Koei’s merger with Tecmo is now official and will begin taking place next April, according to a report on Reuters. The merger will be a stock deal that is said to be worth 20 billion yen ($207 million).
Each Tecmo share will be exchanged for 0.9 shares in the holding company, while one share in the [...]

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 [...]

Square Enix announced this morning that they are strengthening their North American executive team with the additions of Ron Scott and David Hoffman. Scott has been named senior vice president of sales and marketing, while Hoffman was named director of business development.
“I have great confidence in both Ron and David’s ability to propel Square Enix [...]

Square-Enix has revealed its intentions to acquire Tecmo and will outline their plans for a takeover later today in Japan, according to a new report this evening by Kotaku.
If successful, Square-Enix would gain a number of Tecmo’s key franchises like Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, as well as the upcoming new Tecmo Bowl series. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]