Itagaki Leaves and Sues Tecmo The head of Team Ninja will be gone from the company in one month's time. Tomonobu Itagaki is also suing the company for unpaid completion bonuses totaling nearly 150 million yen.
by David Radd on Tuesday, June 03, 2008
According to 1UP, Tomonobu Itagaki has announced that he will be leaving his position at Team Ninja, effective July 1, 2008. Additionally, he has filed a complaint in the Tokyo District Court against Tecmo and the company's President Yoshimi Yasuda for unpaid completion bonuses, claiming damages in total of 148 million yen ($1.4 million).
"Before the start of development on Dead or Alive 4, Tecmo Co., Ltd. had agreed to pay a completion bonus to me for this Xbox 360 title, which I produced. However, when the time came for the actual payment, Tecmo Co., Ltd. went against its previous agreement and refused payment," read the statement by Itagaki. "President Yoshimi Yasuda chose not only to violate this agreement, but also turned defiant, telling me 'if you are dissatisfied with the decision not to pay the bonuses, either quit the company or sue it.' In addition, he made demeaning remarks about me to my subordinates and colleagues, causing me significant emotional distress and worsening my personal relationships and work environment. Thus, I have no choice but to resign from Tecmo Co., Ltd."
The timing of this announcement is probably not coincidental, as Ninja Gaiden II is set to launch in the U.S. tomorrow. Itagaki has expressed his dissatisfaction with certain Tecmo executive decisions in the past, such as the port of Ninja Gaiden Sigma on PS3. His recent remarks about being done with Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, which are Tecmo's two best known and successful franchises, suggest that this move by Itagaki has been calculated for a while.
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This man is a PS hater is he not?
Hopefully he'll find happiness at a Wii/360/PC based software company.
He's more or less a PS hater because there are a lot of Playstation only branded franchises that have outsold a lot of his games and received far more critical acclaim, so mostly it's just jealousy. I wouldn't take him seriously.
What I find amusing is how he ragged on Sigma, and NG2 not only runs at a lower resolution, but has frame rate issues, loading problems, a mind fuck of a camera, and no self shadowing. It's just funny that he said the 360 was the most powerful system, but the PS3 version of NG runs better than NG2.
Report: Mass Departure from Team Ninja The rumor mill is churning, and it's saying that dozens of Team Ninja employees are leaving the company, following the lawsuit with Tomonobu Itagaki. Tecmo may never be the same.
by David Radd on Monday, June 16, 2008
1UP is reporting that employees, possibly numbered in the dozens, are leaving Team Ninja. What's more, these former Tecmo employees are said to be filing a class action lawsuit against their ex-employer for unpaid bonuses. This comes not soon after it was revealed that Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki announced he is leaving and suing Tecmo.
After the publicly revealed departure of Itagaki, Tecmo issued a statement saying that Team Ninja was still intact, at least at the time. This did not stop the company's stock from taking a significant hit. Japanese law compels Tecmo to reveal any lawsuits on the same business day they are filed, so it should be known soon whether or not these resignations and lawsuits are true.
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Originally Posted by blackdelsol94
Thats sweet why dont we get them??
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Originally Posted by Kabooki
Because they are trying to make us AMERICANS jealous since we ROCK!
He's more or less a PS hater because there are a lot of Playstation only branded franchises that have outsold a lot of his games and received far more critical acclaim, so mostly it's just jealousy. I wouldn't take him seriously.
What I find amusing is how he ragged on Sigma, and NG2 not only runs at a lower resolution, but has frame rate issues, loading problems, a mind fuck of a camera, and no self shadowing. It's just funny that he said the 360 was the most powerful system, but the PS3 version of NG runs better than NG2.
That's simply an interpretation of it.
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Thats sweet why dont we get them??
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Originally Posted by Kabooki
Because they are trying to make us AMERICANS jealous since we ROCK!
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