News Tagged: tecmo

Last week Square Enix offered to purchase a majority stake in Tecmo. It was also said that should Tecmo reject the proposal, Square Enix won't be pursuing the matter any further. Reuters reports that well-known Japanese game developer and publisher Tecmo has indeed...

Square Enix has plans to purchase a majority stake in Tecmo, offering Tecmo shareholders a 30% premium over the firm's Aug. 28 closing price. If Tecmo agrees, it would remain under the Square Enix Holdings umbrella, retaining its brand name and corporate structure...

Microsoft and Tecmo are happily declaring that one million copies of the X360-exclusive Ninja Gaiden II were sold around the world. Well, Tecmo may be in a slump right now, but this should encourage the publisher a wee bit. Ninja Gaiden 2 was one of the rare titles I've enjoyed this summer...

The ninja-slicing bloodbath, otherwise known as Ninja Gaiden II, recently received downloadable content in the form of a Mission Pack. As soon as it was released, numerous users started complaining about corruption errors when they unlocked the first new achievement...

Tecmo launched a brief teaser for their Wii horror game, Fatal Frame (sorry, this one's in Japanese - we don't have an English trailer yet): Eerie.

Team Ninja, the development studio behind Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, is apparently seeking to try its talents out in a new genre. Their next project is geared towards a 2009 launch, as reported by Bloomberg. Team Ninja is, of course, still owned by Tecmo...

Tecmo's 360-exclusive, Ninja Gaiden 2, will be getting its first downloadable content, which is going to be available for a price of 800 MS Points. It's scheduled to go on sale on July 25, as confirmed by Microsoft. We're told that the DLC features a Mission Mode with 25 high-score and survival stages...

The crappy situation at Tecmo is in full swing it seems and the publisher has finally drawn its dragon sword, filing with the Tokyo District Court for a "gag-order" against former employee (Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator) Tomonobu Itagaki before the case goes to court...

Yesterday two Tecmo employees filed a lawsuit against the company, with the Tokyo District Court, for unpaid wages (thanks Kotaku). They're demanding 8.3 million yen (US $77,000) in payment. According to the suit, the workers were illegally placed on a "flexible hours" work scheme that began 4 years ago...

Tomonobu Itagaki -- Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive creator -- announced his resignation just about the time Tecmo and Team Ninja were ready to officially launch the X360-exclusive Ninja Gaiden 2. Upon his departure from Team Ninja, Itagaki filed a lawsuit against parent company Tecmo and president Yoshimi Yasuda, saying that Yoshimi refused to pay promised bonuses...

I told you I was a ninja. If you want to become one too, you might want to check out Tecmo's latest gory action game, Ninja Gaiden 2. Some serious carnage is afoot. But does the game live up to the reputation of its predecessor? Find out in our full review of Ninja Gaiden 2.

Yesterday, Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki announced he is leaving Team Ninja and that he has filed a lawsuit against parent company Tecmo. The announcement was made on the very day Ninja Gaiden 2 was set to launch...

According to this story, moments before the North American launch of Ninja Gaiden II (the game is being released today), director Tomonobu Itagaki officially confirmed his departure from Team Ninja. He also specified that he has filed a lawsuit against parent company Tecmo and president Yoshimi Yasuda, claiming Yoshimi failed to pay bonuses which they both agreed upon...

The next game in the popular horror series -- a.k.a. Fatal Frame IV (Project Zero in Japan) -- will most likely arrive on July 31 in Japan. This comes from a quick report posted over CVG. Another important point is that Tecmo has made this a Wii-exclusive, so there...