Ninja Gaiden II is the sequel to Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox 360, released on June 3, 2008 in North America and June 6, 2008 in Europe. It is developed by Team Ninja and published by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360. This is the first time Team Ninja developed game and did not have it published by Tecmo. The game will not be released in Germany, due to lack of a USK rating, and is a Mature rated title under the ESRB.