Before developer Tomonobu Itagaki brought the “Ninja Gaiden” franchise into the polygonal realm, the series had been an arcade mainstay and a classic Nintendo Entertainment System trilogy. The ...

Did you know it’s been over 20 years since we last got a new 2D side-scrolling action-platformer Ninja Gaiden game? Once the series shifted to 3D hack ‘n’ slash action, it basically never looked back ...

I guess you can say my history as a gamer is bound to Ninja Gaiden, not with rage but with the warm, fuzzy memories of childhood. From my younger days with the Nintendo Entertainment System all the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ninja Gaiden The Game Kitchen’s excellent retro revival preserves the swift action of its NES predecessors while leaving their rage-inducing elements behind ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Mazique has covered combat sports and video games since 2011. Ninja Gaiden 4 launches October 21, 2025 (October 20 on Steam) ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound – The First Preview We were impressed by our first hands-on time with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, the upcoming 2D side-scrolling retro revival of the original arcade and NES games ...

The time has come for another wall-crawling ninja adventure through hell. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound makes waves as the first 2D platformer in the franchise since the 90s, courtesy of developer The Game ...

Lately, I've been thinking about reputation. Specifically, I've been thinking about how certain videogames become caricatures of themselves. Dark Souls is perhaps the prime example. Here we have an ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...