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 ...

With three 'Ninja Gaiden' games, 'Ghost of Yotei,' and 'Shinobi,' ninjas returned to the gaming forefront in a big way.

Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

Four decades of ninja representation made 2025 a year of shuriken and shadows ...

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 ...

I didn’t expect one of the best low-key rivalries in gaming to make a comeback in 2025, but here we are. Both Sega’s Shinobi and Koei Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden are getting 2D retro revivals this year, they ...

This year delivered a full-on ninja and samurai takeover, with a wave of new releases offering more katana-heavy action than ...

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 ...

Lizardcube and Sega once again join forces to resurrect another classic series with a stylish, modern flair. Here's what I thought of Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, coming Aug. 29. I’m a PCMag reviewer ...

"Shinobi" was originally created for Japanese arcades in 1987 and features a ninja character who fights to stop a criminal organisation that kidnaps child ninjas ...

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 ...