Players’ Choice: Ghost of Tsushima voted July’s best new game

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Players’ Choice: Ghost of Tsushima voted July’s best new game

Sucker Punch Productions’ samurai epic earned the Players’ Choice accolade for July

Brett Elston Senior Manager, Content Communications, SIE

Congratulations to Sucker Punch Productions! Its samurai epic Ghost of Tsushima was voted July’s best new game by PlayStation.Blog readers.

There was much to celebrate in this open world action tale, be it the razor-sharp combat, its gorgeous world design or incredible soundtrack. And the adventure doesn’t end there: fans can also look forward to a newly-announced multiplayer mode coming later this year.

What game made your July that much better? Was it the high-flying action of Marvel’s Iron Man VR, Jin Sakai’s stunning journey through Ghost of Tsushima, the freeform tricks of Skater XL, or perhaps the animated antics of Cuphead? Now’s your chance to let us know.

Get those votes in below before Sunday, August 16, at 11:59pm PST / Monday at 7.59am BST / 8.59am CEST, and we’ll reveal the winner next week. See you then!

How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation.Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. Soon thereafter, we’ll close the polls, tally your votes, and announce the winner at PlayStation.Blog. PlayStation Store will also showcase some top Players’ Choice winners throughout the year.

What is the voting criteria? That’s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? In keeping with our long tradition in the Game of the Year Awards, remastered or re-released games won’t qualify. Ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds and remakes like Shadow of the Colossus and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will.

How are nominees decided? The PlayStation.Blog and PlayStation Store editorial teams will gather a list of that month’s most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll. Write-in votes will be accepted.

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  • sebaskoben
    August 7, 2020 at 11:08 am PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima. Without a doubt my favourite PlayStation 4 game since Bloodborne.

    • Robmoney92
      August 7, 2020 at 2:51 pm PDT

      Is it really that Good!! I gotta pick it up next month then.

    • SolaceCreed
      August 8, 2020 at 2:06 am PDT

      If it doesn’t get voted as best game of August, I’m worried.

    • devitvla
      August 9, 2020 at 4:01 am PDT

      I have no doubt Ghosts of Tsushima will win this poll. But Pistol Whip really needs some appreciation…

    • megablaster908
      August 9, 2020 at 9:34 pm PDT

      I think God of War has a better melee than GoT

    • rospondek
      August 10, 2020 at 11:28 am PDT

      @megablaster908 first of all not a contender, second of all GoW hits have no power. They just go through the enemy without any resistance. In GoT you feel that hit or when the katana stays in the middle of the body because it was too much to cut through.
      Both games are wonderful but for me still GoT is the best game on PS4.

    • kyootdoggy
      August 12, 2020 at 9:39 am PDT

      gameplay was boring as hell and story was basic as hell its a good looking game thats about it

  • bedhead1
    August 7, 2020 at 11:22 am PDT

    I voted for Ghost, absolutely loving it!

    Last month was The Last of Us 2 and next month will probably be Fall guys!

    I think you should have a ‘new’ game even if it’s indie launch like fall guy on PlayStation + every month. Creates more of a culture around the service that people can talk about and enjoy.

    Still next gen Now just becomes + with a great back catalogue of games and new indie games launching day and date on.

  • Mercenary09
    August 7, 2020 at 11:29 am PDT

    I feel bad for every other game because Ghost of Tsushima is going to take this by a landslide. Iron Man VR, Pistol Whip, Cuphead, and CrossCode are all great games too though.

  • thepito91
    August 7, 2020 at 11:34 am PDT

    Why cant I see the poll? :(

  • draxisprime
    August 7, 2020 at 11:54 am PDT

    Since Ghost is going to (rightfully) storm this poll, I want to give a shoutout to CrossCode for being another amazing game that launched on PS this month.

  • kiyoshi-san014
    August 7, 2020 at 11:57 am PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima is my favorite game this year😊

  • Lacerz
    August 7, 2020 at 12:02 pm PDT

    Ghost. It’s been an amazing ride so far.

