Tecmo doesn’t want to be a part of Square apparently. The company rejected Square’s offer of $206 Million to merge, which probably wasn’t enough to cover the lawsuit of Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki (or maybe they just didn’t like Square, but the latter was funnier).
That leaves the door open for a Tecmo/Koei merger. While [...]

Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda has resigned from the company for what he claims are “personal reasons.” On Septemeber 1st, he’ll be replaced by chairman of the board Yahuharu Kakihara.
While likely personal reasons are involved, it’s hard to believe the recent problems with Ninja Gaiden developer Tomonobu Itagaki are not a significant part of the reasons [...]

The first lineup of discounted PlayStation 3 games in their HD-DVD style case (ha!) should be in stores as you read this. If not, then you should see a price drop to $30 on the regular editions until the HD-DVD (ha!) cases arrive. The full game roster is as follows:
Resistance: Fall of Man, Warhawk, Motorstorm, [...]

The dispute between Tecmo and Team Ninja continues to grow. After a dozen members left and sued, Tecmo has countered with a gag order on Tomonobu Itagaki forcing him to stay silent about his criticisms about the company, whether in print or online. He is also barred from accepting interviews, obstructing the companies business through [...]

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.

Stunning gamers in 2004, Tomonobu Itagaki’s take on Ninja Gaiden sold 1.5 million copies (in conjuction with the sales of Ninja Gaiden Black). That spurred a sequel, now exclusive to the Xbox 360. However, many will be disappointed to know this will be Itagaki’s final game in the series.
“Personally I think we were able to [...]