During its pre-TGS event, Team Ninja unmasked the competitive multiplayer mode for Ninja Gaiden III. The “World of Ninjas” mode will connect up to eight players in a sort of “ninja tournament,” the ultimate goal is to rank up and surpass master ninja Ryu Hayabusa.

Team Ninja producer Yosuke Hayashi also introduced two new play style systems; in addition to the normal and hard difficulty levels. “Ninja” mode follows a familiar style of gameplay, but “Hero” adds things like auto-block and auto-dodge, to let new players just “enjoy the story.” In conclusion, these system are also being added to the Vita release of Ninja Gaiden Sigma.

It’s terrifying! No, it’s condescendingly intriguing. In other words, I wouldn’t want to be “manhandled” in such a demeaning fashion.

The two technical parted ways when Team Ninja Head Tomonobu Itagaki left two years ago, however since then, Itagaki and Tecmo have been tussling in court; Itagaki claims that Tecmo owns him $1.4 million in unpaid bonuses. But, the courts won’t be settling this agreement. Because Tecmo and Itagaki have finally reached to an agreement.

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your great help and words of encouragement which have been extended to me so far. I can’t hardly wait for the day of announcing my newest work in progress to you all, but I promise you now that I will deliver to you an enjoyable game with depth that surpasses all the games I created before, and is worthy of being world-class entertainment,” said Itagaki in a statement given to 1UP.

This settlement marks the end of a long and successful partnership, but as you can tell from Itagaki’s statements, he’s planning to announce new title under his new development studio, Tokyo Vikings. Meanwhile, Tecmo and Team Ninja have revealed on series’ established by Itagaki, including Ninja Gaiden and the upcoming Dead or Alive title.

Sony’s Sixaxis motion controller technology hasn’t been gaining much limelight as of lately. But, Team Ninja has announced something that’s about to change that. And that’s, that Ninja Gaiden Σ (Sigma) 2 will feature the Sixaxis tech for boob jiggling.

Not only will players have the chance to refined neck breaking ninja combat, but Team Ninja has implanted (sorry, I could resist) a feature that allows you to control over the overflowings of the ladies of Ninja Gaiden Σ 2. ”We can, proudly announce that Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 will have Sixaxis compatibility,” a spokesperson told the TheSixthaxis. “You waggle the pad, the girl’s tits bounce.”

Despite former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki having previously stated that Ninja Gaiden II would be the final entry in the series, in an interview published today on Kikizo, the new leader of Tecmo’s elite Team Ninja development studio, Yosuke Hayashi, revealed that they do have plans to add another title.

“What the gamers are looking for is going to be the next chapter – the future of an outstanding series. We feel that we’re in a position of being able to make that call… That calling is already there – we feel it,” Hayashi stated.

In addition, he revealed that they are thinking of shipping the sequel, or whatever, for as a dual-platform, meaning for both the 360 and PlayStation 3.

Hayashi stated that after Sigma 2, rather than do a 360 version of it, “we’re going to have to push ourselves to the next level, and we are better off giving both audiences an entirely new game. ”

Despite trying to keep the bag closed, the cat been roaming around for a while now, and even if it was revealed in a recent issue of Famitsu. The game hasn’t been officially announced yet by Tecmo, that was until GDC.

When standing in front of a area filled with game journalists, director Yosuke Hayashi officially announced that Tecmo is busy working on the PS3 version of Ninja Gaiden II, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

Sigma 2 will feature online co-op play, with Ryu being able to team up with either of his female companions - Ayane from Dead or Alive, and Momiji from Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword. However, Hayashi explained that online play would not feature player-versus-player combat.

He also revealed that all the extra content in Sigma wouldn’t be made available for the 360, but he admitted that Team Ninja was also considereng downloadable content for the game on the PS3.

[Tecmo announces Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for PS3 (officially) via ArsTechnica]

Update: When taking a closer look at the scan, we found that there was also was the mention of the PlayStation Network. So it maybe coming to the PlayStation Network also – to download.

Original: I guest you should stop wondering what Tecmo’s special announcement is going to be, in the latest issue of  ‘a Japanese gaming magazine’, which means its Famitsu, it revealed the development of Ninja Gaiden Σ II.

According to Famitsu, the game is coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3 and it will not be a port – just like its predecessor. The game will be directed and produced by Yosuke Hayashi, director of the first Ninja Gaiden Σ, and supported by Team Ninja. However, Ninja Gaiden II was designed by Tomonobu Itagaki, who has since left Team Ninja – I think I’ll skip on the details.

Ninja Gaiden Σ II offers lots of new features and new content, which include new weapons, new bosses, and a exclusive playable character ~ Rachel. They also revealed that the game will be revealed in next weeks issue of Famitsu. Also the game will be out autumn of this year.

First this game was rumored to be revealed at E3 now, at the same press conference at which price drop for the 360 was announced, Microsoft has finally revealed the game. The game will be developed by the current Tenchu developers From Software, who also worked on the Otogi series for the original Xbox.

A 30 second trailer of the game was shown of a ninja character moving around Tokyo and fighting demons. which can reminds you of something from the Ninja Gaiden series. But, they guys over at Gamersyde have already gotten their hands on the trailer for the game that was shown at the the conference. The game is due out for a release next year as an Xbox 360 exclusive for all those Ninja fanboys.

[Microsoft Unveils Ninja Blade via Gamasutra]

Well, no one saw this one coming. According to Kotaku, at 1pm Japan Time today, Square Enix will be outlining its plans for a friendly takeover Tecmo, which is having some trouble at this time. The Square Enix takeover should help the company gain a stronger foothold in the U.S. market with popular Tecmo titles like the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. This can also help Square Enix with their heavily dependent on RPGs.

This isn’t the first time Square Enix has moved in on a beleaguered company. In August 2005, Square Enix acquired Taito and wholly owned the company as a subsidiary by September 2005.

Two great new Ninja Gaiden II trailers, Ninja Gaiden II is an upcoming sequel to Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox 360, due for release in June 2008. It is being developed by Team Ninja and published by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360. This is the first time that a Team Ninja developed game will not be published by Tecmo.

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Microsoft have finally given the European release date for the upcoming Ninja Gaiden II, pin this date on the calendar because Ninja Gaiden II makes it’s European debut on June 6, 2008. Then you can see Ryu Hayabusa makes his big comeback on the 360. We really don’t have even other information about the release date at this time but, check back for updates.