Rise of the Ronin Could Be to Nioh What Elden Ring Was to Dark Souls

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Team Ninja has been an incredibly busy developer this year. After releasing Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin back in March, it then announced its next project, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, at the Xbox/Bethesda Showcase in June. The game already looks to be in the late stages of development, backed up by the fact that Team Ninja released a time-limited playable demo on September 16. It is slated for an early 2023 release. As if this wasn't enough though, September's State of Play event revealed the developer has yet another project in the pipeline: Rise of the Ronin. This open-world action-RPG looks to be the next evolution of Team Ninja's Nioh series, in terms of the scope and scale of the project. In many ways, it echoes Elden Ring's evolutionary progression when compared to FromSoftware's earlier Dark Souls games.

The Nioh Series is incredibly popular, with gamers and critics often declaring it to be the best soulslike on the market. With its robust, tight combat and its steep but rewarding difficulty curve, many fans have been hoping for a third installment. While those who have played the demo version of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty have been quick to point out the similarities to Nioh and its sequel, Rise of the Ronin seems to be much grander in scale, and from what Team Ninja has revealed so far, it represents more of a significant step forward.

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The success of Elden Ring took the industry by surprise. As of August 2022, the game had sold almost 16 million copies worldwide. Universally praised for its immersive open world, purposeful and engaging combat, and the depth of its build variety, the game surpassed all expectations. For long-standing fans of the Souls series,