Ninja Gaiden 3 is an action-adventure video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo Koei. It is the sequel to Ninja Gaiden II and was released worldwide for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 in March 2012. An updated version titled Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge was released later that year, originally published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game is the first in the modern series to be directed by someone other than Tomonobu Itagaki, the former franchise director. In his place is Yosuke Hayashi, the director of the Sigma ports.