- Team Ninja has announced Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and it has shadow-dropped today for Xbox consoles and Xbox Game Pass
- Ninja Gaiden Black 2 is an HD remaster of Ninja Gaiden 2, the 2nd entry of the 3D Ninja Gaiden games released back in 2008 for the Xbox 360.
- Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is now available for purchase on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass via Console, PC Game Pass, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
During Xbox’s January 2025 Developer Direct, Team Ninja opened the show with two new titles for the Ninja Gaiden franchise. The first of which is a completely new mainline called Ninja Gaiden 4 and the other is Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, which has just shadow-dropped right now onto Xbox consoles and Xbox Game Pass.
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is an HD Remaster of Ninja Gaiden 2, the 2nd major installment of Ninja Gaiden’s 3D action reboot series that was released back in 2008 for the Xbox 360. This game was regarded as one of the finest games in the Ninja Gaiden franchise for its over-the-top violence, brutal difficulty, and fast-paced, in-depth combat system.
Now old-school fans and new modern fans will able to relive this classic title in its definitive form as Ninja Gaiden 2 Black features completely revamped Unreal Engine 5 graphics, “enhanced battle support functions”, and all the additional content and playable characters featured in Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma.
Ninja Gaiden is back with a vengeance!
Like Ninja Gaiden’s mascot Ryu Hayabusa, Team Ninja has jumped out of nowhere to strike a chord with the videogame industry with several hot new titles. First we had the side-scrolling retro-throwback title Ninja Gaiden Ragebound revealed during the 2024 Game Awards, and now we have Ninja Gaiden 4, the first major 3D title in over a decade since 2012’s Ninja Gaiden 3: Razer’s Edge, and Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, an unexpected remaster of the best Xbox titles of the Xbox 360-era.
Needless to say, Ninja Gaiden is back, and it’s coming to remind the world why this franchise revolutionized 2D and 3D action games.
