Posts tagged Tecmo-Koei 
Itagaki's depression-fueled Armageddon/Aerosmith bender
Did you think it was weird that Dead or Alive games often featured totally out-of-place Aerosmith songs? We always did, but that music choice was fully, definitively justified by Tomonobu Itagaki in a speech at DICE 2012. Itagaki explained that the first PS2 release of Dead or Alive 2 (which only ...
Ninja Gaiden 3 dev diary reasserts seriousness of ninja game development
Worried that the now Itagaki-less Team Ninja isn't still super, super serious about making a Ninja Gaiden game? The latest dev diary for Ninja Gaiden 3 should more than suffice at changing your mind. ...
Pokemon Plus Nobunaga's Ambition could have been Dynasty Warriors: Pokemon
The newest Pokemon title will combine Nintendo's popular catch-em-all creatures with the Japanese historical setting of Nobunaga's Ambition, but it turns out that wasn't the first choice of historical periods. Originally, according to the latest Famitsu, the spinoff was going to combine Pokemon ...
Stare at Pokemon Plus Nobunaga's Ambition for two minutes
So ... Pokemon Plus Nobunaga's Ambition is still happening. That's pretty weird. ...
Fatal Frame spinoff Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir chills 3DS in April
Nintendo of America skipped out on the Wii's Fatal Frame 4, but its 3DS sort-of sequel will be haunting our shores. This morning, Nintendo announced a North American release of Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, dated for the super spooky Friday, April 13. In Spirit Camera, co-developed by ...
Here's the Ninja Gaiden 3 collector's edition (with bonus screenshots)
There probably isn't a person alive who hasn't, at some point in their life, enjoyed the sight of a ninja flipping out and killing a bunch of dudes. It's universal, like how everyone enjoys warm blankets or shooting firearms. There's a special kind of person, however, that also has an affinity ...
Ninja Gaiden 3 multiplayer footage kills so many ninjas
Here's a video montage of Ninja Gaiden 3's multiplayer mode. As someone who's played it, I can say this video sums up my experience pretty well. I stabbed dudes; dudes stabbed me; occasionally I stabbed myself. Sometimes honor is more important than breathing. ...
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus added to North America's Vita launch lineup
When the PlayStation Vita launches in North America on February 22, it'll be accompanied by a familiar face, obscured by a familiar facemask. Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus, the Vita revamp of the PS3 revamp of the Xbox reboot of the NES/arcade series, will be available at launch. This version adds ...
Ninja Gaiden 3 arrives on March 20, pre-order or get collector's edition for DOA5 demo
Tecmo Koei is ensuring that we'll all be laden with giant, heavy video game boxes on March 20, making us perfect targets for ninja assassins. Hmm. That's the newly announced North American release date for Ninja Gaiden 3. It's also the date on which the Collector's Edition will become ...
Becoming a ninja in Ninja Gaiden 3
The idea of multiplayer in Ninja Gaiden 3 is not something I was all too excited about. I'm a big fan of the Ninja Gaiden series, but multiplayer? It just didn't seem like a good idea. Imagine my surprise, then, when I actually had fun sampling Ninja Gaiden 3's additional mode. ...
