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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance launches August 29 for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC - Gematsu

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 29, publisher SEGA and developer Lizardcube announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via SEGA:

About

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance follows longtime series protagonist and master of the ninja arts, Joe Musashi, who arrives home from a previous adventure to find his village burned to the ground and his clan turned into stone. Driven by vengeance, Joe sets off on an epic quest, battling hordes of enemies and larger-than-life bosses across stunning hand-drawn worlds. Rife with multiple paths to discover or unlock and packed with smooth, satisfying gameplay, SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance will have players attacking and reacting on the move—and keep them coming back for more.

Key Features

Execute the Ninja Arts with Precision – Wield your vast ninja arsenal including the great Katana Oborozuki, Kunai, Ninjutsu arts, and Ninpo to vanquish your foes.

Master the Way of the Shinobi – Unleash limitless combos with unique combat moves, acquire Amulets for enhanced abilities, and discover Ningi tools to overcome obstacles and uncover new paths.

Journey Through a Stylistic New World – Venture through more than a dozen unique and visually striking stages, from military bases to a scorching desert, and tackle challenging platforming puzzles.

SKUs and Availability

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance is available now for pre-order on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam for $29.99 USD. It will be available for pre-order on Nintendo eShop at a later date.

-SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance Digital Deluxe Edition ($39.99 USD) – Fans looking for the ultimate experience will receive early access to the game along with the Digital Deluxe Season Pass which includes:

Starter Pack with the Ghost Outfit, the Medic Lite Amulet, and In-Game Currency

Digital Art Book + Soundtrack

SEGA Villains Stage (Coming Early 2026) featuring bosses based on iconic SEGA villains!

-Pre-Order Bonus – Fans who pre-order the game will receive a 10 percent discount, the Original Arcade Outfit, and Fortune Hunter Amulet.

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.

Announce Trailer

English

Japanese

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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance | Announce Trailer

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam on August 29, 2025.

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Screenshots

About

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance follows longtime series protagonist and master of the ninja arts, Joe Musashi, who arrives home from a previous adventure to find his village burned to the ground and his clan turned into stone. Driven by vengeance, Joe sets off on an epic quest, battling hordes of enemies and larger-than-life bosses across stunning hand-drawn worlds. Rife with multiple paths to discover or unlock and packed with smooth, satisfying gameplay, SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance will have players attacking and reacting on the move—and keep them coming back for more.

Key Features

Execute the Ninja Arts with Precision – Wield your vast ninja arsenal including the great Katana Oborozuki, Kunai, Ninjutsu arts, and Ninpo to vanquish your foes.

Master the Way of the Shinobi – Unleash limitless combos with unique combat moves, acquire Amulets for enhanced abilities, and discover Ningi tools to overcome obstacles and uncover new paths.

Journey Through a Stylistic New World – Venture through more than a dozen unique and visually striking stages, from military bases to a scorching desert, and tackle challenging platforming puzzles.

SKUs and Availability

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance is available now for pre-order on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam for $29.99 USD. It will be available for pre-order on Nintendo eShop at a later date.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance Digital Deluxe Edition ($39.99 USD) – Fans looking for the ultimate experience will receive early access to the game along with the Digital Deluxe Season Pass which includes:

Starter Pack with the Ghost Outfit, the Medic Lite Amulet, and In-Game Currency

Digital Art Book + Soundtrack

SEGA Villains Stage (Coming Early 2026) featuring bosses based on iconic SEGA villains!

Pre-Order Bonus – Fans who pre-order the game will receive a 10 percent discount, the Original Arcade Outfit, and Fortune Hunter Amulet.

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A new Shinobi: Art of Vengeance trailer has gone live and it gives viewers an introductory look at the Oboro Village stage that will appear in the final game!

[doamarierose-honoka]

Joe Musashi returns in the latest entry to the Shinobi series after a long hiatus with SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance, which was announced recently on Playstation’s State of Play. The game is being developed by Lizardcube, the talent behind Streets of Rage 4. Play as Joe Musashi in a new 2D action platformer that marks the return of the iconic SHINOBI franchise.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance follows longtime series protagonist and master of the ninja arts, Joe Musashi, who arrives home from a previous adventure to find his village burned to the ground and his clan turned into stone. Driven by vengeance, Joe sets off on an epic quest, battling hordes of enemies and larger-than-life bosses across stunning hand-drawn worlds. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance will be available for PS5/4, Xbox Series X|S/One, & Steam. Nintendo Switch and physical soon on August 29.