  • jhill_what
    August 7, 2020 at 1:04 pm PDT

    Thanks for another week without The Drop!

  • OMGmyFACE
    August 7, 2020 at 1:49 pm PDT

    Tsushima is one of the best games I’ve played in years and a fitting send off to the console generation. The others seem cool too, I guess.

  • darkavenger_13
    August 7, 2020 at 2:02 pm PDT

    Absolutely no contest!

    Ghost of Tsushima!

    Never have a game been so close to almost making me cry! What an experience! There is definetively potential for a great series here!

  • BillCue
    August 7, 2020 at 3:05 pm PDT

    Obviously GOT.

  • GODOFHUMOR
    August 7, 2020 at 3:26 pm PDT

    the ghost hands down. The last us part 2 had me tears and Ghost had me rage killing in honor. I swear I lost count how many times I bowed to my enemies. Of course i “spoiler” in the neck first. Love that game so much. And the loading times were unreal. It was so fast for an open world game.

  • sk_formi
    August 7, 2020 at 3:28 pm PDT

    Just finished ghost of T , best game , the story was just too perfect

  • ft_sindetta
    August 7, 2020 at 3:31 pm PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima is beautiful! Amazing story , so much detail ! Worth the money !! :)

  • steinfoxx
    August 7, 2020 at 3:45 pm PDT

    Game of the year 2020 : Ghost Of Tsushima

  • AlphaExGAT
    August 7, 2020 at 4:06 pm PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima without a doubt to me. It’s the only one I played lol. I’ve been looking for a samurai game like this for generations and SuckerPunch delivered.

  • matt11707
    August 7, 2020 at 4:41 pm PDT

    ghost of tsushima gets my vote. my goty so far

  • BOGEY670
    August 7, 2020 at 7:26 pm PDT

    Without question it would have to be Ghost of Tsushima

  • QUINTISON
    August 7, 2020 at 10:25 pm PDT

    Sucker punch has made another great game but I’d rather be able to fully customize the controls ex dash is on circle but you can run while mounted on the horse so why not just allow dash by l stick click on or off the horse so crouch can be put on circle and heavy attack would be r stick click leaving triangle as a menu button so you dont have to swipe your touchpad it’s better as a clickable menu button than having to ever swipe left or right…fantastic game but the lack of customizable controls hurts and the easy changes I’d like to be able to do would improve the overall enjoyment of the game because they are more efficient controls than provided again fantastic otherwise!!!

  • itsblade44
    August 7, 2020 at 11:10 pm PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima definitely takes the win. The game is amazing and I haven’t played an amazing game after spiderman ps4.

    Without a doubt, GOT takes the win.

  • Welmosca
    August 7, 2020 at 11:43 pm PDT

    Weird I don’t see any other game on the list only Ghost haha,there is really no other choice.What a game,what a game!! Bless SP…I knew I was right to trust them,they only ever failed with Sly 3.Anyway Ghost best game of july and GOTY of course as it’s down to the top 5 best PS4 games…I still got a lot to play but problaby gonna beat GoW.

  • barrow40
    August 8, 2020 at 12:41 am PDT

    Wonderfully pointless poll, Ghost tops the charts, who will be the most popular game then – hmm, I can’t figure it out.
    Mr. Elston, you could have used your time better and written a new “The Drop” article.

  • KBG29
    August 8, 2020 at 1:53 am PDT

    As much as I love PSVR, Iron Man really punched above what the system is capable of.

    So, this month my vote goes to an old school Gamepad and TV based title.

    Ghost of Tsushima

    Sucker Punch have delivered a very well crafted, and lengthy advneture, that can keep players busy between now and the launch of the PS5. Excellent work yet again to the team!

