Despite Sega's acknowledgment of its existence and known plans to revive legacy franchises, little could have prepared fans for the reveal of Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. The first new Shinobi game ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. All of a sudden, and all at once, the entire industry seems to have come to a realization: Ninjas are cool. There have been a smattering of recent ...

Coming out of Summer Game Fest, Lizardcube’s Shinobi: Art of Vengeance was one of the games that was high on our list, just based on the sample size we got to experience. After playing the game in ...

Ninja-action game fans are spoiled for choice in 2025. Less than a month after the release of an excellent revival of the 2D Ninja Gaiden series comes developer LizardCube’s refreshing new take on ...

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance is the latest entry into Sega’s SHINOBI franchise. Released August 29 for all major platforms, the game is a 2-D side-scrolling beat ’em up featuring beloved ninja Joe ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. You spend years waiting for a new 2D action platformer starring ninjas to come along, and then two show up within a month of each other. Both Ninja ...

The game industry has seemingly made 2025 the "year of the ninja" with the release of Assassin's Creed: Shadows and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound earlier in the year, as well as the upcoming Ghost of Yotei ...

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 ...