Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda also reiterated that remarks about reboots for Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive were "misinformation."
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja's upcoming open world action RPG, which is due out next year, has been in the works for seven years.
Here are all the key details on Team Ninja's open world action RPG.
Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda has been "providing direction" on the upcoming action RPG, which releases in 2024 exclusively for PS5.
Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo's upcoming PS5-exclusive open world action RPG is receiving development from UK-based XDEV.
As Team Ninja's most ambitious and challenging project yet, Rise of the Ronin could also serve as a suitable evolution to Ghost of Tsushima.
Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki said the publisher considers it "one of the important strategic pillars of the company's mid-term growth strategy."
Players will control a Ronin during the end of the Edo period, aligning with anyone they see fit and cutting down foes with a katana and firearms.