A sequel to the beloved recreation “Okami” is within the works at Capcom with unique recreation director Hideki Kamiya.

The untitled recreation is a followup to the 2006 action-adventure recreation developed by the now-closed Clover Studio and launched for PlayStation 2.

“Okami” is about in a fictional model of classical Japan and makes use of Japanese mythology and folklore to inform a narrative about how the nation was saved from darkness by Amaterasu, the Shinto solar goddess, who takes on the type of a white wolf. The participant takes on the function of Amaterasu and gameplay takes place in “Okami’s” Celestial Brush recreation system.

The “Okami” sequel is being co-developed between three studios that embrace numerous alums who labored on the unique recreation: M-TWO, Machine Head Works and Clovers, which Kamiya is a member of.

Capcom describes the sport as “a brand new journey in the identical vein as ‘Okami,’” including: “What’s going to the brand new adventures of Amaterasu and firm be like? It is going to be a while earlier than we greet you once more, however we actually hope you stay up for this venture.”

The title was introduced out of the 2024 Sport Awards on Thursday and in good firm with a number of different huge reveals together with new Naughty Canine recreation franchise “Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet,”“It Takes Two” creator Hazelight Studios’ subsequent recreation “Cut up Fiction” and the brand new teaser trailer for “Borderlands 4.”

When Sport Awards host Geoff Keighley arrange the “Okami” sequel announcement, he prefaced it by saying this reveal was for a venture that might be coming after 2025.

Watch the teaser trailer for the “Okami” sequel within the video beneath.