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""In video game discussions, you’ll hear all sorts of terms being tossed around to describe a game’s social standing. “Overrated” someone will say, as they describe the latest Call of Duty and make the claim that it doesn’t deserve all its praise. “Underrated” someone will say, as they describe the latest Animal Crossing title and claim that people should appreciate it more, or that they simply just “don’t get it”. Then there’s a lesser-used term: “Under the radar”.""
"For the most part, that action proves to be substantial enough to pull you through the nine particularly lengthy missions. The missions each offer a breakdown of your score when completed, allowing you to set your own goals for replaying levels, whether it be to obtain a higher rank or find every hidden item. Divided by checkpoints, sometimes at an infuriating distance apart and yet at others between each step of a single challenge, the missions are linear constructs of light Platform tasks, ..."
"The day of chocolates hearts and red roses is on the horizon, and so Iceberg Interactive has launched a new promotion to help you celebrate. Following the particularly generous January sale, gamers can now save 20% on all purchases at Iceberg Interactive’s online store until Valentine’s Day."
"Iceberg Interactive and Noviy Disk have today announced that the PC conversion of From Software’s Action game Ninja Blade has gone gold, and is currently being shipped to the distributor. With the release of Ninja Blade coming up, Iceberg Interactive has also revealed the official pack shot for the PC release."
"Videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive has announces a January sale all of it’s own. The Iceberg Interactive online store has temporarily lowered the prices of all products, including the pre-orders of Ninja Blade and Still Life 2."
"The 28th of December hails the fourth instalment of Electronic Theatre’s special The Twelve Games of Christmas series; every day for the twelve days of Christmas Electronic Theatre will be running through the best releases of each month of 2009. We’re here to remind you of the games you should be looking out for in the 2010 January sales so that you can find the gems that you’ve missed. Today, being the fourth day of Christmas, is the turn of April 2009."
"The year is 2018 and Tokyo is under attack - manipulative worm-like creatures have appeared and begun to infect and indoctrinate the cities inhabitants. Enter Ken Ogawa, as part of an elite ninja squad Ken will need to fight through armies of enslaved worm carriers, destroy monstrous beasts and overcome his darkest fears in a bid to stop the spread of the infection before it is too late."
"Ninja Blade does not, in fact, represent the sum of the many years of experience developing the critically acclaimed Tenchu franchise. Closer to God of War in its’ gameplay agenda, Ninja Blade is a collection of Devil May Cry influenced combat, Quick-Time Entry (QTE) sequences and on-rails shooting. The very opening sequence sets the scene for an adrenaline pumping adventure as, while plummeting to earth, the player is tasked with taking out foes via a QTE sequence over a beautifully neon nig..."
All Age Gaming's Phong Nguyen brings us the fifth edition of All Age Gaming's "The Week That Was”. This week saw more PS3 slim rumours, dominant Wii sales and information on the 360’s NXE update. Let’s get stuck into it.
"The latest Game Informer review scores are as follows:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 8/ SO 9
Bionic Commando 6.25/ SO 5
UFC 2009 Undisputed 8 / 8.25
Ninja Blade 7.5 / 8.25
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel 7.75 / 7
inFAMOUS (Game of the Month) 9 / SO 8.5
Punch-Out!! 9 / SO 8.25
Boom Blox Bash Party 8.75 / SO 8.75
Excitebots: Trick Racing 8.5 / SO 8.25
Broken Sword (Wii) 7
Klonoa 7
DemiGod 8 / SO 8
Patapon 2 7 / SO 8.25
Knights in the Nightmare 7 / SO 6"
Although Ninja Blade is a few months from release here in Australia, AAG managed to score a copy and do a review. Is it a worthy exclusive for the Xbox 360?
"PC
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, DCS: Black Shark, Elven Legacy, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The Godfather 2
PS2
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
PS3
Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The Godfather 2
Xbox 360
Hannah Montana: The Movie, Ninja Blade, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The Godfather 2
Wii
Hannah Montana: The Movie, Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity
DS
Nintendo DSi (Black), N..."
"The demo of Xbox 360 exclusive action game Ninja Blade is set to go live next week. Blend Games was given the opportunity to preview the demo early and find out whether it's worth the hype. The demo was a short, thrilling ride but it's not clear if there will be enough in the full game to keep gamers' interest for several hours."
Electronic Theatre hosts the Ninja Blade UK Box Art released by Microsoft today. Ninja Blade is expected to launch in Europe (and the US) in Q1 2009.
"You can check out the fact sheet and screenshots. And just so you know, the screenshots for this game are amazing, as always. If you ignore the slimy looking lighting system that most Xbox 360 games are covered with, the model and texture work are simply superb in Ninja Blade."
The demo of Ninja Blade is hitting XBLM on December 29 in Japan. No news on whether the demo will hit anywhere else.
After a full month, January 29th, the full game will be releasing in Japan, while no words other then TBA on other regions.
Considering it's from the same people involved with Tenchu 4, we can probably assume this game will be very good.
"GEM Impact, Inc., the Tokyo-based studio headed by Metal Gear Solid series composer Norihiko Hibino announced today the release dates for the upcoming Ninja Blade Original Soundtrack and the Beanstalk single, which acts as the Ninja Blades main theme performed by Japanese vocalist Yuki Koyanagi..."
"The game looks decent enough in its current state, but clearly lacks polish. Due for release in the first quarter of 2009, theres time to improve the aesthetic quality, but Electronic Theatre doubts any major overhauls in gameplay will be evident..."
CESA has released a first list of games [PDF] that will be shown at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show that will be held from October 9, 2008 to October 12, 2008. As per tradition, this is only the first of multiple lists that will be released by the organization for the games that will appear at TGS 2008. A full list of the notable games can be seen in the quote and at the source.
There will be 462 titles at the show, broken up thusly:
Wii - 27 titles
PS3 - 12 titles
Xbox360 - 14 titles
D...
Microsoft has recently announced Ninja Blade, one of the Xbox 360's newest games in development.
In the game, you'll be facing all different kinds of beasts and demons in Tokyo, as well as laying your eyes on "real-world locations", such as Shinjuku Station.
Check out the Japanese teaser trailer:
Ninja Blade is being developed by From Software and will be released sometime in 2009. You can check out the official website here.
![Box shot of Ninja Blade [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvQWN0aW9uL0FkdmVudHVyZQ==/ninja_blade_frontcover_small_X7oPpLv5kscoZbc.jpg)