More than schoolgirls, salarymen or neon lights, when video games want to evoke Japan, they pick one thing above the rest: cherry blossoms, or “sakura”, as they are called in Japanese. More »
Tecmo Koei, the company behind Ninja Gaiden and Dynasty Warriors, has already made public that it is developing one title for the Nintendo 3DS. It is also developing another. More »
Tecmo Koei is bringing its Dead or Alive fighting series to the Nintendo 3DS. Hello, three-dimensional jiggly fighting! More »
Yesterday, Itagaki vs. Tecmo commenced with Itagaki’s lawyer submitting into evidence the contract he had supporting his completion bonus for Xbox 360 title Dead or ALive 4. Tecmo’s lawyers submitted a somewhat identical-looking contract, differing in that it did not support Itagaki’s claims that he was entitled to a completion bonus. Hrm. Someone it seems is lying, and other evidence seems to indicate that Tecmo isn’t exactly being truthful about overtime — which is a totally separate case altogether.
