Industry NewsItagaki Leaving Team Ninja, Suing Tecmo1up - June 3, 2008
Submitted by Rol83 (481)
at 11:08PM PST on June 2, 2008
Quote: "I, Tomonobu Itagaki, hereby announce that..I filed a complaint..against Tecmo Co., Ltd. for unpaid completion bonuses, and against the President of Tecmo, Yoshimi Yasuda, for such unlawful acts as unreasonable and disingenuous statements made towards me, claiming damages in total of 148 million yen...In addition, I hereby announce that I have today submitted a letter of resignation to Tecmo Co., Ltd. stating that I will resign as of the 1st of July, 2008."
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There are speculation that Itagaki will be hired / funded by Microsoft (I think it is because he like / love XBOX and X360).