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    Will 'Ghost of Tsushima,' one of the last games coming for PS4, honor samurai tradition?

    by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times May 29, 2020 5 minutes

    There is no shortage of films or games that draw some form of influence from samurai culture. And for "Ghost of Tsushima," steeped heavily in classic samurai movie references and set to be one of the last major games to be released exclusively for Sony's PlayStation 4 console, the developers aren't running from comparisons.

    The Bellevue, Wash., studio Sucker Punch, working in a storied genre known best for how it shaped action-adventure movies, fully embraces the history laid out by samurai culture. Yet "Ghost of Tsushima," releasing July 17, is not a retro work.

    With new consoles from Sony and Microsoft due later this year, "Ghost of Tsushima" aims to bring the PlayStation 4 era to a close with a work that shows interactive media's evolving emotional complexity. It just happens to do so while extending a hand to a shared, cross-cultural

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