Ninja Gaidens Itagaki has a new studio and would be honoured to work with Xbox

Chocoburger25m ago

Did he get fired, or did he quit? Itagaki had issues with the president of Koei Tecmo for many years, he stuck around with them until he had enough of their BS. I remember reading that he was screwed over by management many times over and left the company.

Tecmo lied to him and published an incomplete version of DOA 2 for PS2. This is why a re-release called DOA 2: Hardcore was later released, since that was the version he was trying to make in the first place. There’s also the issue of unpaid bonuses that were promised he never received.

After he left Tecmo and signed up with THQ, it all went downhill for him once THQ shuttered, his company had no money, and then eventually Nintendo reluctantly published Devil’s Third. Its well-known that the game had trouble development due to monetary issues outside of his control, but Nintendo (a company with endless cash) didn’t make it any easier when they basically pushed an unpolished version out the door, with no marketing, and with a very late American release.

It was all just a mess. But Itagaki has plenty of potential, hopefully he’ll get a fair chance to prove it with this next game.

source: gamezpot.com