Not too long ago, Team Ninja and Xbox showed off the upcoming action slasher title, Ninja Gaiden 4, at Gamescom 2025. And while we weren’t present at the event to get some hands-on, we were lucky enough to do so at PAX West 2025, as Xbox invited us over to a special session with the game, along with the ROG Xbox Ally X. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to record any of our gameplay. But now, Team Ninja has released several minutes of advanced gameplay starring Yakumo, the opposite of Ryu Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden 4.
Watch the Ninja Gaiden 4 gameplay below.
While Ryu is the familiar powerhouse that we all know from the prior Ninja Gaiden games, Yakumo is the newcomer from the Raven Clan and plays nothing like Ryu. He feels closer to a character out of a PlatinumGames title, drawing comparisons to Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and Nier: Automata. That doesn’t mean he...