Pre-order now to receive a 10% discount and bonuses along with the Digital Deluxe Edition – includes the Ghost Outfit, 3 days early access, and more.

Hit the jump for more details on key features and the Digital Deluxe Edition. Key Features:

Execute the Ninja Arts with Precision – Wield your vast ninja arsenal including the great Katana Oborozuki, Kunai, Ninjutsu arts, and Ninpo to vanquish your foes.

Master the Way of the Shinobi – Unleash limitless combos with unique combat moves, acquire Amulets for enhanced abilities, and discover Ningi tools to overcome obstacles and uncover new paths.

Journey Through a Stylistic New World – Venture through more than a dozen unique and visually striking stages, from military bases to a scorching desert, and tackle challenging platforming puzzles.

SKUs and Availability:

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance is available now for pre-order on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Steam for $29.99 USD. It will be available for pre-order on Nintendo eShop at a later date.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance Digital Deluxe Edition ($39.99 USD): Fans looking for the ultimate experience will receive early access to the game along with the Digital Deluxe Season Pass which includes:

Starter Pack with the Ghost Outfit, the Medic Lite Amulet, and In-Game Currency

Digital Art Book + Soundtrack

SEGA Villains Stage (Coming Early 2026) featuring bosses based on iconic SEGA villains!

Pre-order Bonus: Fans who pre-order the game will receive a 10% discount, the Original Arcade Outfit, and Fortune Hunter Amulet.

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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (2017)

The original Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is, without a doubt, the SEGA Master System game ever. It looks, sounds, and plays every bit like the distilled very best of SEGA's 8-bit offerings and is arguably (both by myself and many other fans of the system) the best game available for the console.

Having opened this review with such high praise, I probably don't have to say that if any remake of that game were anything less than absolutely stellar and amazing work, I would not be kind to it. I would hold nothing back, show no quarter, take the gloves off, let rip, and tear it a new one. Luckily, it's absolutely amazing and stellar work.

Essentially that's because this is an emulation of the original Master System ROM with a pretty new skin running over the top of it. Okay, maybe a bit more complex than that, but the game logic running here is basically 1:1 with the SMS version even if, and this includes the game with retro visuals and sounds enabled, there are some changes elsewhere.

Good changes, mind you -- what the kiddies like to call 'quality of life' stuff. Really though, how quality do you need your life if your biggest worries are what creature comforts and conveniences a videogame offers you? But I digress here, there's a whole-ass separate button for special weapon usage and the equipment menu is a much more pleasant-to-navigate affair. And, mercifully, they've got rid of that fucking 'charm point' system that I personally felt was an idea that didn't service this game style as well as it would a more-conventional RPG. And, in essence, all it meant was exiting a shop to remove the Goblin Mail, re-entering, seeing the stuff for sale that should've been for sale anyway. Yeah, that tedium's gone.

There are some small layout changes as well, presumably to even-out the challenge a little. But this is all piecemeal stuff compared to the aesthetic overhaul. Oh, wow, the aesthetic overhaul. Let me, frankly, gush.

Imagine a retro game not just upscaled, not just redrawn, but completely reimagined with the utmost passion, respect, and care for the source material. That's The Dragon's Trap right here.

It. Is. Fucking. Beautiful.

Featureless flat areas with naught but trees are now expansive meadows featuring a memorial to a battle long-since passed, continuing onto a valley with a tower hidden inside a forest by the lake. Standard platform gauntlets across a body of water are now a set of tropical islets in a luxurious ocean that culminates in a shipwreck telling a tale of caution and intrigue before the great offscreen unknown. And there's a little stool outside a hut by a lava lake where the owner has carelessly left some impaled marshmallows to toast in the heat. There is so much attention to detail here, and cute little touches, and visual storytelling, it's tough not to fall in love all over again. The game that was my adventurous escape in childhood, is equally so if not more in adulthood.

Music's amazing, too. Not a single piece feels wrong or updated without the full knowledge of what made the original tunes 'pop'. Particular favourites of mine are the desert and jungle themes, both of which have instrumentation that perfectly encapsulates their host environments and makes the adventure connect on an even deeper level.

I am, however, overlooking some of-its-time "flaws" in this game. I don't care. I even put "flaws" in those scare-quotes because, fuck it, they don't make games like this anymore so there's no reason to change it to be more like games they do make. That one Steam reviewer who says the controls are slippery and the coins bounce over the player's head, you're wrong mate. Couldn't be wronger. Maybe a dragon cursed that guy and he's typing with tiny mouse hands that can barely reach the controller buttons?

Anyway, my recent 2.5 hour afternoon playthrough of this game made me fall in love with it for like the hundredth time. Here's to a hundred more.

