http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168056 "Itagaki Leaving Team Ninja, Suing Tecmo Ninja Gaiden mastermind quits on the eve of new game's release. By Philip Kollar, 06/02/2008 Last month, Team Ninja head and Ninja Gaiden director Tomonobu Itagaki suggested in an interview that he would be done with the franchise after the upcoming release of Ninja Gaiden 2. On Monday night we received a clearer picture of just what he meant with the announcement that Itagaki is leaving Team Ninja and suing Tecmo. 1UP received the following confirmation of this news from Itagaki aide Andrew Szymanski: "At approximately 2:30 PM Japan Standard Time today, June 3 2008, an official statement from Tomonobu Itagaki was sent by fax to major Japanese news outlets. In the interest of fair and expedient reporting of this story throughout the English-speaking world, I have been asked by Itagaki to convey this statement to you. Herein find attached Itagaki's official statement, in English, for t...