Ghost of Yōtei Legends will bring multiplayer to Sony’s fall blockbuster, though not until next year. The cooperative online mode will arrive as free DLC sometime in 2026.
For anyone unfamiliar with the mode from the original game, Legends was a multiplayer spin-off for Ghost of Tsushima that had players team up online to take down mythical challenges in a new series of story missions, fight off waves of enemies in a horde-like survival mode, or compete with other players to see who could rack up the highest score. There were character classes, difficulty ranks, and unlockable cosmetics. It was one of those multiplayer add-ons to a single-player adventure that was way better than it had any right to be.
A PlayStation Blog post suggests things will work pretty much the same in Ghost of Yotei Legends, though this time the story missions will revolve around teaming up to take down members of the Yōtei Six, the main antagonists of the single-player campaign. They’ll be accompanied by new enemies, however, and presumably have other, more challenging tricks up their sleeves. The return of the survival mode is also confirmed, though it’s currently unclear if that will include the 2v2 contest option as well. It sounds like Sucker Punch will reveal more details once Ghost of Yotei is out on October 2.
The original Ghost of Tsushima multiplayer mode was one of Sony’s more successful first-party forays into live-service content. Its popularity among fans made it seem like a slam dunk impressive enough to justify a full-blown standalone spin-off game. But despite the literal billions Sony has poured into trying to get a fleet of live-service games off the ground, Legends hasn’t been among the projects released or canceled, at least that we know of. If anything, the success of Elden Ring Nightreign proves there’s definitely players out there who want innovative co-op riffs on traditional single-player games. We’ll see if Ghost of Yotei Legends can satisfy some of that pent-up demand when it arrives next year.
