2D action platforming fans have never eaten better than they have in the past five years. There has been a cascade of excellent 2D action platformers that fans of every genre could appreciate, and for ...

In my hierarchy of “Things that will always be cool”, ninjas rank right up at the top alongside dragons and giant transforming/combining robots, so it comes as no surprise that I am loving the moment ...

2025 is turning out to be a stellar year for fans of 2D ninja platformers. The 16-bit blood sprites have barely dried on Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound’s katana, and now Sega’s iconic Shinobi series has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is one of those special games ...

Coming out of Summer Game Fest, Lizardcube’s Shinobi: Art of Vengeance was one of the games that was high on our list, just based on the sample size we got to experience. After playing the game in ...

At the end of 2023, Sega announced its intention to revive a handful of dormant franchises from its heyday. Some of them came from the Sega Genesis era, including the action-focused ninja franchise ...

Shinobi Art Of Vengeance Review (PS5) – Having spent years in the shadows, it has been quite sometime since the last entry in the Shinobi series. 14 years to be precise. I think it’s fair to say that ...

Many thought the Shinobi series was dead and buried after the last attempt to revive it was met with displeasure and disdain. Indeed, Shinobi 3D for the Nintendo 3DS garnered a subpar 69 on Metacritic ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Dormant for more than a decade, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ($30) does everything right ...

Ninja-action game fans are spoiled for choice in 2025. Less than a month after the release of an excellent revival of the 2D Ninja Gaiden series comes developer LizardCube’s refreshing new take on ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...