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The Wait For Ninja Gaiden Creator’s Next, Devil’s Third, Is A Long One

We got a look at Tomonobu Itagaki and Valhalla Game Studios’ next title, Devil’s Third, earlier this year, but we won’t actually play it for a long, long time.


August 9, 2010
News

Is Dead Or Alive Creator Interested In Entering Politics? Yes.

Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of jiggly fighting franchise Dead or Alive and the upcoming Devil’s Third, is keen on getting into Japanese politics. Oh, he also thinks the country’s game industry is dying and that Japan failed to import Western capitalism.


August 4, 2010
News

Guy Who Makes Hard Games Would Like To Apologise

Tomonobu Itagaki, the cigarette smokin’ and hard drinkin’ game designer behind Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden, has something to say. He would like to say he’s sorry.


June 21, 2010
In Real Life

Dead Or Alive Creator Meets Lakers Fans

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Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki was in LA last week for E3. Was he also there for game seven of the NBA Finals?


June 12, 2010

Ninja Gaiden Creators Reveals Devil’s Third, The Bloody New Shooter From Valhalla

Famed video game designer Tomonobu Itagaki and his select group of creative warriors at Valhalla Game Studios are making a new game, Devil’s Third, a hyper-violent shooter for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


First Look At Devil’s Third, The Debut Shooter From Valhalla

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The team responsible for the bloody action of Ninja Gaiden and the blistering head-to-head combat of the Dead or Alive fighting game series is taking its shot at shooters with Devil’s Third, coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


June 9, 2010

In Praise Of Sticky Friction

I’ve always been quite sensitive to certain types of friction. (I considered writing that sentence 10 different ways, and simply couldn’t make it less risque than that.)


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Dead Or Alive Creator Reveals New Game At E3

Tomonobu Itagaki, former head of Tecmo’s Team Ninja and creator of the Dead or Alive and 3D Ninja Gaiden series, is gearing up to reveal his next big project at E3 2010 next week. Will breast physics be involved?


May 17, 2010
In Real Life

Are These The Ten Hardest Games?

“Hard” in gaming is relative. What I might think is easy, you might think is not. What you might is a piece of cake, I may find impossible.


April 23, 2010
News

Best Wishes Bridge Tecmo-Itagaki Rift

In February, Tecmo Koei and renowned designer Tomonobu Itagaki settled a lawsuit arising from their nasty split in 2008. The two are back on social terms, with Tecmo’s boss sending congratulations to Itagaki’s new studio, and the studio posting it.