Tomonobu Itagaki’s departure from Team Ninja and Tecmo got its fair share of headlines a few weeks back, and as of this morning, it looks like he won’t be the only one leaving the company soon.
According to a news article on 1UP.com yesterday, as many as three dozen Team Ninja employees are headed out the [...]

After a successful resurrection of the Ninja Gaiden series on the Xbox (which then led to multiple revisions), Tomonobu Itagaki brings the series full force onto the next generation hardware. While not revolutionary or a massive leap forward, Gaiden II is gooey, bloody fun when it’s not annihilating the player.

After mentioning last month that Ninja Gaiden II could be his last entry in the series, today news came along via 1UP.com that confirmed it as director Tomonobu Itagaki will leave his post at Team Ninja on July 1. Furthermore, he is also suing Tecmo and company president Yoshimi Yasuda for unpaid completion bonuses and [...]

After a couple of remakes and a psuedo-sequel on the Nintendo DS, Ryu Hayabusa is finally ready to make his return as Microsoft and Team Ninja announced today that Ninja Gaiden II has gone gold.
From the PR Release:
In “Ninja Gaiden II,” gamers must guide Ryu Hayabusa on a mission to avenge his clan and prevent [...]