5/5

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Combat trailer for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance released ahead of August 29th launch

Continue reading Combat trailer for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance released ahead of August 29th launch

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Grappling hooks, swords, and straight up ninja magic, here's a look at Shinobi: Art of Vengeance's action

Sega’s upcoming Shinobi revival is looking to serve up fast and brutal action, complete with blades and the mystic arts.

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Sega & Lizardcube Talk Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance And How To Modernise A Classic

With Shinobi: Art of Vengeance’s release date now just 97 days away (not that we’re counting), both Sega and Lizardcube have been out and about and making sure to satiate our increasing desire for more information on their upcoming side-scrolling adventure. Of course, this isn’t just any old adventure and, much like Lizardcube’s previous work, such as Streets of Rage 4 and Wonder Boy: The…

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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance verrà lanciato su PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch e PC (Steam) il 29 Agosto, hanno annunciato SEGA e lo sviluppatore Lizardcube.

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Wonder Boy: The Dragons Trap - Blast Review

Developer: Lizardcube Rrp: £14.99 (Humblebundle, Steam and Epic) and £17.39 (Gog.com)

I remember when I was a kid watching a friend play the original of this game on his Sega Master System. He never let me have a go, though to be honest I can see why, I was a heavy handed child who was quick to anger when thwarted so he likely feared for his control pad's safety. It's now many years later and I finally got to have my go! Hurray!

This game is essentially a metroidvania though, due to some technicalities I hesitate to truly give it that label. The thing with metroidvania's is that when you gain a power you can easily switch to a different power. In this game that isn't the case, when you defeat a boss you turn into a monster version of yourself, you can't change out of this form into another one until you kill another boss or find an altar. However, altars are uncommon and seem to change you somewhat at random.

What this game is though is beautifully animated, it has been entirely drawn by hand giving every character a wonderful sense of personality. I spent ages just watching how the mouse-man's ears wiggle. Of course, if you want to relive those old days of 8-bit you can quickly change the game to retro mode in the options menu or with the trigger buttons on your control pad. I thought that was quite a nice feature to add especially because you can choose to just change the music or just the sound effects.

Is this game worth £14.99, honestly to me no. Thankfully I didn't have to pay that, I picked it up when Epic made it free. It's just a bit too short to justify that cost to me (as I completed it in just under 5 hours), but perhaps your mileage will vary.

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Streets or Rage 4 (PC/Steam) - Adam Hunter Arcade Playthrough

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What did you think of the Game Awards this year?

It was... a little better this year than Geoff's previous shows. The preshow actually had a segment that talked about climate change and featured a game about the topic (even if it looked a bit basic visually) and I genuinely liked Statler and Waldorf heckling Keighley. It was the sort of thing where it was really surprising how they did not pull their punches. ("Hey, look, it's Hideo Kojima! Did you know Geoff Keighley is friends with him?" "Does Kojima know that?")

And like, I find myself wondering if that was the point, if having them heckle the show was a way to sort of break the ice and blow off some of the pressure... which makes you wonder how much of it was scripted. But considering a couple of the reaction shots, I guess I don't know. There were mild looks of shock to be sure, and there were other things that felt like changes based on past Geoff shows (like giving developers room to speak if they wanted to).

The rest of the event was mostly fine. Games that caught my attention:

Ninja Gaiden Ragebound was kind of surprising. It's got Dotemu's name attached, which is funny, because Dotemu + Lizardcube is who did Streets of Rage 4, and Lizardcube is off doing Shinobi for Sega now.

It's extremely reductive, but I see Rematch and my only thought is "So Rocket League is soccer with cars... and this is Rocket League with human people?

Dispatch looked cool. It actually looked like FMV, to me, to be honest. I wonder if that's live gameplay or not.

It's very funny to me that Borderlands 4 completely avoided showing any humor at all. I am not asking for Borderlands style humor, but it is kind of one of the franchise's signatures.

I'm excited for Onimusha to be next in Capcom's remake series, but I'm bummed for no Code Veronica or Dino Crisis.

I'm happy to see something more bombastic from Naughty Dog with Intergalactic. I saw some people being reductive that it's just their take on Guardians of the Galaxy, but that's not the vibe I got at all. Very weird it's so big on brand deals though.

Kind of wild to see Geoff seemingly get legitimately choked up at the teaser for Okami 2.

Trying to look for the climate change game on their Youtube channel and I'm surprised there's no video for it.

