In an interview with Kikizo, the new boss of Team Ninja Tecmo Yosuke Hayashi confirmed that the series of Ninja Gaiden will have a third episode, contrary to stated long ago the former leader Tomonobu Itagaki, who asserted that the saga would end with Ninja Gaiden II . Hayashi also explained that Ninja Gaiden 3 will be developed for both console "then suppose meant Xbox 360 and PS3.

As stated by the leader of Team Ninja, players will find this new title "a worthy successor" of the series. We hope to learn as soon as possible, although an announcement at E3 is unlikely: perhaps we will begin to hear more concrete, starting from TGS, in September.