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Video: DEAD OR ALIVE 4 Trailer HD (DivX)Original at YouTube
• Sun, Feb 1
By rss@youtube.com (Ozai01) I love this Trailer :D so i decided to share it with you all ;) Feel free to watch in HD if you want^^! (1280x720p DivX) DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN DOA NEITHER THE TRAILER!!!!! Author: Ozai01 Keywords: Dead or Alive Trailer Tecmo Team Ninja HD DivX Added: February 1, 2009
Video: Dead Space - Dev Diary 3 - Audio
Original at Crunchyroll
• Sun, Nov 16
Dead or Alive 4. AKA: DOA 4 Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) is a fighting game developed by Team Ninja for the Xbox... Rating: 4.6 / 5. Recent Comments. Be the first to comment on this video! Write something... you have characters left ...
Video: Dead or Alive 4: Tina Taunt win xDOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Oct 4
• 2 related articles
By rss@youtube.com (themscloud) I was playing with Tina, and well, actually i was trying to win by a time out xD Author: themscloud Keywords: Tina Armstrong Taunt KO K.O. Knockout DOA4 Dead or Alive Tecmo Team Ninja Master Ari Added: October 4, 2008
Video: Team Ninja has 3 new games!Original at YouTube
• Fri, Sep 5
By rss@youtube.com (NickCutter2) It seems they work just as hard without Itagaki. They are making three new games. All will appeal to audiences worldwide. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=229647 Author: NickCutter2 Keywords: Tecmo Team Ninja TGS 08 Gaiden Black Sigma 360 Added: September 5, 2008
Video: Dead or Alive 4 OST - I Feel For You, Tina's ThemeOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, May 11
By rss@youtube.com (Pappioll) Tina's Theme, I Feel For You from Dead or Alive 4. © Tecmo,LTD. Team Ninja 2005 Author: Pappioll Keywords: Dead or Alive OST Tina Feel For You Theme Added: May 11, 2008
Video: Dead or Alive 4 OST - Turn on The Lights, Hitomi's ThemeOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, May 11
By rss@youtube.com (Pappioll) Hitomi's Theme, Turn on The Lights from Dead or Alive 4. © Tecmo,LTD. Team Ninja 2005 Author: Pappioll Keywords: Dead or Alive OST Hitomi Turn on The Lights Theme Added: May 11, 2008
Ex-Team Ninja staff form Tokyo Vikings
Original at Develop
• Thu, May 28
UK Itagaki, who previously headed up Tecmo subsidiary Team Ninja, was involved in the development of a number of popular fighting titles such as Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. Last year Itagaki parted ways with employer Tecmo under a lawsuit-shaped cloud ...
Itagaki working on a new Xbox 360 exclusive
Original at Neowin
• Wed, May 27
Netherlands Flash forward almost a year and news breaks of a new studio headed by the former Team Ninja boss, along with ex producers and directors of the Tecmo team who are all credited with working on the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive games (around 44 ...
Ninja-Gaiden-Häuptling macht Xbox360-Spiel
Original at Gameswelt
• Wed, May 27
Was macht eigentlich Tomonobu Itagaki, der Vater der Ninja Gaiden- und Dead or Alive-Serie? Mittlerweile ein Xbox-360-Spiel, wie heute in einem Interview bei 1Up zu lesen ist. Nachdem er letztes Jahr seinen hübsch gepolsterten Chefsessel bei Team Ninja ...
Tomonobu Itagaki returns with new team, new game, same badass attitude
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, May 27
By David Hinkle The new company is tentatively called "Tokyo Vikings" (how ... appropriate) and is largely comprised of ex-Team Ninja staff, including a majority of the folks who worked on Ninja Gaiden 2. Surprisingly, his new team even managed to snag some key character designers from Virtua Fighter 5.
El Team Ninja apunta hacia una nueva IP
Original at HardGame.net
• Wed, Mar 25
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 es "el Ninja Gaiden definitivo" en cuanto a ... 3D Juegos Dos nuevos personajes acompañarán a Ryu en Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 MeriStation Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 tendrá juego cooperativo y dos personajes más Unrated Games
Team Ninja's new lead wants to explore new IPs
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, Mar 25
By Xav de Matos Hayashi realizes Team Ninja is "most well-known" for the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive franchises and knows fans have certain "expectations" but the team would like to move onto new properties. The new Team Ninja lead says it's one of Team Ninja's "goals and missions" in a post-Itagaki re...
Team Ninja Working on Original Property
Original at G4 TV
• Tue, Mar 24
Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi revealed that the company is working on new intellectual property, as well as "multiple" other projects. "As Team Ninja, we're most well-known for the Ninja Gaiden series and the Dead or Alive series. I think to our fans, ...
