Sucker Punch reveals patch notes for the latest Ghost of Yotei update, addressing various issues still impacting the overall gameplay experience. So far, Sucker Punch has been quick to update Ghost of Yotei, with patch 1.009 being the third one since the game launched on October 2.
In just over a week, Ghost of Yotei has already hit an impressive sales milestone, making well over $140 million and breaching 2 million in sales in just 3 days. Although sales appear to be lagging slightly behind its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima, it appears that Yotei has already recouped its development budget at the very least. Naturally, expectations are now for the game to come to PC, which should also boost profits. For now, Sucker Punch continues to improve the base game's experience through new updates.
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The latest update, known as patch 1.009, is available now for PlayStation 5 players, and focuses on fixing a variety of issues and bugs. Not nearly as large as Ghost of Yotei's Day One Update, this patch should at least help stabilize the game by fixing a potential crash that could happen during the Gambler's Den mission involving bears that start attacking Ronin and their allies. There's also another odd Gambler's Den bug which could result in Atsu being killed randomly for inspecting a jar, which has thankfully been addressed.
The other parts of the update fix a number of bugs, some of which are hilariously strange, such as Atsu's horse continuing to run past her after being called. Ghost of Yotei's Zen-hajiki mini-game also featured an odd bug where a second table would appear, preventing coins from being visible while playing after the player acquired the Dragonfly armor. The rest of the update focuses on a number of mission-specific issues, including one where Atsu would be stuck in a hallucination state, essentially blocking the mission and preventing the game menus from being accessed.
Although the game launches were separated by half a year, many fans continue to compare Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows to Ghost of Yotei, likely due to both games featureing a revenge-inspired story while using Ancient Japan as the backdrop, albeit during very different time periods. In fact, just weeks prior to Ghost of Yotei, Assassin's Creed Shadows expansion, Claws of Awaji, launched, which helped put the game back in the spotlight and likely kicked off more comparison comments.
Ghost of Yotei Update 1.009 Patch Notes
Performance and Stability
- Fixed a rare crash that could happen during the Gambler’s Den mission when bears would appear and start attacking the group of Ronin and allies.
Gameplay
- Fixed a bug where the horse would continue running past Atsu after being called.
- Fixed a bug in “A Memory of Impressions” that could cause the current save file to become blocked if the player reloads a certain checkpoint after having timeswapped between the past and present.
- Removed a second Zen-hajiki table that would appear and prevent coins from being visible after acquiring the Dragonfly Armor.
- Fixed a bug during the Gambler’s Den mission where Atsu could die when inspecting the jar, causing the mission to be blocked.
- Fixed a bug in “The Kitsune’s Fate” where Atsu could become stuck in the hallucination state, causing Oyuki to become stuck in place, blocking the mission and preventing the game menus from being accessed.
- Fixed a bug in “Spirits of Teshio Ridge” where the player could become stuck looking at the cave instead of the Red Crane Inn during the spyglass survey.
- Fixed a bug in “Master of the Shamisen” that could cause the mission to become blocked if Ghost of Yotei was closed and reopened during the final cutscene of the mission.
- Fixed a bug in “A Memory of Spring” that would cause the memory to automatically trigger when traveling to the location, creating a “Return to Tale” infinite loop.
Ghost of Yotei
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 87 /100 Critics Rec: 94%
- Released
- October 2, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Use of Alcohol
- Developer(s)
- Sucker Punch
- Publisher(s)
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
WHERE TO PLAY
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Prequel(s)
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Number of Players
- Single-player
- PS5 Release Date
- October 2, 2025
- Genre(s)
- Action, Adventure, Open-World
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
