Ryu would like you to see what's beneath his mask.
Tomonobu Itagaki's rather messy departure from Team Ninja might have caused some internal turmoil for the studio, but Tecmo's star developer has recuperated and gelled back together since then, and is now ready to really dig into development of three new games: Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, and the long-in-development samurai action game Ni-Oh.
As previously reported, Team Ninja is putting together a Nintendo 3DS version of Dead or Alive called, cutely, Dead or Alive Dimensions. Details are still light at best, but we know it's a fighting title that focuses on the series' ongoing narrative. Details are even skimpier on Ninja Gaiden 3, the newly announced next installment in the lauded character action franchise. According to GamePro, the game is so early in development that the team only has concept art to prove its existence. But as you'll see, the art serves to show what the team is shooting for: blood and character. Also, ninjas.
Team Ninja hasn't dated either game, and Ninja Gaiden's platforms haven't been discussed either. More information on the latter will come "early next year," according to GamePro. As for Ni-Oh, yeah, that game's apparently still being made, too. More as it happens!
