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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..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..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..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..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..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..Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft | 16 Comments »
Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki thinks Devil May Cry's shit. Well, not quite, but not far off. "I think Kamiya-san makes good games," he said in this OXM interview, speaking of ... Read more..Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox | 5 Comments »
Team Ninja Tomonobu Itagaki has said that Ninja Gaiden Sigma was "no good" when asked in an interview with CVG why he wouldn't sign copies of the game. "All you need ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Speaking to Kotaku at the Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco yesterday, Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki said that he doesn't plan on making any more Ninja Gaiden games after Ninja ... Read more..Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 7 Comments »
Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden II is to include a Ninja Cinema feature that will allow players to record and upload movies of their sword-based adventures to Xbox Live. "The Ninja Cinema ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki, Ninja Gaiden II isn't gratuitous at all, and is instead a retelling of medieval Japanese combat. Violence, he said, is about the relationship ... Read more..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..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..
