Sega Reveals August 2025 Launch For Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Coming To Xbox/PlayStation/Switch/PC

For the past year, Sega has continued to vocalize its new effort to revisit its massive library currently dormant in its vault. At the time, the ‘New Energy’ initiative confirmed IPs like Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, and Streets of Rage to be some of the featured projects for this new ambition. There has been other listings that also surfaced like Kid Chameleon & Altered Beast as well since then.

Part of this effort, Sega of America & Europe CEO Shuji Utsumi has disclosed that a major focus for Sega in this initiative is to regain its alternative reputation that the firm established when releasing the Dreamcast more than two decades ago. And, this also includes the chances of any more mini consoles being washed from materializing, Utsumi being vocal on the matter last year.

At the PlayStation State of Play, Sega announced Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is set to release this August for all major platforms. You can watch the announcement trailer in the video below:

“This title is definitely inspired by The Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi III, which originally released on the Sega Genesis, and pays homage to the franchise in all sorts of ways. You have the special powers, moves – even some of the enemies, stages and bosses capture the essence of past Shinobi games. The Bamboo Forest stage, for example, returns in this title, so players familiar with Shinobiwill surely feel the nostalgia,” creative director Ben Fiquet explains. 

“Sega of Japan chief producer Toru Ohara adds: “Shinobi was first released more than 30 years ago. To many players, the title Shinobi may feel nostalgic, but we believe there are also many players who have never heard of it before. We really hope that fans of both the original series as well as newer players will give the new Shinobi a try and become fans of our modern approach to the series.”

Do you plan to get Shinobi: Art of Vengeance this summer?

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ships for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Source: PlayStation Blog