A settlement's finally been reached between the disgruntled Team Ninja members and Tecmo. The lawsuit filed last July was on the issue of unpaid overtime work under flexible working hours. Details after the jump.

There's life after Itagaki. Team Ninja is still very much alive, even with Tomonobu Itagaki's departure. In fact, Tecmo's announced that they'll be bringing three new titles that are currently being worked on by Team Ninja to the TGS 2008 show floor! Will they be Ninja Gaiden or Dead or Alive titles, or new IPs? Who knows... TGS, here we come!

Following numerous trials and tribulations (probably because of a certain rock star developer we might all know - cough*Itagaki*cough), Yoshimi Yasuda has now resigned from Tecmo. Details of his resignation weren't revealed, but the only thing we could get is that he's bidding farewell to the company for "personal reasons".

Tomonobu Itagaki has been causing quite a stir when he announced that he will leave Tecmo. In an effort to minimize the damage he can cause, Tecmo issued a gagging order on him. It's how you tell someone to shut up in legalese. Details in the full article.

Following the release of Ninja Gaiden 2 for the Microsoft Xbox 360, things have gone way South for the people over at Tecmo. As if the departure of iconic game maker Tomonobu Itagaki and some key Team Ninja members wasn't enough, a big lawsuit has been filed against the company for alleged violations of the labor laws in Japan. More details after the jump.

Tomonobu Itagaki, the creator of Ninja Gaiden 2, Dead or Alive 5, and other hit games has left Tecmo, and rumor has it that other members of Team Ninja will be following suit. To find out more about this, head on over to the full article.

After a quiet gaming release week, we're going to have a jolly good time decapitating enemies and chopping off limbs in the release of Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden 2. Some of you golfers might want to take a swing at the handheld Hot Shots 2 for the PSP, while adventure fans will also have a jolly great time smashing enemies up in The Incredible Hulk (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP) or make their own platform hero in Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PC). Check out the entire list in the full article.

After seeing how much of a good game Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword is, we certainly can't wait to get another portable title from the accomplished team. So here's some good news: during Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword's launch in New York, Team Ninja member and producer Yosuke Hayashi said that the team is interested in making games for the DS and the Wii. More details in the full article.

 Team Ninja's leading man, the guy with a few smiles and a thousand words, behind the Tecmo-published Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series deserves his own QuickJump Quicklist, so here's something dedicated to Tomonobu Itagaki and all his greatness. We've collected some lines from Itagaki that are either very amusing, or so badass fanboys would rather follow him around and wipe his sunglasses clean for a living.

Find all that at the full article!

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) just slapped an "E for mild violence" rating on the Wii Virtual Console version of Tecmo's Nintendo Entertainment System classic, Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom. The game features the return of Ryu Hayabusa and Irene Law as they investigate the mysterious BIO-NOID project.

Fans of the original Ninja Gaiden III may remember the changes that Tecmo introduced in the third installment: Ryu's falling speed and the damage knockback distance were both reduced from Ninja Gaiden II. Ryu was given new skills to play around with in the form of the Vacuum Wave Art and the extensions to his Dragon Sword. Unfortunately, Tecmo took away Ryu's Ninja Clone ability in Ninja Gaiden III, but gave him the ability to latch onto and climb across horizontal platforms instead.

If retro gaming isn't quite your thing, never fear, as Team Ninja (a subsidiary of Tecmo) has two upcoming Ninja Gaiden titles that may be right up your alley: Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for the Nintendo DS and Ninja Gaiden II (which is different from the original NES title of the same name) for the Xbox 360.