Posted Sep 11, 2009 at 01:38PM by Karl B. Listed in: News Tags: Koei, Tecmo, iPhone, Sangokushi, Sigma
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TGS 2009 - Image 1 Just like almost every major Japanese game development and publishing company, Koei Tecmo has launched their own special Tokyo Game Show 09 website. Included in the site is a list of the games they will be showing off at the event. Hit the jump for the full list.


Thanks to Peter Bauer for the tip!

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Posted Jun 09, 2009 at 12:26AM by Glenn M. Listed in: News, Off Topic Tags: Koei, China, Tecmo
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Apu and hisbabies - Image 1The global population may be ballooning like mad, but Koei Tecmo seems to think that there aren't enough Dynasty Babies to form a strikeforce. If China has the One-Child policy to discourage procreation, Koei Tecmo does the exact opposite, providing monetary incentives for their employees to have more babies.

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Posted Sep 05, 2008 at 06:43PM by Mabie A. Listed in: News Tags: Tecmo, Team Ninja
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Team Ninja logo - Image 1A settlement's finally been reached between the disgruntled Team Ninja members and Tecmo. The lawsuit filed last July was on the issue of unpaid overtime work under flexible working hours. Details after the jump.

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Posted Sep 04, 2008 at 06:14PM by Mabie A. Listed in: News Tags: Koei, Square Enix, Tecmo
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Square Enix - Image 1That was a quick resolution. Unlike other acquisition stories that we know of, Tecmo and Square Enix have already settled the score. Unfortunately for Squeenix, Tecmo hearts Koei more, and so takes the gentlemanly way out.

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Posted Aug 28, 2008 at 06:56PM by Mabie A. Listed in: News Tags: Japan, Square Enix, Electronic Arts, Tecmo, Tomonobu Itagaki
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Tecmo - Image 1Tecmo's unquestionably in a bubbling tub of hot water the past couple of months, but could their luck be changing? Square Enix has revealed earlier that they have a proposal for a friendly takeover on the beleaguered developer.

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Posted Aug 21, 2008 at 08:29AM by Gino D. Listed in: News Tags: Tecmo, Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki
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Tecmo logo - Image 1Following numerous trials and tribulations (probably because of a certain rock star developer we might all know - cough*Itagaki*cough), Yoshimi Yasuda has now resigned from Tecmo. Details of his resignation weren't revealed, but the only thing we could get is that he's bidding farewell to the company for "personal reasons".

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Posted Jun 18, 2008 at 09:02AM by Isaac C. Listed in: News Tags: Famitsu, Tecmo, Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki
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Tecmo moves to shut Tomonobu Itagaki up - Image 1Tomonobu Itagaki has been causing quite a stir when he announced that he will leave Tecmo. In an effort to minimize the damage he can cause, Tecmo issued a gagging order on him. It's how you tell someone to shut up in legalese. Details in the full article.

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Posted Jun 17, 2008 at 05:51PM by Glen D. Listed in: News Tags: Microsoft, Japan, Tecmo, Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki
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hammer and gavel - Image 1Following the release of Ninja Gaiden 2 for the Microsoft Xbox 360, things have gone way South for the people over at Tecmo. As if the departure of iconic game maker Tomonobu Itagaki and some key Team Ninja members wasn't enough, a big lawsuit has been filed against the company for alleged violations of the labor laws in Japan. More details after the jump.

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Posted Jun 04, 2008 at 03:11AM by Karl B. Listed in: News Tags: Tecmo, Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki
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Tecmo - Image 1 Tecmo has fired off a response to Tomonobu Itagaki's statement yesterday in which the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive creator announced his departure from the company. In the statement, Itagaki also accused Tecmo of not paying him a pre-agreed bonus for Dead or Alive 4 as well as causing him "significant emotional distress". Tecmo's response at the full article.

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Posted Jun 03, 2008 at 01:49AM by Charles D. Listed in: News Tags: Tecmo, Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki
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Tomonobu Itagaki, head of Team Ninja video game development team - Image 1Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki made a startling public announcement the night before the release of Ninja Gaiden 2. A statement forwarded by his aide Andrew Szymanski mentioned that Itagaki has official broken off from Team Ninja and will file a complaint against Tecmo Co., Ltd. Find out more about this in our full article after the jump.

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