Former Team Ninja Head Establishes New Studio

Japanese recreation designer and former Workforce Ninja chief Tomonobu Itagaki has opened a brand new studio, Itagaki Video games, and he desires Microsoft to amass it, Itagaki himself introduced Jan. 16.

Itagaki lower his tooth at Workforce Ninja, main improvement on the Lifeless or Alive and Ninja Gaiden collection on the unique Xbox. Ultimately, he and Workforce Ninja proprietor Tecmo fell out, resulting in a lawsuit the 2 events settled in 2010.

Following the lawsuit, Itagaki cofounded Valhalla recreation Studios with different former members of Workforce Ninja. When that studio’s first recreation, Satan’s Third, flopped on launch, Itagaki and workforce went quiet.

Resurfacing, Itagaki says he is spent the final 4 years instructing different builders, however now feels able to make one other new recreation. He goals to do exactly that along with his new studio, which he hopes Microsoft will purchase primarily based on their lengthy historical past.

“20 years have handed since [Microsoft and I started working together], and I established my very own firm, Itagaki Video games, which isn’t Tecmo, nor Valhalla,” Itagaki stated to Bloomberg in questions it lower from its oral history of the Xbox. “I do know Microsoft continues to be aggressive. In the event that they attain out to me, will probably be an honor for me.”

It is unclear what Valhalla Recreation Studios is as much as with out Itagaki, as its Japanese web site hasn’t been up to date since 2018 and its worldwide area has expired.