"Spark is looking for an experienced Senior Multiplayer Engineer to join us in making a breakout hit, based on the established console franchise Ninja Gaiden, called Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. This is an opportunity for you to have a hand in creating a bold new take on 3rd person action slasher with horror elements. You will be tasked with functionality goals to realize the online vision for a high profile next-generation property currently in prototype development. With input from team engineers, artists, designers in an agile development (SCRUM) environment, oversee and supervise core multiplayer and network game technologies within the Unreal 3 engine."
As Yaiba is a 2013 game I would assume it is a bit further along in development that the prototpe stage. In fact they were hiering for pre production on Ninja Gaiden Z in April http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=29982&accountno=352. I think it's more likely the next gen shooter is a seperate game.
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