GDC: Team Ninja's Hayashi Teases New IP, Talks Studio's Tough Road ...
Original at Gamasutra
• Mon, Mar 23
CA As Team Ninja, we're most well-known for the Ninja Gaiden series and the Dead or Alive series. I think to our fans, and our userbase, we know that they have expectations for us. But, yes, at the same time, we would like to experiment, explore with ... Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 confirmed for PS3 PALGN
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up - First Impressions
Original at Nintendo Life
• Fri, Mar 20
UK an industry veteran responsible for the excellent Silpheed and Lunar on the Mega-CD, as well as Grandia on the Saturn/Playstation) is also utilizing some of the designers of Super Smash Bros Brawl and Team Ninja (see Ninja Gaiden/Dead or Alive). ...
Ninja Gaiden Sigma II Coming to PS3 (PS3)
Original at ps3.gamespy.com
• Tue, Mar 17
CA Dubbed Ninja Gaiden Sigma II, the game is being developed by the publisher's internal Team Ninja division, sans the talents of one Tomonobu Itagaki. Sigma II will allow players to play as Ryu Hayabusa along with the voluptuous star of the Dead or Alive ...
'Ninja Gaiden II' (X360) Mission Mode DLC Deal of the Week
Original at WorthPlaying.com
• Mon, Mar 2
CA Ninja Gaiden 2 features a new and improved game engine, developed from the ground up, exclusively for Microsoft and Xbox 360 by Team Ninja and legendary game developer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of the famed Dead or Alive” franchise. ...
Ubisoft Is Preparing to Unleash the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Original at Softpedia
• Tue, Jan 27
The development team for the game is made up of some of the people who worked for Team Ninja, and which can list Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden as former releases, and veterans from Game Art, a studio counted amongst the creators of Super Smash Bros. ...
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 Video Review
Original at GameSpot
• Sun, Jan 18
Team Ninja brings more bounce to the ounce in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2! Player 9 is required to watch this video. Watch this video in HD 540p You're www.gamespot.com
Alert! Great New Wii Games For 2009! Part #2
Original at blognintendo (WordPress)
• Mon, Jan 5
By Nitrokart This unnamed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game (nicknamed “TMNT” by Nintendo Power) is being developed by the people who helped make Super Smash Bros. Brawl a smash (pun intended) and other members from Team Ninja (the team behind the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series.) There’s a huge f...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fighting Game for Wii in Development
Original at 1UP.com
• Thu, Dec 11
Brawl, while others come from Team Ninja of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive acclaim. That instantly gives it a chance at being better than some of the ... Wii TMNT Fighter Announced, Smash Designers Involved Game Informer Smash Bros/Team Ninja devs working on Turtles beat ‘em up RewiredMind.co...
Team Ninja Leads Say Breaking Up Isn't That Hard To DoOriginal at GayGamer.net
• Tue, Nov 4
By Game-Boy It's no secret that Team Ninja hasn't really had a great year in the press. The makers of the boobtastic Dead or Alive series and brutally unforgiving Ninja Gaiden games has seen a string of missteps and blunders that's more akin to a Mariah Carry Glitter-inspired psychological breakdown...
'New' Team Ninja could develop for Wii
Original at Joystiq
• Mon, Nov 3
By Randy Nelson Gamasutra has a post-TGS interview with Tecmo's now Itagaki-less Team Ninja, in which the reign-holder of such franchises as Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive pretty much shrugs off any remaining traces of platform-exclusivity. In fact, it may even develop for Wii.
TGS 08: Can Tecmo Make a Comeback?
Original at 1up.com
• Thu, Oct 9
By James Mielke It's no secret that Tecmo has had it hard of late, with former Team Ninja leader Tomonobu Itagaki having flown the coop, simultaneously launching legal salvos at the already beleaguered company, which played no small part in ex-Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda's departure for "persona...
One down: Tecmo overtime lawsuit settled
Original at Joystiq
• Fri, Sep 5
By Ludwig Kietzmann You'll be pleased to note that Tecmo has reached a settlement with Hiroaki Ozawa and Tatsuki Tsunoda of Team Ninja, who recently filed a lawsuit against the Dead or Alive publisher in response to an alleged overtime pay dispute. ...
