That was a fucking awesome Developer Direct!
Ninja Gaiden 4 wasn't a surprise because I saw it leaked beforehand or rather, heavily speculated, but still awesome to see, what did surprise me is that it is being published by Xbox and it is releasing in Fall 2025! Wtf Microsoft? They got to chill out with 2025, GTA 6 is still undated! Then they shadow-drop a Ninja Gaiden 2 Remaster on us TODAY (on Game Pass).
Doom launching in May, I had the biggest smile on my face all throughout that footage, RIP AND TEAR. South of Midnight in April, I'm still worried about the gameplay but the story sounds interesting, the art-style, music and character design, especially the bosses though, is spot on. Expedition 33...NGL...I was curious about it but wow that footage just caused it to shoot up my list, it looks wicked in every aspect.
My speculation is Microsoft are fine with publishing IP they don't own anymore due to their multiplatform approach because Ninja Gaiden they obviously don't own and it's the first non-owned published IP in...Years...I can't really remember the last IP they published which they didn't own, Koei is probably very happy to be multiplatform and let Xbox publish it as well. Could lead to Xbox publishing other unexpected titles.
Ninja Gaiden and Fable releasing near each other would be so nostalgic of the OG Xbox days, Lol.
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