This past month Bethesda and Tango Gameworks dropped a gameplay reveal trailer for Shinji Mikami's upcoming horror/action game Ghostwire: Tokyo. To say it was an oddity would be an understatement, leaving fans wondering just what Ghostwire: Tokyo is really about. Now Mikami has made an appearance during the ongoing QuakeCon online event, releasing a short trailer in accompaniment. The trailer features some new gameplay, and retreads some old, but also confirms one very important detail.

It's now confirmed by Shinji Mikami that players in Ghostwire: Tokyo will be able to pet dogs. That's not just a single dog, but rather all of the dogs that can be found in Ghostwire: Tokyo. Mikami isn't ready to confirm just how many dogs will be found in the game, but given the assertion that multiple dogs will be able to be petted, there will hopefully be many.

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The announcement is, of course, a reference to the popular meme Twitter account Can You Pet the Dog? The Twitter account regularly posts whether video games allow their in-game dogs to be pet, though it has since expanded to pets like the foxes in Ghost of Tsushima. What once was just a funny meme has since become a surprising expectation. Any games that don't let allow players to pet animals are shamed online, while other games practically compete to outdo each other when it comes to petting dogs and other animals. Ghostwire: Tokyo is setting high expectations for itself.

Unfortunately, the extent of the new footage is limited to just the dog sequence at the end of the trailer. The rest of the gameplay shown was also shown during June's gameplay reveal trailer for Ghostwire: Tokyo. That includes the girl in the yellow rainjacket turning into enemies and the action that follows, as well as the scenic clips showing a mysterious tree with pink blossoms. If there's one thing Tango Gameworks' games do right, it's gorgeous scenic locations.

As for when more news about Ghostwire: Tokyo will be shared, it's anyone's guess. The game has a tentative release window of 2021, so it may be some time yet before Bethesda and Tango Gameworks decide to show more of the game off. Hopefully, it'll pop up again before the end of the year.

Ghostwire: Tokyo releases on PC and PS5 in 2021.

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