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PARIS (Dec. 13, 2024) – Publisher Dotemu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Streets of Rage 4) and developer The Game Kitchen (Blasphemous series) have announced NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound, a 2D sidescrolling action platformer channeling the classic and modern NES NINJA GAIDEN trilogies from KOEI TECMO GAMES in a brand new adventure, coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One in Summer 2025. NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound’s surprise reveal delighted fans today as part of The Game Awards, where the announcement trailer debuted the first look at NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound’s spectacular, thrilling gameplay.
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/d8DK6Dl3RvA
A new hero, Kenji Mozu, emerges in NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound. The story picks up in Hayabusa Village after Ryu Hayabusa heads to America to avenge his father’s death, as told in the NES version of NINJA GAIDEN. Suddenly, the veil between the human and demon worlds has suddenly torn, opening a doorway to darkness in Hayabusa Village. Kenji Mozu, a young ninja of the Hayabusa clan, throws himself into battle, determined to protect his village and its people from a looming demonic threat in this dark and dangerous era.
Featuring a mastery of the high-speed, challenging combat the series is known for, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound’s sidescrolling action is immediately welcoming to newcomers – while offering a steep, rewarding sense of difficulty and intricate technical depth that will challenge the blade of even a seasoned ninja. Brutally slash through an array of fiendish foes and demons while avoiding deadly fiery traps, spike pits, chasms and more.
The young ninja, Kenji Mozu’s high-stakes quest develops with showstopping fights against powerful, boss-caliber behemoths. With upgradable abilities, hidden collectibles, optional mission objectives and more, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound is an engrossing modernization of the tense, satisfyingly swift battles and precise, skill-demanding platforming the series is known for.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound features exquisite pixel art, evoking the classic title while bringing a lush field and menacing cast of enemies to life through striking, wonderfully intricate detail. The dynamic action, paired with a pitch-perfect soundtrack featuring contributions from special guest composers, promises players an unforgettable experience.
To get the drop on all future NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound updates, wishlist the game on Steam, dash to https://www.dotemu.com/ and follow @Dotemu and @TheGameKitchen on X.
About Dotemu
Dotemu is a French video game company specializing in bringing back the best video games and legendary pop culture licenses on PC and modern consoles, to create experiences carefully crafted for fans around the world.
The Dotemu team has published and developed a number of global top-sellers across both PC and console including the award-winning games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Streets of Rage 4, Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, other great development and publishing work from Dotemu includes Metal Slug Tactics, Windjammers 1 and 2, Pharaoh: A New Era and more. Dotemu is currently working on unannounced projects planned for 2025 and beyond.
Learn more at http://www.dotemu.com.
About The Game Kitchen
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Seville, The Game Kitchen is a Spanish studio united by a mission to develop games that the entire team finds meaningful and exciting to create. Driven by a shared pursuit of excellence and prioritization of work-life balance, The Game Kitchen prioritizes the health of its team above all else while striving to design the next great adventure.
The Game Kitchen is well known for their terror point-and-click adventure The Last Door (2013) and for their best-selling brutal Metroidvanias Blasphemous (2019) and Blasphemous 2 (2023). The studio has recently announced The Stone of Madness, a tactical stealth adventure coming early 2025.
ABOUT KOEI TECMO GAMES
KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. is a subsidiary of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD., headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. KOEI TECMO GAMES consists of seven development brands creating innovative and iconic game series extending across a wide range of genres: KOU SHIBUSAWA, ω-Force, Team NINJA, Gust, Ruby Party, midas and AAA Studio. Signature series include ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION, DYNASTY WARRIORS, SAMURAI WARRIORS, Nioh, NINJA GAIDEN, DEAD OR ALIVE, Atelier and NeoRomance.
ABOUT Team NINJA
Team NINJA is one of KOEI TECMO GAMES’ seven brands, with development teams specializing in creating hardcore action games. Their most famous series include: NINJA GAIDEN, DEAD OR ALIVE, Nioh, and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and the team consistently develops new titles that receive praise from all around the world.
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