'Nioh' Studio to Create Open-World Japan-Set RPG 'Rise of the Ronin'

Team Ninja, the studio behind the action role-playing Nioh franchise, is working on a new title.

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Rise of the Ronin is an open-world combat-focused action RPG set in Japan.

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The game takes place at the end of Japan's 300-year-long Edo Period, also known as "Bakumatsu,"

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When the country ended its isolationist foreign policy and opened up to the West.

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Users will take on the role of a Ronin, a warrior who is not bound by the orders of any master.

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Ronin will use Katanas, firearms, and other weapons from the 1863 period.

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