I can not wait to butt-stomp demons on a bike in ‘Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound’

Ninja Gaiden is a reputation that goes again a protracted, good distance in gaming. Although most individuals would possibly know collection protagonist Ryu from the 3D video games that began on the Xbox (or his side-hustle as a fighter and male mannequin within the Lifeless or Alive collection), the brand new Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound harkens all the way in which again to his side-scrolling arcade debut in 1988. And boy, does it look phenomenal.

I’ve had Ragebound on my radar for PC video games that don’t want graphics playing cards because it was introduced in December. Koei Tecmo teamed up with Dotemu and The Recreation Kitchen, developer of the highly-acclaimed 2D soulslike Blasphemous, for a throwback pixelated side-scroller. The preliminary trailer confirmed some blistering fight that jogged my memory of Lifeless Cells, but it surely’s the most recent one that actually made my eyes come out:

On this trailer we see each new protagonists, Hayabusa clan protege Kenji Mozu and Spider clan murderer Kumori. It’s the latter who will get the highlight right here, displaying off fluid strikes and arachnid-themed particular assaults. It appears to be like like at the least some elements of the sport will allow you to change between each fighters, or name the off-screen character in for a tag workforce assault.

Midway via the trailer Kumori hops on a bike, in basic 80s beat-em-em up trend. Then she hops on a demon. She butt-stomps a demon with a bike, backflips her hog, then butt-stomps one other earlier than coming again to the bottom. Hell yeah.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is about for a summer time 2025 launch. It’s out there to wishlist on Steam proper now, and in addition coming to all consoles.