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Team Ninja Cancels Two Games, But Not Ninja Gaiden 3
Team Ninja boss Yousuke Hayashi recently revealed that the studio behind the Ninja Gaiden series has canceled two projects. Thankfully, work is continuing on Ninja Gaiden 3...and he even divulges a few hints about the title.
In an interview with Famitsu, Hayashi vaguely alludes to the direction Team Ninja is taking with the latest entry in the franchise (announced this year at the Tokyo Game Show). Still, the hints are tantalizing. "We're developing it with the idea of restarting at the beginning, saying 'We'd like to make the action game that's most interesting for the current era," Hayashi says. "It's going to be a game that's not bound by the past more than necessary. Of course, we will be valuing the past, but in a good meaning we'd like to make it into a game that's not tied down by the past."
Apart from Ninja Gaiden, Hayashi revealed that two games the studio was working on have been canceled. These titles were Dead or Alive: Code Cronus and one simply called Project Progressive. Both of those projects were announced prior to the departure of former studio head Tomonbo Itagaki.
(Source: Andriasang)
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