Maybe exiled gaming genius Tomonobu Itagaki isn’t the dick bag we all thought he was. The leader of Team Ninja recently left Tecmo because he claimed he was not getting bonuses promised on his top selling games. Turns out, about 3 dozen of his teammates are doing the same thing for the exact same reason, unpaid bonuses. Tecmo has responded:

Tecmo would like to assure its loyal fans that Team Ninja, known for its top-selling and critically acclaimed Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive franchises, is intact and, as a matter of fact, has several new projects already underway.

Okay. Follow up question. Who is there to work on these projects? Your mastermind has left and so has most of his team. Maybe Tomo is not as geocentric and we thought he was. Maybe Tecmo are a bunch of cheap asses. I’m guessing its a little of both.