Sony has now made a new statement about Rise of the Ronin’s Korean release.
26.01.2024 - 16:25 / gamesradar.com / Team Ninja / AnneMarie Ostler
Aloy is facing some stiff competition for the spotlight when Horizon Forbidden West launches on PC later this year, and it's not the first time.
The sequel's PS5 version arrived on February 18, 2022, just one week before Elden Ring burst onto the scene, and thanks to the soulslike's captivating world and thrilling boss battles, it became the game on everyone's lips for, well, basically the rest of the year. What's more, the series' first entry, Horizon Zero Dawn, found itself in a similar situation when it was released within a stone's throw of 2017's biggest game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
As revealed yesterday by PlayStation, Horizon Forbidden West is set to make its debut on PC on March 21, and while it's not in competition with Link or any FromSoftware titles this time around, it's still got some pretty hefty action titles to contend with.
Chief among those is Dragon's Dogma 2, the action-RPG fans have been asking for for more than a decade. It's hot on the heels of Horizon Forbidden West, arriving just a day later on March 22. As a result, users over on the Dragon's Dogma subreddit feel Capcom's follow-up is now a shoo-in for Game of the Year 2024.
"How the hell, EVERY SINGLE TIME, they release a Horizon game at around the time a far more popular title comes out?" writes Laranthiel. "It HAS to be on purpose at this point." An equally bewildered Demigod978 says, "I don't really play Horizon, but damn, does somebody over at Sony really hate that series."
Also competing for fans' attention is Rise of the Ronin, Nioh developer Team Ninja's PS5 exclusive samurai-themed RPG, which also arrives on March 22. Rather amusingly, given how unlucky Horizon's been so far, fans are half expecting Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree to make an appearance then, too.
elden ring dlc date announced https://t.co/fNjGcX8JU7January 25, 2024
Whether you play it before or after March's other offerings is entirely your call, but Forbidden West is definitely worth your time. In our Horizon Forbidden West review of the PS5 version, we describe it as "a tweaked, enhanced, and confident sequel that exceeds expectations, delivering an open world full of compelling characters, an intriguing story, and yes, more super awesome robot dinosaurs."
See what else the year has in store with our guide to new games 2024 .
Sony has now made a new statement about Rise of the Ronin’s Korean release.
Due to a comment made by director Fumuhiko Yasuda, all physical and digital releases of Rise of the Ronin have been canceled in South Korea. The upcoming Japanese action RPG has been drumming up excitement among fans, but players in Korea will no longer be able to look forward to the game's launch.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has reportedly cancelled plans to release Rise of the Ronin in South Korea.
Rise of the Ronin may have just been cancelled from being released in Korea.
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Coming to PlayStation 5 on March 22, Rise of the Ronin is a combat-focused, open-world action RPG from Team Ninja, the developer of Nioh and Ninja Gaiden. The game will immerse you in a story set in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan, known as Bakumatsu, where you can experience different play styles and battle in simple yet profound combat as a Ronin, using an array of weapons and equipment – melee weapons as well as ranged weapons like firearms and thrown weapons.
Today we’re excited to share a new look at the action-packed gameplay of Rise of the Ronin. We at Team Ninja are crafting a liberating open world bristling with tense combat opportunities that are woven together with a complex storyline. Let’s take a new look at freeform traversal options, combat mechanics, and the development of character relationships based on your actions.
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Team NINJA have released the first chapter in a series of developer diaries for open-world action adventure game Rise of the Ronin. The first chapter is titled “The Beginning.”