Ninja Gaiden 4's incredibly deep and intense combat has left me stunned

It’s been a long old wait for a new, mainline Ninja Gaiden game, but the pain will soon end. Ninja Gaiden 4 brings the action game series kicking (hacking) and screaming (slashing) into the 2020s with extra mechanics and a new protagonist alongside Ryu. But the biggest twist is that Team Ninja is enlisting the help of Platinum Games to create this new entry. Curious to know more about what the two iconic studios have cooked up, I was treated to a hands-off demo of Ninja Gaiden 4 at Gamescom. Plus, I got to speak to Team Ninja's Masakazu Hirayama and Platinum Games' Yuji Nakao to hear about what it’s been like working together.