghost of Tsushima Legends, will arrive Friday, October 30. Legends is, of course, the game’s recently released multiplayer update.Legends’ story mode includes several chapters, which will culminate with the raid in Iyo’s realm. It’s called The Tale of Iyo, and it’s itself split into three chapters. The Tale of Iyo supports four players, as with Legends’ survival modes. Unfortunately, the raid does not support matchmaking. Sucker Punch said that it requires full…

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New Sucker Punch job openings suggest a Ghost of Tsushima sequel is in the works

October 21, 2020VG247

By Sherif Saed, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 09:08 GMT Sucker Punch has begun hiring for its next project.After the success of Ghost of Tsushima, it’s not hard to imagine the studio’s next game would be a sequel to the Japan-set epic. This appears to be Sucker Punch’s plan, at least judging by some new job openings.The job ads for narrative writer and associate outsource artist both specifically list familiarity with traditional Japanese culture and history amongst the list of interests that would be nice to have in a candidate.The narrative writer page stops just short of announcing a sequel, but…

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Ghost of Tsushima will run up to 60fps on PS5 using Game Boost

October 10, 2020VG247

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 10 October 2020 15:48 GMT Ghost of Tsushima will make use of PS5’s Game Boost functionality when the console comes out in November.Thanks to Game Boost, Ghost of Tsushima will run up to 60 frames per second on PS5.When booting up the game, players will see and an extra option to allow 60fps. Loading speeds will also increase.The game will be one of the 4,000 PS4 games playable on PS5 on day one via backward compatibility. You will also be able to transfer your save from PS4 to pick up where you left off.Next week on October…

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Ghost of Tsushima is getting a new Charm so you can pet the dog

October 9, 2020VG247

By Sherif Saed, Friday, 9 October 2020 09:35 GMT It always felt like a missed opportunity for Ghost of Tsushima to let you pet foxes, but not dogs. It’s a good thing this is changing soon.Sucker Punch has revealed a new Charm coming to Ghost of Tsushima with the game’s upcoming Legends 1.1 update. The Charm of Canine Recruitment not only lets you pet Mongol dogs you come across, it turns them into allies in combat.Ghost of Tsushima, of course, allowed players to pet foxes after following them to their den, as one of its open world activities. But strangely,…

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Ghost of Tsushima update addresses drift and deadzone issues

August 21, 2020VG247

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 21 August 2020 16:27 GMT Sucker Punch has pushed out an update for Ghost of Tsushima.Ghost of Tsushima update 1.07 is now available it increases stick tolerance to combat drift or deadzone issues.You can also expect additional bug fixes. Patch 1.07 for #GhostOfTsushima is now live, including a new option to increase stick tolerance to account for drift or deadzone issues, and various additional bug fixes. pic.twitter.com/lRuRMPGia5 — Ghost of Tsushima 🎮 OUT NOW (@SuckerPunchProd) August 20, 2020It was recently announced the game would receive an expansion this fall called Legends, adding online co-op for up…

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Ghost of Tsushima is getting online co-op, mythical enemies in free expansion Legends

August 17, 2020VG247

By Sherif Saed, Monday, 17 August 2020 15:26 GMT Legends is a free expansion coming to Ghost of Tsushima this year.Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch has today revealed Legends, a free update coming to the game this fall. Legends introduces online co-op for up to four players.The game’s main campaign will remain strictly single-player, but Legends will bring new areas and enemies – including Oni – with supernatural abilities, inspired by Japanese folk tales and myths. Players will be able to pick from four character classes: Samurai, Hunter, Ronin, or Assassin.Sucker Punch didn’t reveal many details about said classes…

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Ghost of Tsushima achieves second-highest lifetime sales for PS4 first-party game in Japan

August 7, 2020VG247

Despite launching just three weeks ago, Ghost of Tsushima has already achieved the second-highest lifetimes sales for a PS4 first-party game in Japan. The news comes from games industry analyst Benji-Sales, who recently shared Ghost of Tsushima stats on Twitter. Check it out below. After only 3 weeks of sales Ghost of Tsushima is already the 2nd best selling game LIFETIME for a PlayStation 1st party studio in Japan on PS4 #1 is Spider-Man, however at roughly 300k physical sales GoT isn’t far behind and will surpass it in the coming weeks Amazing results pic.twitter.com/RGZdp92fZm — Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) August 6,…

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Ghost of Tsushima players have racked up some interesting stats

August 1, 2020VG247

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 1 August 2020 15:07 GMT Some interesting Ghost of Tsushima player stats have been posted by Sony.According to Sony, during its first 10 days of availability, Ghost of Tsushima players participated in 57.5 million duels, pet 8.8 million foxes, spent 810 years on horseback, and took 15.5 million photos.Other stats include 139.4 million enemies collapsing in fear, 14.2 million Haikus were written, and 28.1 million flute songs were played.You can look over the rest of the stats below. The game is PS4’s fastest-selling first-party original IP and it debuted with 2.4 million sold.If you are just…

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