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Ninja Gaiden 4 is coming this year, and PlatinumGames is helping

Published on December 10, 2025

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Over a decade after Ninja Gaiden 3, which released in 2012, Ninja Gaiden 4 is coming in 2025 as a collaboration between Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja and independent studio PlatinumGames, which is known for over-the-top action games including Bayonetta and Nier: Automata. It's being published by Xbox Game Studios, so you can expect it on Game Pass, but the PC version will also release on Steam.

Ninja Gaiden 4 will star a new ninja, the young Yakumo, but previous protagonist Ryu Hayabusa will play a "pivotal role" as his rival.

The flashy action game is [[link]] set in a sopping wet Tokyo that's been cursed by the Dark Dragon, who you can probably guess is Ninja Gaiden 4's antagonist (and is genuinely a dragon).

"We are preserving the dark, hardcore atmosphere of the series," said Yudai Abe, level design and environment lead at PlatinumGames. "With curses and chaotic landscapes, the world evokes a heightened sense of danger at every turn."

Ninja Gaiden 4 is set to release fall 2025. Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, a remake of Ninja Gaiden 2 (the 2008 Xbox 360 game, not the NES and DOS game from 1990), also , and this has all prompted Team Ninja and Microsoft to call 2025 "The Year of the [[link]] Ninja."

I'm not sure a couple Ninja Gaidens is enough to make the whole year ninja-themed, but I suppose we are getting a playable ninja in , too. You know, why am I complaining? I'm perfectly happy for it to be The Year of the Ninja.

You can read more about Ninja Gaiden 4 on .

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