Konami doing new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games

Konami has signed a deal with 4Kids Entertainment and Mirage Licensing to get the worldwide rights to do games based on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series that's set to debut on Fox early next year.

"We're thrilled to partner with Konami to produce video games based on the all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series," said Gary Richardson, CEO of Mirage. "With Konami back as video game publisher and Playmates Toys continuing as master toy licensee, we're excited to be working with the team that helped Mirage create the original success of the franchise. We can't wait to see samples of the new Konami TMNT video game on the big screen at E3 in May of 2003."

Konami plans to release the first new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game during the 2003 holiday season. Konami produced the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games released in the late '80s and early '90s. We'll have more details on the games as they become available.