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Wanna see Ninja Gaiden 3′s multiplayer in action? Head through the break. Here’s a spoiler: there’s blood.

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Here’s a bit of news which should make your Saturday afternoon a bit brighter: Team Ninja has said it’s “steadily making progress on Ni-Oh.” That’s according to a tweet from the firm on Twitter.  The Ninja Gaiden 3 studio announced back in September 2010 it was collaborating with developer Kou Shibusawa on the samurai action game, originally announced during E3 2005 and shown at TGS 2006. Ni-Oh tells the tale of a blond samurai warrior trying to sort his destiny in a “war torn” 16th century Japan, and is based on Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s previously lost script. Obviously, there isn’t a release set just yet, and it is still unknown whether the game will remain a PS3-exclusive or not. At least we do know, though, that it hasn’t entered into the realm of vaporware. Thanks, Gematsu.

CVG‘s posted the first half-hour of Ninja Gaiden 3. How does Team Ninja’s return to the series kick off? Get it after the break.

The game’s out on PS3 and 360, along with a demo of Dead or Alive 5 for CE buyers, on March 23 in Europe.

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Ninja Gaiden 3, when it launches in Japan on March 22, will launch with an alpha taster of Dead or Alive 5, Tecmo Koei has said overnight.

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The latest Famitsu’s reporting this week Tecmo Koei will launch Ninja Gaiden 3 in Japan on March 22 for PS3 and 360. It also has listed standard and “collectors editions.” As far as we know, no special editions for the game have been announced as yet. A western release date hasn’t been announced other than “early 2012.” We’ll email TK Europe this morning.

Thanks, Andriasang.

“Itagaki might have left, but the hatred for Tekken is still around in the team [laughter]. So when we see Street Fighter X Tekken and those kinds of games… We’re coming out with Dead or Alive. We don’t need to rely on anything else to present Dead or Alive as a strong fighting game in the genre. We don’t need that kind of thing to prove ourselves. We understand that Tekken has… It opened the way for 3D fighting games, we understand that it has a long history, we respect that history, but we’re coming in as a challenger to those 3D fighting games. We’re there to represent and take them on.” – Team Ninja studio head Yosuke Hayashi to VentureBeat.

“With developers taking stuff that they normally would have put on the disc and selling that for DLC later, we think that lowers the value of the actual disc, the players that are going to buy that disc. We don’t think that’s a good way to do things. But as for using DLC as a way to add more stuff and increase the longevity of the title, if we’re adding stuff later we think that will… Fans will enjoy that, we as developers will enjoy that, we’ll just have that much more time to spend with that game. That’s the approach that we would like to take.” – Team Ninja studio head Yosuke Hayashi to VentureBeat.

A press event this week has yielded a few details of Ninja Gaiden 3′s multiplayer.

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Andriasang has posted a few shots of Dead of Alive 5′s Ayane and Hitomi, and we’ve got them for you below. There’s also a few shots of Hayate going at it with Ninja Gaiden’s Ryu Hayabusa over on the site (via Famitsu), as well as the new Power Flow system. You can access those shots through here. DOA5 is now 15% complete, and its release date is TBA 2012. It will be made available on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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You can customise your ninja, unlock special moves, commit hara kiri and engage in bloody four-way slicefests in Ninja Gaiden 3′s multiplayer mode, according to these images.

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Ninja Gaiden 3 will launch on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in March, Team Ninja lead Yosuke Hayashi told journalists including Joystiq yesterday. The studio has since followed up with confirmation on Twitter. The latest entry in the famously difficult hack-and-slash series will also appear on Wii U when the system launches next year, and a Vita game is expected in February.

Famitsu’s reporting that Ninja Gaiden Sigma for Vita will launch in February in Japan. No specific date is given. The title, based on PS3′s 2007 original, will likely come with Ninja Gaiden 3′s Hero and Ninja playstyles, Team Ninja’s Peter Garza told us at Eurogamer Expo.

Via Siliconera.

Team Ninja is chasing the holy grail of accessibility and serious depth with Dead or Alive 5.

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There are no morality choices in Ninja Gaiden 3; you either cut your enemies down or fall in their place.

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If you thought Ninja Gaiden 3 couldn’t look any bloodier than it already does, wait until you glimpse the screenshots below the break. In the shots, you’ll see Ryu hacking and slashing it out with the Alchemist Forces in Dubai. Game’s planned for a February release on PS3 and Xbox 360. Thanks, Gematsu.

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Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hyashi has a hell of a reputation to live up to. Brenna Hillier cornered him to get the word on the genuinely hardcore Ninja Gaiden 3.

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Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi claims Dead or Alive 5 will use the full power of current generation hardware, something none of the “simplistic” fighters of this generation have done.

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Siliconera reports Tecmo Koei has confirmed the Wii U version of Ninja Gaiden 3, subtitled Razor’s Edge, will be part of the console’s launch line up.

The Wii U version will feature touchscreen controls for slicing. A PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version is expected in February.

Nintendo is yet to date the Wii U but intends to show the final version of the hardware at E3 2012.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is all about Ryu Harabasa becoming a dark hero, according to Tecmo Koei localisation boss Peter Garza. He spoke to Johnny Cullen at Eurogamer Expo on the game.

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Team Ninja is looking at ways to include the new play styles that will be part of Ninja Gaiden 3 for Ninja Gaiden Sigma on PlayStation Vita, Tecmo Koei localisation head Peter Garza has told VG247.

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