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Itagaki Talks Missiles, Tecmo And Sixaxis Bounce

2:00AM Brian Ashcraft | The Tokyo Game Show is days away and just before it kicked off, we had a chance to catch up with former Team Ninja lead ninja Tomonobu Itagaki — designer of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. More »
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Tecmo Adding Ninja Gaiden, Rygar To Virtual Console Arcade

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | New ESRB ratings indicate that Tecmo is planning to inject some life into the incredibly dull Wii Virtual Console Arcade lineup, with new ratings for Ninja Gaiden, Solomon’s Key and Rygar. More »
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Tecmo Koei Interested In Sony Motion Controllers

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Pencil Koei Tecmo’s name in for a company that is interested in Sony’s new motion controller that was introduced at this year’s E3. More »
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What Tecmo Used To Do To Easy Games….

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Back in the day, games used to be hard — especially Tecmo’s games. Before difficulty options became standard, Tecmo was making the most impossible games it could. What did Tecmo to easy titles it developed? More »
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Koei Tecmo Working On Corporate Cross Over Game

2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japanese game makers Koei and Tecmo have merged, officially forming Koei Tecmo Holdings as of this April. But does that mean their games will merge as well? More »
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Where To Now For The Ninja Gaiden Series?

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Development of the modern, 3D Ninja Gaiden games has always been overseen by one man: former Team Ninja boss/ Dark Lord Tomonobu Itagaki. But what happens now he can no longer work on the series? More »
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Ex-Team Ninja Lead Itagaki Speaks About What’s Next

12:00PM Michael McWhertor | Former Team Ninja lead Tomonobu Itagaki is in the catbird’s seat, having moved on from Tecmo and on to things not Ninja Gaiden or Dead Or Alive related. It’s even better for us. More »
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The Most Difficult Games Of All Time?

4:30AM Mike Fahey | GameTrailers countdown of the 10 Most Difficult of all time brings back so many painful memories for me. For once, I played every game on the list, and the development of the dirty mouth I have today can be directly traced back to many of these. The only games I take exception to are F-Zero GX – the only racing game series I ever excelled at – and Battletoads, which while difficult to be sure, was nowhere near number one difficult. Ug. I’m going to need an antacid. More »

Let’s Quickly Learn About Ninja Gaiden

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Forget the finger-pointing and lawsuits for a moment, here’s a quick look at the history of Ninja Gaiden, minus amusing English mispronunciations. X-Play History [Go Nintendo] More »