There’s not a thriller sport in spite of everything

Following a current interview with Workforce Ninja lead Fumihiko Yasuda, reviews swirled that the studio had one other sport within the works, set to reach earlier than 2024’s Rise of the Ronin. However Koei Tecmo confirms these rumors aren’t correct to Workforce Ninja’s plans.

Talking to Famitsu, Yasuda mentioned Workforce Ninja’s upcoming docket of video games. The beforehand introduced Rise of the Ronin is about for 2024. Yasuda additionally expresses a need to launch one thing new in 2025. The confusion arises round a sure phrasing, although.

“‘Rise of the Ronin’ has been underneath growth for about 7 years and is scheduled to be launched in 2024,” Yasuda mentioned. “This work will probably be launched in 2023, and I really feel like I need to launch a brand new title in 2025.”

Famitsu’s interview was revealed on-line on March 11, after the discharge of Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty earlier this yr. This, alongside point out that the sport in query was in growth, led to hypothesis and reviews that Workforce Ninja has one other sport deliberate for 2023.

Koei Tecmo clarifies

As famous in Famitsu’s article, although, this interview was carried out on February 14, 2023, previous to the launch of Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty. And the interview itself is about Wo Lengthy, too.

We reached out to Workforce Ninja mum or dad firm Koei Tecmo to make clear, and a spokesperson confirmed that “this work” refers to Wo Lengthy. The spokesperson additionally confirms their 2023 sport is Wo Lengthy, and Workforce Ninja doesn’t have one other full sport deliberate for 2023.

Which, contemplating Wo Lengthy nonetheless has a season cross’ price of content material on the way in which alongside Rise of the Ronin and ideas of a 2025 sport, might be a very good factor. Workforce Ninja has had a gradual cadence over the previous few years.

In the meantime, Wo Lengthy does sound prefer it’s a fairly rad. That’s out now, with added content material on the way in which for the remainder of this yr.