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NINJA THEORY

Sega’s Shinobi certainly left a big impression on the coder known only as Jack.

It’s taken him five long years and a failed venture on Kickstarter, but his spiritual successor to Sega’s hit arcade game is now reaching the finish line and should be available to play on Steam right now. Here he tells us how Shadow Gangs came to be.

Five years is a long time! How come it’s taken that long?

I worked on it every day for five years in my spare time. I

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