Just a few days ago at Microsoft's Xbox Developer Direct show, KOEI Tecmo unveiled Ninja Gaiden 4, which is being co-developed by Team Ninja and PlatinumGames. If that wasn't surprising enough, the fact that Xbox Game Studios is doing the publishing duties, surely caught people off-guard.
While the announcement happened this January, KOEI Tecmo also announced the release window, which is Fall 2025.
Phil Spencer Has Been Working On The Ninja Gaiden 4 Deal For Years
In a new chat with GamerTag Radio (via WindowsCentral), Xbox division boss Phil Spencer revealed that they have been in talks regarding a new Ninja Gaiden game for over half a decade. Spencer said the team "knocked on some doors and said 'What if?' six or seven years ago," and it took some time before everything came together to make this happen.
Spencer added, "I feel great about our relationships with the publishers in Japan," and mentioned how it has taken a lot of "listening" from them to have a healthy relationship with Japanese game companies.
It seems to have paid off, as who'd have thought Microsoft would be the one publishing Ninja Gaiden 4, right? It's one thing to have the...