Master Ninja Tournament finals finalized

Tecmo and Xbox Live have announced the final details on the Master Ninja Tournament, the Xbox Live Ninja Gaiden championship. The finals of the tournament will be held on September 25 at the Microsoft booth at the Tokyo Game Show and will bring together the top two competitors from the three qualifying regions, North America, Europe, and Japan. In the tournament, finalists will be challenged to complete an all-new level masterminded exclusively by Gaiden developer Team Ninja. The finalist with the highest score at the end of a 10-minute time period will be christened "The One True Ninja" and be given the opportunity to meet Gaiden lead designer Tomonobu Itagaki. The winners of the first two preliminary North American Master Ninja Tournaments, Derek Kisman of Calgary, Alberta, and David Barlog of Demorest, Georgia, will represent North America. The two qualified by besting several others during two rounds of online Ninja Gaiden play. Tecmo and Microsoft will fly them to Japan for the event. For more information on the tournament, visit the official site.