Happy to see Astro Bot win the big final award, mainly because the guy (Nicolas Doucet) took a moment to just, like, be "yeah we won an award, but a lot of outside people helped us make this game, and there are a lot of great platformers out there besides Astro Bot, too." Cool guy.

Interesting show. A little long, but I'd rather it be long than cutting speeches off.

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Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Será que envelheceu bem?

Em 1989, a Westone Bit Entertainment anunciou o Quarto título oficial da série Wonder Boy para o SEGA Master System - Isso mesmo que você leu, uma vez que Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair(1988), que embora tenha elementos similares aos da série Monster World, era um típico Wonder Boy de plataforma, assim como o game de 1986. Denominado Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap(モンスターワールドＩＩ ドラゴンの罠), o game acompanha eventos do game anterior, Wonder Boy in Monster Land. Depois de derrotar o temido MEKA Dragoon, Bocke Lee Temjin é afligido por uma maldição que o transforma em um dragão. E a missão do herói é clara: Ele deve derrotar todos os dragões do Monster World, e o lider deles, o Vampire Dragoon, em busca da Salamander Cross, um artefato muito poderoso que pode remover a maldição draconiana afligida sobre o herói.

Em 2017, a Lizardcube trouxe ao fãs tradicionais do personagem Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, um remake em Full HD com gráficos desenhados à mão e trilha sonora reorquestrada, possibilidade de alternar entre o estilo clássico e moderno com um único botão, e a maior novidade ficou por conta da protagonista feminina. Mas a grande questão é? Será que Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap envelheceu bem?! A resposta é: SIM!! Obviamente alguns aspectos como a precisão dos controles e os designs de chefes podem parecer datados para jogadores mais novos, mas para quem curte um bom game em estilo retrô, vale a pena experimentar...

E antes de fechar, vamos para alguns passwords

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap Passwords

Lizard Man

AC3E 3L0 0047 T09

Mouse Man

9WF5 NKL AGTA NCW

Piranha Man

DW65 6J6 ATBB Z11

Lion Man

C04X 52R BA0J R7Z

Hawk Man

PJRM WBT 9J8J X49

Special Cheat Password

WE5T 0NE 0000 000

DRAGON'S CURSE(PC ENGINE) PASSWORDS

M0DE F0R 0000 000(JP) N0DEG0S0000000(US)

Form: Hu-Man (Lizard-Man available) Swords: Legendary Sword (equipped), Ivory Sword, Mithril Sword, Shogun Blade, Crystal Sword, Thunder Saber, Lucky Sword, Muramasa Blade Shields: Ivory Shield, Shogun Shield, Crystal Shield (equipped), Knight Shield Armor: Ivory Armor, Crystal Armor (equipped), Goblin Mail, Prince Armor Items: 112 gold, 2 charm stones Spells: 5 fire balls, 1 boomerang, 3 thunders Switching to Lizard-Man form will cause the player to be stuck that way, because Hu-Man form is not a normal transformation.

3YHURYW7Y7LL8C - Start game at beginning with Max.Gold(983,040)/All Equipment/Full Health(8 Hearts)/Max.Stones(99)/All Items/Hawk-Man Status

3YHURYW7Y7LPBS - Start game at beginning with Max.Gold(983,040)/All Equipment/Full Health(8 Hearts)/Max.Stones(99)/All Items/Hu-Man Status

3YHURYW7Y7LRBW - Start game at beginning with Max.Gold(983,040)/All Equipment/Full Health(8 Hearts)/Max.Stones(99)/All Items/Lizard-Man Status

3YHURYW7Y7LM80 - Start game at beginning with Max.Gold(983,040)/All Equipment/Full Health(8 Hearts)/Max.Stones(99)/All Items/Mouse-Man Status

3YHURYW7Y7LN84 - Start game at beginning with Max.Gold(983,040)/All Equipment/Full Health(8 Hearts)/Max.Stones(99)/All Items/Piranha-Man Status

3YHURYW7Y7LK88 - Start game at beginning with Max.Gold(983,040)/All Equipment/Full Health(8 Hearts)/Max.Stones(99)/All Items/Tiger-Man Status

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SEGA have formally announced the title of the new Shinobi game alongside its developer and release date. Streets of Rage 4 developers Lizardcube are creating the game which will launch on August 29th 2025 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC!

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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance | Announce Trailer

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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is another fantastic revival of a SEGA classic Lizardcube know a thing or two about reviving classic Sega game franchises. Streets of Rage 4 is right up there as one of the very best beat ’em up sequels, capturing so much of what made the ori... https://blog.gplayr.com/shinobi-art-of-vengeance-is-another-fantastic-revival-of-a-sega-classic/ #ShinobiArtofVengeance