Lawsuits, mass departures, gag orders -- Tecmo's got issues in spades these days. It seems that this lawsuit between Itagaki and Tecmo is only going to get dirtier, if this morning's news is to indicate the direction things are going in. Yesterday, Itagaki's lawyer apparently submitted into evidence a contract stating that Itagaki was owed a completion bonus for Dead or Alive 4. Tecmo supported an identical-looking contract -- except it stated the opposite information: that Tecmo does not own Itagaki a red cent.
Someone lying here? It's looking that way. Things are reflecting pretty poorly on Tecmo at this point, but I suppose they could claim that they're being framed ... by their entire company. The whole not paying overtime business is bad enough, but to purposefully create a false contract and present it in a court of law? That crosses the line from shady into downright villainous.
Will you ever buy a Tecmo product again? I'm starting to think I might pass. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but if all these claims turn out to be true, I wouldn't want to give them my money. What say you?
[Via Kotaku -- Thanks, Joe]
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10:35 AM on 06.19.2008
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Although Tecmo Superbowl could always come and save the day.
A shame about what it means for Ninja Gaiden, II wasn't very good.
"It is entirely possible that Tecmo is telling the truth, and it is also entirely possible that Itagaki is trying to frame Tecmo to cause a mass developer resignation."
Why? who the hell knows, but until proven guilty I think that all of the "Tecmo is lame and full of poo-poo heads" rhetoric should be stabled until the verdict drops. Now, if it turns out that Tecmo is at fault here then by all means, rip shit up.
However, if it turns out that Itagaki is just being a world-class douchenozzle what will people do then?
Though I can't see how Tecmo can say they don't owe the whole company a cent of a bonus...especially when the whole wad of people going against it.
Just keep it up with Fatal Frame please. Those were actually good games.
All I know is Itagaki is a cock and Tecmo are in trouble without him (although Ninja Gaiden 2 didn't sell that well) but as far as this court case is going... They are all telling the truth until someone proves the contrary