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Where To Now For The Ninja Gaiden Series?

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Development of the modern, 3D Ninja Gaiden games has always been overseen by one man: former Team Ninja boss/ Dark Lord Tomonobu Itagaki. But what happens now he can no longer work on the series? More »
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Can We Expect More Ninja Gaiden Games? Can We?

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | When game designer Tomonobu Itagaki headed up Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden franchise, he stated that Ninja Gaiden II was the last title in the series. But the franchise isn’t his anymore. More »
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Yosuke Hayashi Mans Up, Moves Out Of Itagaki’s Shadow

11:00AM AJ Glasser | Tecmo’s redundant announcement of Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 was more than just a chance to talk about online co-op; it was Producer Yosuke Hayashi’s chance to come out of his ex-boss’s shadow. More »
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Ninja Gaiden DS: Gaming at the Speed of Penmanship

9:00AM Brian Crecente | Stephen Totilo sat down with Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword producer Yosuke Hayashi last week during the devs tour of NY and managed to squeeze some pretty interesting and different information out of him. Take for instance the fact that Dragon Sword is the first Gaiden game that Hayashi’s mum has endorsed, or that the game was designed to be played at the speed of penmanship: More »