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

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 ...

Bosses are introduced with intricate title cards and cap off with wallpaper-worthy finishing flashes. Special ultimate attacks see famed protagonist Joe Musashi slam down scrolls that summon vast ...

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 ...

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 ...

Revenge is a dish best served old. And by that I’m talking about old-school ninja master Joe Musashi, who dusts off his tabi shoes for one more revenge-packed tour in “Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.” ...

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 ...

You spend years waiting for a new 2D action platformer starring ninjas to come along, and then two show up within a month of each other. Both Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ...

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 ...