Microsoft announced at a press conference in Tokyo yesterday that Ninja Gaiden 2 would be an Xbox 360 exclusive. The news will likely come as something of a disappointment for PS3 owners, who had a taste of the series with Ninja Gaiden Sigma - a high-res, spruced up version of the Xbox’s 2005 Ninja Gaiden Black - released earlier this year.

Rated ‘M’ for - “My dear lord that’s a lot of blood”

We were huge fans of the punishing Xbox original here at Thunderbolt - take a look at our review, which awarded the game an elusive 10 out of 10.

Microsoft also took the opportunity to announce that Lost Oddysey will be released in Japan on December 6th, and that Beautiful Katamari is down for an October release.

Katamari’s King of all Cosmos. Great tights.