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I’m a huge Ninja Gaiden fan. I’ve been playing the adventures of Ryu Hayabusa since 1988 and have followed him from the Arcade to the NES and GameBoy to the Xbox and Nintendo DS, and finally to the ...

It's a shame that words and phrases like "gnarly," "radical" and "totally tubular, dude" aren't considered common these days. If they were, I'd know exactly how to describe Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. I'd ...

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with Spark Unlimited Senior Associate Producer Charles Babb for a nice (and very information heavy) preview of the upcoming Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, which ...

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z has no real reason to exist. Every game needs to give the player a reason to continue. The combat may be satisfying, or perhaps the story ropes you in. It could be that the sense ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It was Halloween, 2013. You don't forget a day like Halloween. That day, Tecmo Koei released an obnoxious and divisive trailer for the upcoming Yaiba: ...

Well, this definitely isn’t Ninja Gaiden. Or maybe it is. After all, it’s been a whopping six years since Ninja Gaiden II’s nuanced combat captivated me for two straight weekends and three different ...

Historically, Ninja Gaiden games have always demanded a lot from their players. Mastering the fast-paced action and overcoming the powerful, relentless enemies requires patience, practice, and no ...

From the desk of Ryu Hayabusa: “Why won’t he let me save the world? I just want to help people. And hug animals. And give lavender lollipops to children and old people. Mmm…Momiji’s thighs. No, I have ...

“Yaiba succeeds admirably because it does what so few intentionally "so bad it's good" games do: It makes everything work.” “Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, ...

At the age of six, a traumatic experience involving Resident Evil 2 changed Geoffrey Thew's life forever. He spent years honing his skills as a writer and gamer in the harsh northern wastes of ...