Ghostwire: Tokyo might have met with a muted reception when it launched final yr, however that hasn’t stopped 6 million gamers from venturing out into the haunted streets of Shibuya to shoot some spooks with their finger-guns. That is in accordance with a current publish on the playGhostwire Twitter account, which on Friday launched a bit of particular celebratory paintings to commemorate the milestone:
6 MILLION PLAYERS have explored #GhostwireTokyo‘s spooky streets! That does not make these eerie alleyways any much less haunted, after all…
Thanks once more to all our followers! pic.twitter.com/jEXuZtp61K
— Ghostwire: Tokyo (@playGhostwire) September 15, 2023
Ghostwire’s accepted standing as a strong 7/10 sport may need quite a bit to do with the truth that it launched only a month after Elden Ring, however it however gained a faithful fanbase amongst gamers on PC and PS5. Nevertheless, that 6 million participant depend certainly owes quite a bit to its launch on Xbox Sequence X/S this April, after its yr of Sony console exclusivity ended. The anniversary replace launched on the identical time included a hefty little bit of free DLC handed out to gamers throughout all platforms, however it was most likely the truth that it was a Sport Cross title from day one on Xbox that satisfied so many gamers to provide it a go.
If this sudden bit of reports had you considering that perhaps there’d be a Ghostwire sequel within the works, you would be proper — and seeming affirmation got here from an sudden supply mere days later. Final night time a Microsoft doc outlining Bethesda’s deliberate launch schedule for the years 2020-24 was leaked on-line; among the many as-yet-unannounced titles on the roster have been Dishonored 3, DOOM Yr Zero, and — sure — a Ghostwire: Tokyo sequel pencilled in for a launch in 2024.
It is price noting, although, that the proposed follow-up does not also have a title past “sequel”; and naturally, inner paperwork like this aren’t meant as advertising and marketing supplies, and should not be taken as agency affirmation that each sport listed will actually be introduced sometime. Additionally, the entire record is clearly considerably out-of-date: it locations the unique Ghostwire as releasing in 2021, when as everyone knows it did not find yourself materialising till March 2022. Different now-released titles on the leaked docket are equally out of synch with actuality, suggesting that this would possibly properly be a pre-pandemic best-case-scenario for Bethesda.
So if that Ghostwire sequel is certainly within the works — and it looks like there’s motive to hope that it’s, particularly given the primary sport’s wholesome participant depend — realistically we’re most likely a 2025-6 launch on the earliest. Nonetheless, it is laborious to disclaim that it has been every week of hopeful and thrilling information for Ghostwire: Tokyo followers; and because it was my private favorite sport of 2022, I very a lot depend myself among the many excited hopeful, even when I do at all times suggest taking leaks with a beneficiant pinch of salt.
