Xbox Developer Direct 2025: Ninja Gaiden 4 Announced, Doom: The Dark Ages Gets Release Date and More
Microsoft held its Xbox Developer Direct 2025 showcase on Friday, sharing details about its upcoming first-party games and bringing some new announcements.
Bethesda's first-person shooter Doom: The Dark Ages finally received a release date, and so did Compulsion Games' action-adventure title, South of Midnight.
Both games also showed off new gameplay footage and shared pre-order details across supported platforms. Developer Sandfall Interactive also revealed the release date for their upcoming turn-based RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Finally, at the Developer Direct showcase, Team Ninja and Platinum Games announced it was working on the next Ninja Gaiden title, set to release in Fall 2025 across Xbox, PC and PS5.
Ninja Gaiden 4 will be the first mainline entry in the beloved series in over a decade, after Ninja Gaiden 3 was released in 2012.