Xbox engineer a comeback for both Ninja Gaiden and Bayonetta creators PlatinumGames, in this stylish new action sequel.

It’s sad timing that the death of Tomonobu Itagaki should come just days before the release of a new entry in the series for which he is arguably best remembered. The Ninja Gaiden franchise stretches back to the late 80s, but the modern era of the series began with Itagaki’s 2004 reboot. To this day, it remains one of the most significant Japanese-made games to be associated with Xbox, even if it, like so many Microsoft’s exclusives, eventually made its way to other formats.

Itagaki worked on the first sequel, and a DS spin-off, but he’d left developer Team Ninja by the time the poorly received third game was released, and after the dire Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z in 2014 th

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