It’s been a big year for the resurgent Ninja Gaiden series. At the start of the year at the Xbox Developer Direct, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Ninja Gaiden 4 were both unexpectedly revealed, with 2 Black shadow dropping on the same day (read our review).
Over the summer, the excellent Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, a 2D retro revival of the franchise also launched which we loved in our review.
Now, with under a week to go until Ninja Gaiden 4 releases on Xbox Series X/S – including in to Game Pass Day One, PlayStation 5 and PC, Team Ninja and Xbox Game Studios have revealed the global release timings.
With the release launching the same time globally, it’ll be a lunchtime start if you’re in New Zealand, or just as you’re finishing work a day earlier on the West Coast of North America.
Global launch map
Ninja Gaiden 4 will release at the following times:
- North America West Coast PDT: Mon 20 October 5pm
- Mexico CST: Mon 20 October 6pm
- North America East Coast EDT: Mon 20 October 8pm
- Brazil Sao Paulo BRT: Mon 20 October 9pm
- UK BST: Tues 21 October 1am BST
- Central Europe: Tues 21 October 2am CEST
- Korea: Tues 21 October 9am KST
- Japan: Tues 21 October 9am JST
- Australia, Sydney: Tues 21 October 11am AEDT
- Auckland New Zealand: Tues 21 October 1pm NZDT
Recently at the Xbox Tokyo Game Show livestream, the developers shared more on the game’s difficulty design:
Ninja Gaiden 4 is shaping up to be a very polished action slasher adventure from the legendary Team Ninja. Gamer Social Club’s full review will be posted in the days ahead.
Are you looking forward to the newest Ninja Gaiden entry? Did you master the challenging originals? Let us know in the comments below and stick with GSC for our review next week.
