This isn't the place for my paean to Ryu Hayabusa, other than to say this guy moves like no protagonist in the genre before or since, and the feel of the 3D Ninja Gaiden games is always one of ...

Team Ninja is also developing a remaster of the second game in the series, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, built in Unreal Engine 5. Here's the kicker: You can play Ninja Gaiden 2 Black today through Game Pass.

But the main event is Ninja Gaiden 4, which finally continues Ryu Hayabusa’s story 13 years after Ninja Gaiden 3 came out. Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100.

Despite the numbering, Team Ninja said Ninja Gaiden 4 isn't quite a direct sequel, as it stars a new protagonist named Yakuma who acts in opposition to Ryu Hayabusa, the series' previous hero.

To avoid confusion with the NES Ninja Gaiden 3, we will refer to the 2013 version as NG3 Razor’s Edge. Previously, Ryu was hired by Ishigami and Mizuki McCloud of Japan’s Special Defense Force ...

First introduced in 1988’s Ninja Gaiden, Ryu has appeared in numerous games since, yet it’s arguably when he went 3D in 2004 that both Ryu and his famous bum cheeks really broke through into ...

Today, during the Xbox Developer Direct, Koei Tecmo announced Ninja Gaiden 4, a new 3D action game that continues the story of Ryu Hayabusa.The game will be made in collaboration between Koei ...

The 2004 reimagining of Ninja Gaiden for Xbox 360 continued (or reworked) the story of Ryu in a pseudo-prequel series that eventually became its own thing — but notoriously ratcheted up the ...

Ryu is still a "strong presence" (and is playable!) in Ninja Gaiden 4, representing "the pinnacle of what it is to be a ninja". Yakumo, by contrast, is a vehicle for new elements to "further ...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is a labor of love. You can see it in every pixel, ... After series protagonist Ryu Hayabusa leaves for the US to avenge his father's death, ...