Table of Contents Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Sniper Elite: Resistance Hello Kitty: Island Adventure It’s been a long month, but we’ve finally reached January’s end.
That marks the end of a slow start to the video game year ahead of the busiest February in recent memory. In just a few weeks, you’ll be able to play Civilization 7, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Rift of the Necrodancer, and more.
But before you get to all those, there are still a few neat January releases worth checking out. From the latest entry in the Sniper Elite series to a new Game Pass addition that’s getting buzz, this is what I’ll personally be dipping into this weekend.
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Ninja Gaiden 2 Black — Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games Last week, Xbox gave us our first big surprise of 2025 — and it was a good one.Ninja Gaiden 2 Black revives a 2008 Xbox classic by giving it an Unreal Engine facelift.
It’s a bit of an appetizer forNinja Gaiden 4, which is set to release later this year, so that’s as good an excuse as any to revisit a truly unique action game from a different era.