Reps from Tecmo America have unveiled the final retail slipcase for its anticipated PS3 "re-imagining" of the Xbox do-over of the also-Xbox remake of the NES classic Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
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A playable demo for Ninja Gaiden Sigma (or Ninja Gaiden Σ, for you sticklers out there) hit the PlayStation Store late last week, giving PS3 owners a chance to see for themselves just how far the title has come from its two Xbox incarnations. And although the demo is limited to the first level of the game, this isn't just a watered-down sample of things to come - boot it up, and you'll immediately get access to a handful of the game's most badass weapons. That includes the nunchaku, the ...
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Without warning, like the shadowy figures known only through whispers in the night, Ninja Gaiden Sigma has made its presence known on the PlayStation Store. The demo will be available today in the US, one day prior to its Japanese release, alongside a demo for Virtua Tennis.

Also coming out today are trailers for Gauntlet II, The Wheelman, John Woo's Stranglehold and The Godfather. The full version of Ninja Gaiden Sigma is set for a June release (on disc).

**Update**
It is the 27th in Japan, which happens to be the 26 in the states, so by paper it is 1 day gap.
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Tecmo announced today that the release of the highly anticipated Ninja Gaiden Sigma playable demo is available now on the Playstation Network.

"The Ninja Gaiden Sigma demo is a great way for Playstation 3 owners to get a sneak peek at the Team NINJA masterpiece," said Yoh Watanabe, Tecmo's Marketing Manager. "For the first time ever, Ninja Gaiden will be playable exclusively on a PlayStation platform and we're amazed at how incredible Sigma looks and feels. This is the must-have demo for the must-have game."
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A Ninja Gaiden Sigma Special Edition pack that popped up overnight sounds jolly nice, but don't get your hopes up about seeing it in Europe.

Eidos recently signed up the game, and a spokesperson told Eurogamer this afternoon that "there are currently no plans for a Ninja Gaiden Special Edition two-disc box set in the UK".
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Remember playing Ninja Gaiden for the original Xbox? Of course you do. It's the game whose mind-numbing difficulty led you to rip out nearly all the hair on your head. That sort of experience is not so easily forgotten. Well, now we've got a new trailer to show you from the special edition PS3 re-make, Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Among other things, the clip features machine gun-wielding enemies on motorcycles, a rather chubby fellow with an equally large laser cannon and a sexy lady swinging a ...
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Team Ninja's reincarnation of Ninja Gaiden is going to be released with a Gamestop exclusive collector's edition for the PS3.

For $70, you will receive a 2-disc set with special hi-res packaging, a behind the scenes DVD from Team Ninja, and special codes to unlock Ryu and Rachael mission modes.
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Eidos Interactive has been given the responsibility of distributing Tecmo's smokin' Ninja Gaiden Sigma in Euro-PAL territory, reports JeuxFrance. Also Tres joyeux, JeuxFrance mentions that Eidos interactive has been given the responsibility to distribute Sigma in summer 2007, which considerably narrows down the possible launch dates for the territory.
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Speaking to GameInformer , Yosuke Hayashi, the director of Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden Sigma, claims that he was able to make his batch of PlayStation 3 devkits "smoke."

He explains:

"We've made a couple of devkits smoke, but we haven't had any actually blow up yet.[laughs] As far as using the hardware to its fullest... initially we didn't think that we were going to be able to do as much as we have been able to, which is something good about the PS3, because we weren't necessarily limited to what it says on paper.

As an example,we had originally planned to only include self-shadowing during the cutscenes, but once we actually started coding, we found that we were able to have cutscenes in real time, fully implemented throughout the entire game and while you're in the middle of the action."

He also had a lot to say to people who were complaining about the Sony PS3 being too hard to develop for:

"I think all those developers who are saying, "We don't want to do a PS3 game," or "It's really difficult to do it," should shut up and make their games. If you have time to complain about it, then you should be spending your time working on getting the most from the hardware."
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Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword wasn't the only new Ninja Gaiden game shown at Tecmo's press conference in Tokyo today. Following a live demo session of the DS title, producer Tomonobu Itagaki cleared the stage for Yosuke Hayashi, director of Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the PS3.
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