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The current Team Ninja logo.
Team Ninja, styled as Team NINJA, is a Japanese video game development department of Tecmo Koei which was founded in 1995 for Tecmo, Inc. by former leader Tomonobu Itagaki. With its primary headquarters located in Tokyo, Japan, Team Ninja primarily works on and produces games for Tecmo (however the team has also produced games for both Microsoft Game Studios and Nintendo.) It is best known for the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series.
On June 3, 2008, Tomonobu Itagaki announced that he was leaving Tecmo and Team Ninja, citing difficulties with Tecmo. In the same statement announcing his resignation, Itagaki also announced that he was filing a lawsuit against his former employer over unpaid bonuses for his work on Dead or Alive 4. It was later reported on websites claiming that Itagaki was fired from Tecmo on June 18, 2008. The role of Team Ninja leader was taken over by current head Yosuke Hayashi. When Itagaki left Tecmo, some Team Ninja members left with him to form the Valhalla Game Studios.
Games
- Dead or Alive
- Arcade version- November 1996
- Sega Saturn version - October 8th, 1997
- PlayStation version - March 12th, 1998
- Dead or Alive ++ - July 1998
- Dead or Alive 2
- Arcade version - October 16th, 1999
- Millennium Edition - January 2000
- Dreamcast version - February 29th, 2000
- PlayStation 2 - March 30th, 2000
- Hardcore version - October 25th, 2000
- Hard*Core - (PlayStation 2) December 14th, 2000
- Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox) - November 14th, 2001
- Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Xbox) - January 23, 2003
- Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) - March 2nd, 2004
- Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack 1 (Xbox Live) - August 9th, 2004
- Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack 2 (Xbox Live) - September 27th, 2004
- Dead or Alive Ultimate (Xbox) - October 26th, 2004
- Ninja Gaiden Black (Xbox) - September 20th, 2005
- Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360) - December 29th, 2005
- Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360) - November 15th, 2006
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PlayStation 3) - June 14th, 2007
- Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (Nintendo DS) - March 20th, 2008
- Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox 360) - June 3rd, 2008
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PlayStation 3) - September 29th, 2009
- Dead or Alive Paradise (PlayStation Portable) - March 30th, 2010
- Metroid: Other M (Wii) - August 31, 2010
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Nintendo 3DS) - May 19, 2011
- Ninja Gaiden 3 (PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360) - 2012
- Dead or Alive 5 (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) - 2012
Trivia
- Ninja Gaiden II was published by Microsoft Game Studios, making it the first game created by Team Ninja not published by Tecmo.