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According to the press, Tecmo has formally rejected [b][url=http://www.videogamechat.net/news/industry-news/Square-Enix-makes-move-to-buy-out-Tecmo-1023Square Enix's offer to buy the firm[/url][b], essentially saying it can still grow without selling. "In our co...



Following the surprising news this morning that Square Enix is planning a serious move to buy out Japanese games developer Tecmo, the company has responded with a statement saying that it's offering a 30 percent premium on the targe's stock. "Square Enix h...



Only a handful of game developers can really be called celebrities. Tomonobu Itagaki, best known for games like Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden, is definitely one of them. In June this year, only a few days before the US launch of Ninja Gaiden II, he quit his job at Team Ninj...



Tecmo issued a response today to yesterday's statement from Creative Officer Tomonobu Itagaki in which the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive producer announced his resignation and litigation over, among other things, unpaid bonuses.



Itagaki's resignation was effective as of June 1. The developer said that a completion bonus had been promised well before the start of work on Dead or Alive 4, and that he was never paid.



It's a solid collection of games, and all three of them - Ninja Gaiden Black, Pirates!, and Black - are set to hit the Xbox Live store on February 11.



The game's reputation for the portrayal of minxish maidens has earned DoA a certain infamy in the gaming industry, so perhaps the news that the producer of DoA Tomonobu Itagaki was inculpated for sexual advances against a female confrere is not surprising.

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