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Tomonobu Itagaki, the mind behind Dead or Alive and two of the recent Ninja Gaiden games, went through a few rough patches during his long career as a game designer. More »
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Tecmo Koei is working on the latest entry in its fighting game series Dead or Alive, DoA 5. This latest batch of screenshots shows Hitomi and Ayane duking it out. More »
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This extended look at "pre-alpha" gameplay from Dead Or Alive 5 shows that Team Ninja's next fighting game is completely 100% batshit crazy. This—the huge explosions, fireballs and mass destruction—must be the "fighting entertainment" concept they're talking about. More »
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First it was planking, now it's... ScarlettJohanssonning? More »
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Career ninja Ryu Hayabusa is going to have a busy year, now that Team Ninja has officially unveiled Dead or Alive 5 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the form of this "pre-alpha" gameplay trailer. More »
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Late last month, a countdown clock appeared, teasing a collaboration between Tecmo Koei and Namco Bandai. More »
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The 3D breasts were inevitable. After Nintendo revealed its glasses-free 3D portable, the Nintendo 3DS, it was only a brief matter of time before gamers in Japan could ogle 3D boobs them. Senran Kagura, the first of what's likely to be many games with that feature, includes a bevy of top-heavy, jiggly ninjas. More »
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The creative force previously behind Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series, now on the upcoming Devil's Third, Tomonobu Itagaki, says he has wanted to make games since he was a teenager. He just didn't want to make video games. More »
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And it's got nothing to do with serving the public trust, protecting the innocent or upholding the law. More »
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Punching, kicking, throwing and jiggling, Dead or Alive style, comes to the Nintendo 3DS on May 24 in North America, Tecmo Koei announced today, nailing down the previously vague release date for Dead or Alive: Dimensions. More »
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Putting models together and painting them are not easy. Finishing them and making them look great takes skill. And skill is expensive. More »
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Dead or Alive: Dimensions for the Nintendo 3DS will feature a cameo from Metroid hunter Samus Aran, but she won't be jiggling alongside the rest of the DOA cast. Samus, sadly, won't be playable in the game. More »
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Venerable fighting series Dead or Alive will get its shot at the 3DS with Dead or Alive: Dimensions. Here is the five-minute trailer for the game shown at the Nintendo World event for the 3DS. More »
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A figure of Dead or Alive star Kasumi is never going to be the classiest thing in the world, but then, Kasumi isn't the classiest girl in the world, either, so I guess in this case things are working out just fine! More »
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When filmmaker Mike Newell was promoting the Prince of Persia flick, he readily admitted that he didn't play the game. No wonder, says Resident Evil: Afterlife director Paul W.S. Anderson, the movie didn't live up to expectations. More »
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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. More »
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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. More »
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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? More »
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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? More »
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"Creepy" jiggly beach volleyball game Dead or Alive: Paradise features female characters in skimpy bikinis. Or does it? More »
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Before the brouhaha at Tecmo, game designer Tomonobu Itagaki made a name for himself making fighting games. He's currently working on another title, which he hinted at last year. More »
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You may not think off Tecmo as a company that's targeting the fairer sex with much of its line-up, but Quantum Theory producer Yasuo Egawa says that is exactly what the publisher has been doing for the past few years. More »
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Ninja Gaiden II Σ character Ayane is getting immortalized in resin. Again. Her assets, too. More »
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Tecmo Koei is bringing the bikini-collecting, mini-game-playing thrills of Dead or Alive Paradise to North American PSP owners, loosely dating the fighting game spin-off for "Spring 2010." More »
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Dead or Alive is laying off the fighting and heading back to the beach for upcoming PSP game Dead or Alive Paradise. More »
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Kasumi, Kasumi, Kasumi. When talking Tecmo's fighting series Dead or Alive, it seems like it's always Kasumi. But she isn't the only DOA girl. More »
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According to word from the latest Famitsu magazine, Tecmo will be bringing the Dead or Alive series to the PlayStation Portable. Great news... if you like everything but the fighting and volleyball portions of past Dead or Alive games. More »
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Just like death and taxes, figures of Dead or Alive character Kasumi are something that can be counted on. They're inevitable. This DoA Xtreme 2 features Kasumi in two different bikinis: skimpy and skimpier. More »
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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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.html What happens when two of gaming's chestiest ladies from Final Fantasy and Dead Or Alive go at it? Monty Oum's Dead Fantasy, that's what. Part three of the machinima series brings with it more feminine fisticuffs. More »
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Fathers are easy to find in video games. When they're not antagonizing their offspring or killed off in the first level, they often serve as our main characters' major motivation. More »
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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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Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki has left Tecmo's Team Ninja. He's been away, but has returned with a new start-up, unofficially dubbed the Tokyo Vikings. More »
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Mothers have it tough in video games – they get killed off, turned evil, or their children leave the nest to save the world. And their kids probably don't call home often enough. More »
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Actress, singer, whatever Holly Valance was Christie in the Dead or Alive movie, DOA: Dead or Alive. The 2006 movie was filmed in Asia, and Vance now calls it "an amazing experience," but tough. More »
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Yes, you too can pick up Dead or Alive gals. WITH CLAWS. Sega's announced its U.F.O Catcher crane machines will be featuring Dead or Alive Xtreme figures of Kasumi and Ayane in Japan. They're about 18cm tall, designed by Shunya Yamashita and apparently sculpted by zenko. Not bad! More »
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And the Itagaki vs. Tecmo legal battle continues! On June 10th, Tecmo filed with the Tokyo District Court for a "gag-order" against former employee and Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki before the court case begins. The provisional disposition includes the following four points, prohibiting: More »
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The Itagaki-Tecmo pissing match may have hit a new level of animosity. 1Up, attributing only "word on the street," reports that as many as 36 key members of Team Ninja are walking, and preparing a class-action lawsuit against Tecmo regarding unpaid bonuses they were due for completed games.Earlier this month Tomonobu Itagaki, who leads/led Team Ninja, announced his intention to quit Tecmo, effective July 1. In his announcement he was PO'd about a company decision not to pay bonuses on a completed game, so, chances are his comrades feel the same. Tecmo, for its part, says the bonus to Itagaki that is in dispute was approved by a previous management team, not the current one.1Up also writes:

Another problem for Tecmo is that in Japan, any lawsuit filed against a publicly-traded company must be immediately reported to its shareholders on the same business day. The fact that Itagaki had actually filed a complaint against Tecmo in Tokyo District Court on May 14, but Tecmo management withheld this information from shareholders, possibly as late as when the notorious developer released his high-profile public statement on June 2, creates even bigger problems for the game publisher. Of course Tecmo still owns Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, and can hire developers to make all the games it wishes off of those franchises. But if this is true, it's absolutely a fair to wonder what they'll be like without, and how faithful they'd be to the gaming experience so many have come to expect to this point. Rumor: Three Dozen Team Ninja Members Leaving With Itagaki [1Up] More »
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Tomonobu Itagaki is leaving Tecmo and suing the company for unpaid bonuses. The Dead or Alive creator cites an unfulfilled Dead or Alive 4 completion bonus, stating, "President Yoshimi Yasuda chose not only to violate this agreement, but also turned defiant, telling me 'if you are dissatisfied with the decision not to pay the bonuses, either quit the company or sue it.'" More »
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Tecmo's Tomonobu Itagaki is a serious guy. Dead serious about things like his Ninja Gaiden games and things like anatomical physics. He's not messing around, folks! So when he looks at Grand Theft Auto IV, does he see serious business? Says Itagaki: More »
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