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Tecmo moves to shut Itagaki up

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Japan, Legalities | 4 Comments »

Famitsu's reported that Tecmo's issued a gagging order on estranged Team Ninja dev boss Tomonobu Itagaki. Apparently, the law now says: 1. He is not allowed to take confidential information outisde ... Read more..

Rumour: Dozens of staffers leaving Team Ninja

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Development, Japan, Rumour, Trade | 3 Comments »

According to this 1UP report, as many as three dozens workers are leaving Team Ninja in the wake of the sensational Tomonobu Itagaki exit, and all of them are to ... Read more..

Ninja Gaiden 2 demo now available in the US and Canada

Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »

According to the Major, the Ninja Gaiden 2 demo that released in the rest of the world this week is now available in North America. So hooray to that. Read more..

Ninja Gaiden 2 reviewed

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360, reviews | 31 Comments »

Ninja Gaiden 2 is one of the most frustrating games we've played in a long time. Not because we found it too difficult. We didn't. In fact, the frustration isn't borne ... Read more..

Tecmo stock crashes after Itagaki exit

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Japan, Trade | No Comments »

According to this Excite piece, translated by Kotaku, Tecmo's share price fell off a cliff yesterday after it was revealed that Tomonobu Itagaki was leaving the company over a pay ... Read more..

Tecmo responds to Itagaki’s “distortions” over unpaid bonuses

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Japan, Legalities, Trade | 2 Comments »

Update: The full release is, in Japanese, here. As translated by Kotaku: Our company getting sued by this employee is huge problem... the reasons for making this ... Read more..

Itagaki quits Team Ninja, sues Tecmo president for “unpaid completion bonuses”

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Development, Japan, Legalities, Microsoft | 18 Comments »

Update: Kotaku's got a statement out of Tecmo on this: "We’re aware of the statement sent out to the press by Itagaki but do not have anything more to add ... Read more..

Ninja Gaiden 2 is 15 hours long, says Itagaki

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »

Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki has told Kikizo that almost-released action slasher Ninja Gaiden 2 contains roughly 15 hours of play time. "But I think that we've got enough in there ... Read more..

Microsoft US claims Ninja Gaiden II review code wasn’t final

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, Journalism, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »

Gamespot's posted an email it's received from Microsoft US explaining to the outlet that the Ninja Gaiden II build sent out for review wasn't final code. Gamespot has decided to hold ... Read more..

New Ninja Gaiden II video unearthed

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »

After the link. The quality's sketchy, but you can see what's going on. And what's going on is very fast action with very big weapons. June 6 release for 360. Read more..

GDC: Itagaki thinks Molyneux is “well-rounded”

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 3 Comments »

Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki, gaming's answer to Bono, was his normal, effusive self after yesterday's Ninja Gaiden II presentation, saying, in a nutshell, that GDC wasn't his bag at all ... Read more..

Black, Ninja Gaiden and Pirates! make US Live

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »

Microsoft's confirmed that Black, Ninja Gaiden Black and Pirates! are going to be made available in the Xbox Originals section of America's Live Marketplace on February 11. This is very ... Read more..

Itagaki snipes VF5 and Tekken, bigs up Ninja Gaiden II

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Action, Fighter | No Comments »

Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki, famed as the pock-skinned driving force behind Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden, hasn't minced words regarding Sega's Virtua Fighter 5 and Namco's Tekken series in ... Read more..

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