By rss@youtube.com (gill9775) Ayane,Hayate and Hayabusa team up! My original pt F has minor glitches ^_^ Author: gill9775 Keywords: Team Hustle part Ayane Hayate Hayabusa fight Dead or Alive Ninja Itagaki Sega The Ties That Bind Street fighter online offline gameplay storyline music amv DOA Added: February 4, 2009

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

By rss@youtube.com (WeskerSurvivor83) Click "Watch in High Quality" for better visual/audio. Another AMV, this time for Tecmo and Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden 2 for Xbox 360. I felt compelled to make it as an homage to the great Itagaki, the sadistic but brilliant genius behind some of Tecmo's finest works including Ninja Gaiden an...

 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 ...

 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 ...

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 ...

 NC So no word on what exactly Itagaki's making, but rest assured, he's doing it in good company. The staff of his new team, which is apparently big enough to have a game of American football with, includes key members of the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden ...

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.

 UK Ever since his highly publicised exit from Tecmo, Itagaki has kept an uncharacteristically low profile. However, in an recent interview with 1UP the Dead or Alive creator says that he is set to make his awaited return with a new development studio ...

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 Australia - Brian Ashcraft In Japan, the Xbox platform has traditionally been the one of choice for many otaku. As Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki pointed out, nobody in Japan buys an Xbox on accident. Not that she needs to earn any more geek cred, but last month she ...

 NY In Japan, the Xbox platform has traditionally been the one of choice for many otaku. As Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki pointed out, nobody in Japan buys an Xbox on accident. Not that she needs to earn any more geek cred, but last month she ...

A young Itagaki talks about the PS2 debut of the Dead or Alive franchise: Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore. www.gametrailers.com

 NY Yasuda was the center of the Itagaki vs. Tecmo legal suit. Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki sued for unpaid DoA 4 wages. These were "special incentive" wages that Itagaki claimed were agreed to by the former Tecmo president and the board of ...

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...

 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 ...

 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. ...

 CA - Itagaki Takes On Tecmo: Already a controversial figure in part for his vocal criticisms of other developers' work, Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator ...

 NY - Dec 2, 2008 filed a lawsuit against his former employer back in June, alleging that Tecmo refused to pay him a bonus he was owed upon completion of Dead or Alive 4. ...

 Germany - Dec 2, 2008 Dieser soll Itagaki und seinem Team Bonuszahlungen schuldig geblieben sein, die nach der Fertigstellung von Dead or Alive 4 fällig geworden wäre. ...

I guess this is how Tecmo hopes to revitalize their development after the departure of Tomonobu Itagaki. I prefered old style Tecmo anyhow. Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden were very good but pushed them away from the mainstream megahits. ...

By Jeff Baker Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki has confirmed that a fifth edition of the fighting game is i… Killzone 2 Beta Coming In 2008. There was a hope among PS3 owners of a Killzone 2 beta this year, but Sony has said that this prob… ...

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.

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...

By supadupagama Today Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden developer Tecmo rejected Square Enix’s “friendly” buyout offer that was a result of Tecmo’s recent troubled history; the Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki leaving and starting a lawsuit against ...

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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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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By Mabie A. The developer, responsible for bringing us solid hits like Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, has been in quite some trouble for a while now, having Tomonobu Itagaki filing a lawsuit against them, and with employees resigning and grumbling ...

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By Andy Chalk Tecmo has announced the resignation of president Yoshimi Yasuda, which would hardly be worth commenting on if it weren't for the many questions surrounding his role in the company's troubles with Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki ...

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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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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]

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...

By Michael McWhertor It feels like it's been days since we were treated to a new Dead or Alive babe immortalized in polyvinyl chloride. The long, cruel drought is over, thank Lord Itagaki, as Max Factory has released the fourth repaint of its extremely popular (I suppose) Kasumi figure, this time to commemorat...

Team Ninja's chief ninja and Dead or Alive mastermind Tomonobu Itagaki is one competitive dude. He says that the projects he's currently working aren't just good, but good. So much so that they'll destroy the hopes and dreams of other developers. Itagaki explains: