Tecmo loses its head

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well its offical, Itagaki is finally threatening to burn down yasuda's house

Dead or Alive 5 should come out for the PS3

All of his interviews of him are unbearable to think that a man could be so full of himself is baffling. The Japanese are known to be humble but Itagaki tries so hard to be like an American rockstar and his perception of them is that they only think of themselves. And really what does he do he didnt come up with the idea for RYU the original wasn't his idea for the nes and tenchu did the 3D ninja game first and he obviously didn't invent the idea of a 3D fighter with unrealistic women all he came up with is DOA Extreme and honestly who the F*#& cares

i will lose my head if ninja guiden 2 isnt on ps3 in a few months

i think they tuke a bit to much alcohol and drugs this time =I

"personal reasons"... the new way of falling for grace (back then it was the way of the samurai), thus he saves face. NOT!

Maybe they could remake some of the older games for ds to prolong the possible suicide. Or, make a DOA for ds and psp with wi-fi.

Itagaki is an ass! He is an arrogant bastard that takes all the credit for everything. When the 2nd in command made Sigma for PS3 he denounced it, because it wasn't made by him (although sigma was incredible!!) The guy is an arrogant prick and its only good for Tecmo that he is gone, and the Team Ninja team can start fresh! Now without ITagaki they can make games for the PS3, as that guy was clearly being paid buy micor$haft!

Tecmo is really in a bad situation here. Once the dust is settled, they might no longer even be a big player. Another classic japanese dev gone...tragic really.

ooh, suicide

when will this end!!!!

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The game went from PS3 exclusive to the 360 in the latest edition and sucked at the same time = Developers losing thier heads.

I just can't get over how hilarious the title is, ROFL!

"Personal Reasons" liiike the fact that you're being sued by your top developer because you were a jerk to him? My guess is that its classic Japanese attempt to save face and he was asked to resign because of the situation.

""personal reasons."" ... sure.

Well someone had better snatch him up quick.

I'm still not sure why Microsoft hasn't offered Itagaki a job heading up Microsoft Game Studios in Japan.........

Was Ninja Gaiden 2 the last game from this once great company? Only time will tell, but Tecmo's future isn't looking too promising :|

Itagaki put tecmo back on the map with "dead or alive". that name title says it all. alive with Itagaki, now they are dead without him. lol I dont think a next gen monster rancher game would even things out.

NG2 wasn't exactly a quantum leap forward for the series, so I gotta wonder if Itagaki-san spends more time pruning that exquisite mullet of his over actually trying to raise his own bar in making games. I'd like to see him land with Microsoft and start a fresh IP, not a regurgitated one with strikingly similar plot lines and gameplay each time (insert jiggly girl part comment here)

they should stop making ninja gaiden games because the 2nd was terrible IMO

damn they're falling apart

Tecmo keeps shooting them self in the foot.

Here is hoping with the cause of the problem leaving the company, Itagaki comes back to Tecmo, and Team Ninja. I would hate to see a DOA or Ninja Gaiden game made by anyone else.

Im not a fan of DOA anyway, i like Soulcaliber 4 better.

I wonder how big his golden parachute is for stepping down? I can hear that song lyric in my head "Go on, take the money & run" for this article.

I'm a big DOA fan and I quite like Ninja Gaiden, so for me there are 2 possible scenarios: 1)- Team Ninja are fine without Itagaki, and Itagaki makes a new team which are also damn good at whatever he does next. 2) Team Ninja suck without Itagaki, he sucks without them. Come on, number one!

Wow,tecmo pwned itself...:/ that's sad. Anywayz,I love the title -.- "tecmo loses its head",comeon,rofl.

Tecmo sucks. There is nothing more despicable than them having employees work extra hours or offering them bonsues and then not paying out. Don't make promises you can't keep you money grubbing whores!

"Yeah, the head and main designer have quit, but don't worry. We still are producing wanna-be sequels to your franchise favorites regardless of losing all our talent" - Tecmo Representative.

i have to agree with blancobo but also with Zoomer30 they do work some outrageous hours

Tecmo shares slid more than 10 percent overnight on the news of Itagaki's departure, despite reassurances from the publisher that new installments of the developer's signature series--Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive--were already underway. Thats just like trying to comfort MGS fans if they discovered Hideo had quit,not going to work

Maybe Tecmo will reveal them at TGS 08.

His personal reasons are simple... he does not want shares to continue dropping any more. He has to cash in and his departure will allow him to save his interests in TECMO. This is OFF COURSE A conspiracy theory... just joking... but it is simply too bizarre that he would step down at such critical time... law suits and all.

His personal reasons are simple... he does not want shares to continue dropping any more. He has to cash in and his departure will allow him to save his interests in TECMO. This is OFF COURSE A conspiracy theory... just joking... but it is simply too bizarre that he would step down at such critical time... law suits and all.

Those Japanese companies play hardball: 20 hour work days, your lucky to get 5 mins a day to eat, its not wonder people are quitting.

They just digging themselves a grave aren't they? I'm all for Itagaki, anybody?

more bad news for temco, hopefully it wont affect the quality of Ninja Gaiden

Tecmo needs to use their creative brains that I know they have and create something new and just as fun as the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series. Get it together developers.

I hope Tomonobu Itagaki gets the money he deserves and gets back into game making soon. I absolutely loved Ninja Gaiden II and was looking forward to him doing Dead Or Alive 5. That sucks though, if he doesn't go back to Tecmo we'll lose out on the Tecmo IP Itagaki was known for.

This problem may get so serious that the company may have to close down!!!

HAH. Developing titles with the same name but not the same creative mind is a gamble. Honestly, when's the last time you've played a game that was developed by a different person/team than the original and it was still on par?

woah! seems like quite the chaotic time in that company :|

so when is ninja gaiden 2 coming to the PS3?

all that can really be said here is: lulz, Tecmo.

This might be a good time for Itagaki-san to swoop in and take his rightful place as the head of Tecmo; a company that owes everything they are to him!

Yup. Bottom line: it's related. You guys need to take a line from Insomniac and treat your employees better. Itagaki leaves for the way he's treated. The president of Temco doesn't like the way that went down, even though he's partially responsible for not doing anything, so he leaves. No offense, but this is why Japanese gaming is in the crapper now. Developers are working too much, getting paid too little, and being treated like crap. Under those conditions you're less likely to innovate or even make a good product. I believe it's part of the reason the quality of Japanese games have gone down, and why they aren't evolving much.

This should be over with very soon