Develop: Japanese game developer Tecmo has responded to the lawsuit brought upon it by former employee Tomonobu Itagaki, the father of the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series, the existence of which was announced yesterday.
Rather than pick choice quotes from the company's release, we've translated the full statement below:
Our employee Tomonobu Itagaki (hereafter 'the employee') released information to the press on March 3rd 2008 regarding his resignation from the company effective June 1st, his lawsuit regarding the payment of a completion bonus, consolation money sought from ourselves and our president, and his reasons for doing so...