Team Ninja has three new games for TGS
Original at Eurogamer
• Thu, Sep 4
UK - Sep 4, 2008 This may also mark the end of a traditionally Xbox-based development focus; following-on from Ninja Gaiden: Sigma on PS3 and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword on ... Team Ninja to show three new action games at TGS Videogamer.com all 4 news articles
Team Ninja has three new games for TGS
Original at Eurogamer
• Thu, Sep 4
UK - Sep 4, 2008 This may also mark the end of a traditionally Xbox-based development focus; following-on from Ninja Gaiden: Sigma on PS3 and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword on ... Team Ninja to show three new action games at TGS Videogamer.com all 4 news articles
Tecmo rejects Square Enix takeover
Original at MCV
• Thu, Sep 4
UK - Square Enix announced its intention to acquire the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden developer on August 29th, though it added at the time that it was not a ... Team Ninja has three new games for TGS Eurogamer all 3 news articles
Team Ninja to reveal three new titles at TGS
Original at Lidless Dot Net
• Wed, Sep 3
• 1 related articles
By OXfire As some of you may know, Team Ninja has only ever worked on two franchises: Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. Both of which had huge contributions from Itagaki. Will the three new games take from these franchises or will they be revealing ...
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Team Ninja to reveal three new titles at TGS
Original at Qj.net
• Wed, Sep 3
• 1 related articles
By Gino D. As some of you may know, Team Ninja has only ever worked on two franchises: Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. Both of which had huge contributions from Itagaki. Will the three new games take from these franchises or will they be revealing ...
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First 4 Figures Does Ryu Hayabusa Right
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Jul 25
By Mike Fahey First 4 Figures is thrilled to announce that they have been awarded a license from Microsoft and TECMO/Team Ninja to create high end 1/4 scale statues based on the characters from the Ninja Gaiden II video game exclusive to Xbox 360. The first statue release is the video game’s super Ninja w...
Tecmo's Team Ninja will grow on without Itagaki
Original at Neoseeker
• Mon, Jul 21
- Jul 21, 2008 Team Ninja producer and Ninja Gaiden series mastermind Tomonobu Itagaki quite visibly parted from his parent company Tecmo on very bad terms last month over ... Ninja Gaiden Devs Pursuing New Genre in 2009 Shacknews Ninja Gaiden Devs Look Towards New Genre Action Trip
Tecmo's Team Ninja will grow on without Itagaki
Original at Neoseeker
• Mon, Jul 21
- Jul 21, 2008 Team Ninja producer and Ninja Gaiden series mastermind Tomonobu Itagaki quite visibly parted from his parent company Tecmo on very bad terms last month over ... Ninja Gaiden Devs Pursuing New Genre in 2009 Shacknews Ninja Gaiden Devs Look Towards New Genre Action Trip
Ninja Gaiden II Q&A
Original at Gameplanet
• Mon, Jul 7
Ninja Gaiden II Q&A New Zealand - Jul 7, 2008 Through its immensely successful Dead or Alive series, and more recently with Ninja Gaiden, Team Ninja continually seeks to push the boundaries and is ...
Itagaki has left Tecmo pursuing $1.4 million in damages
Original at Geek.com
• Wed, Jun 4
• 1 related articles
By Matthew Share This With Ninja Gaiden 2 just days away from launch the head of Team Ninja at Tecmo, Tomonobu Itagaki, has announced he has resigned his position at the team and is suing parent company Tecmo. The translated letter Itagaki-san has released is re-printed here in full: I, Tomonobu Itag...
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Ninja Gaiden Creator Itagaki Quits Tecmo, Sues
Original at Wired
• Tue, Jun 3
By Chris Kohler On the eve of the release of Ninja Gaiden II comes an out-of-nowhere shocker: The game's creator, Tomonobu Itagaki, has said that he will quit Tecmo and sue the company's president. 1up.com reports that Itagaki sent a statement to Japanese... Itagaki Leaving Team Ninja [1up]
Ninja Gaiden 2
Original at 1up.com
• Mon, Apr 7
By Shawn Elliott Tomonobu Itagaki's an iconoclast in ink-black sunglasses. The long-haired Team Ninja leader looks and sometimes sounds like a Quentin Tarantino character. He's refreshingly frank and thinks out loud about rival games in genres he works with (see the Tekken series and Heavenly Sword). A...
Feature: Second Hand Smoke With Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Oct 2
By Michael McWhertor Ninja Gaiden for the DS is a welcome surprise, one that plays well and uses the stylus in a totally unique way. Western audiences will probably snap it up, but what about something that will dominate Japanese sales charts. I asked Itagaki if Team Ninja has any plans to make a ninja training app...
Gallery: Dead Or Alive Online Screens
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jul 3
By Michael McWhertor Yesterday's announcement of Dead Or Alive Online for the Chinese PC gaming set posed more questions than answers. Is it a fighting game? No, not really. Why isn't Team Ninja working on it? Dunno. Frankly, we're not even sure how the game is going to work when it's released in Asia next year. Toda...