Ninja Gaiden is back in a big way, with Ninja Gaiden 4 revealed as the mystery fourth game shown at Microsoft’s Xbox Developer Direct 2025. It's due out fall 2025 and is a day one Xbox Game Pass launch title.

It’s January, and that means Xbox held another one of its annual Developer Direct showcases to talk about some games coming to Xbox Series X/S and Windows. We knew a few games that would be featured,

The Xbox Developer_Direct 2025 livestream showcased five upcoming Game Pass games including Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and the just-announced Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Ninja Gaiden 4.

Beyond these four games, Microsoft has a busy year ahead of it: Avowed, Fable, and The Outer Worlds 2 are all slated for 2025, too, though they weren’t showcased during the Thursday Xbox Developer Direct. Here’s what was.

January might almost be over, but Microsoft still plans to make some noise to start 2025 with its Xbox Developer Direct. The show will focus on four games with one being a complete mystery. The Xbox Developer Direct will take place on Thursday and features extended gameplay footage and developer insights for Doom: The Dark Ages,

Xbox Developer Direct 2025 will share new details about four upcoming games at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 23.

Ninja Gaiden 4,' the long-awaited sequel in one of gaming’s most acclaimed 3D action franchises, is set to be released on Xbox in Fall 2025.