Ninja Gaiden Black

Tomonobu Itagaki, the developer behind some of the most difficult console games on Earth, wants you to know he’s sorry for all those times he kicked your ass. In an interview in the new issue of Edge Magazine (issue 218, on newsstands now), the creator of Dead or Alive and the newer Ninja Gaiden games acknowledged that some of his past work has been “too difficult,” and – more relevantly – that his 2012-bound shooter, Devil’s Third, won’t be as frustrating...

A page translated by google appears to show that Yoshima Yasuda will be resigning from the position of Tecmo CEO effective August 20th. The rough translation is: Tecmo, the company's web site, Mr. Yasuda Snake good CEO to resign as president on Wednesday. The resignation of release, Today's (2008 year on August 20) meeting of the Board of Directors, President and CEO from Yasuda, President and CEO for personal reasons and that want to offer to resign as director of the Board of Directors We will accept it. Said the current Chairman of the Board, who is chairman of interlocking Yasuharu Kakihara. Perhaps Team Ninja has claimed one final victim…

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles 1. Call of Duty 4 2. Halo 3 3. Guitar Hero III Top Arcade Titles 1. Poker Smash 2. Commanders: Attack 3. Rez HD Original Xbox Top Live Titles 1. Halo 2 2. Ninja Gaiden Black 3. Star Wars: Battlefront 2

Those complaining (already) about the lack of new releases on the Xbox 360's Originals service can shut their traps now - three new games, including Ninja Gaiden Black are arriving next week. Along with Tecmo's ninja slasher, Criterion's excellent FPS Black and Sid Meier's Pirates! will be arriving on Xbox Live next Monday, February 11. Presumably they'll be for the usual price of 1200 Microsoft points (£10.20), which isn't bad considering Bejeweled is going for 800 points (£6.50).

It may have chewed us up, spat us out and slapped us around the chops several times over, but still has a very special place in our hearts, so we're suitably chuffed that a new, special edition Gaiden is on its way to Xbox. Called Ninja Gaiden Black, the game will feature new difficulty levels, a new mission mode and content taken from the Hurricane expansion packs. In addition, there will be some new cut-scenes and colossal amounts of bonus stuff, most notably a version of the original