  • mparmpathomas149
    August 8, 2020 at 4:40 am PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima was the best, we need more games like it

  • Stonesthrow
    August 8, 2020 at 6:42 am PDT

    FF7 remake, Last of Us 2 and Ghost of Tsushima, what a swan song to celebrate the end of this generation, all brilliant games. Now I’ve started working on my backlog, starting with RDR2. Need to finish Death Stranding and Horizon too :p

  • celes_4hx
    August 8, 2020 at 6:48 am PDT

    Ghost Of Tsushima will take this away EASY.

  • mp3-truck-06
    August 8, 2020 at 10:22 am PDT

    GG for Tsushima❤❤

  • willys_469
    August 8, 2020 at 2:38 pm PDT

    Skater XL all the wayyy!!!!!!

  • Zombie_DA_kill19
    August 8, 2020 at 3:11 pm PDT

    i picked Skater XL because i want to show some love & respect too the indie game studio and the video game. the game is difficult but fun too play :)

  • superhuman1000
    August 8, 2020 at 9:47 pm PDT

    I pick Ghost of Tsushima, Skater XL just came out at a bad time. There’s just no competition.

  • LEFT__4__DEAD__2
    August 8, 2020 at 11:24 pm PDT

    Ghost Of Tsushima! 😷

  • kobze657
    August 9, 2020 at 2:55 am PDT

    look we have been waiting for a new skateboard game for over ten years and now skater xl is out its 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏆

  • si2ultimate
    August 9, 2020 at 5:42 am PDT

    I vote fairy tail.

  • MaurilynJr
    August 9, 2020 at 10:12 am PDT

    Fall Guys of course!!

  • Aus04217
    August 9, 2020 at 11:03 am PDT

    Should be TLOU2 again, games so good that it should be best new game of the month for the next 3 months. Voted GoT but it’s hard to enjoy, feels like a teens game compared to TLOU2

  • chimnino
    August 9, 2020 at 9:07 pm PDT

    Hands down Ghost of Tsushima. Succesfully washed away the foul taste of TLOU2.

  • javierproexe
    August 12, 2020 at 2:27 pm PDT

    Por favor playstation agregame el playstation plus en mi usuario por favor quiero poder jugar juegos multijugador gracias

  • germanblood13
    August 15, 2020 at 6:19 pm PDT

    I’m enjoying Ghost Of Tsushima very much

  • jacobspks
    August 15, 2020 at 6:31 pm PDT

    Ghost of tsushima, melhor jogo sem dúvidas, melhor experiência que tive

  • jeaa27
    August 15, 2020 at 6:43 pm PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima es sin duda uno de los mejores juegos de la generación, al igual que Bloodborne… son hermosos 😍

  • Lonely_Shadowz99
    August 15, 2020 at 6:50 pm PDT

    Ghost Of Tsushima was an amazing game! From the combat to the story and characters! The combat was different as you had to use different types of combat depending on which enemy type you was fighting. The characters like Yuna were so great and Yuna was my favourite side character!

  • luisyed
    August 15, 2020 at 8:12 pm PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima is the best july game and one of the best games of the year for me.
    As 2nd place I’d say Yumeutsutsu Re:Master for PSVita, such a good VN

  • nord_yt
    August 15, 2020 at 10:57 pm PDT

    I loved the ghost of tsushima not played but watching the game at the typical gamer stream was amazing.
    The game was superb. Loved the graphics.

  • fnafgamer_X
    August 16, 2020 at 7:15 am PDT

    Iron Man VR is my favorite game of july

  • li3710
    August 16, 2020 at 2:28 pm PDT

    I knoe this is controversial to state. but the fact is Ironman VR is the game of the decade.

  • FinalBossFight0
    August 17, 2020 at 4:37 am PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima. That game’s visuals and story blow my mind.

  • k4rlovc4n
    August 17, 2020 at 9:56 am PDT

    Ghost of Tsushima!

  • JayBizzle311
    August 18, 2020 at 12:32 pm PDT

    Game of the year right here!!! TLOU 2 was good but Ghost of Tsushima was GREAT!

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