Jin squares off with Masako in Ghost of Tsushima.
Jin squares off with Masako in Ghost of Tsushima.
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Ghost of Tsushima: Tips and tricks for slicing with style

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 8 min

Ghost of Tsushima is Sony’s last big exclusive for the PlayStation 4, debuting July 17. It’s a complicated open world game, so we’ve provided our best tips and tricks that can keep you on the right path.

Ghost of Tsushima is a samurai action-adventure game from Seattle’s Sucker Punch Studios, the developer that made other PlayStation exclusives like the Sly Cooper and Infamous series. I find the easiest way to describe it is that it’s like stepping into an Akira Kurosawa samurai film (like the Seven Samurai or Ran).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.