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Itagaki Settles Lawsuit with Tecmo

By Chris Bennett, Tudor Carsten, Michael R. Coburn, Sarah Dale-Harris, Pablo Guzman, Danielle (Dani) Lemon, Chris Metcalfe and David Spratley

1UP reported late last month that Ninja Gaiden director and former Tecmo employee Tomonobu Itagaki has settled his lawsuit with Tecmo out of court. Itagaki left Tecmo in 2008 over unpaid bonuses and statements made by former Tecmo boss Yoshimi Yasuda.

No details of the settlement were released, but in his statement Itagaki promised to soldier on and that his newest work "will deliver to you an enjoyable game with depth that surpasses all the games I created before, and is worthy of being world-class entertainment." Reports have already surfaced that Itagaki has founded a new studio, Valhalla Game Studios, but no details of any upcoming projects have been released. Team Ninja, meanwhile, is co-developing the newest instalment in the Metroid series, Metroid: Other M.

As head of Team Ninja, Itagaki was responsible for the success of the Dead or Alive series, and the revival of the Ninja Gaiden titles. As a big fan of both the original Ninja Gaiden for the NES and Tecmo Bowl, the single greatest football game ever created, its nice to see everyone finally getting along.

The full text of the statement is available here.

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Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).