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Toronto-based studio Tecmo Koei Canada will reportedly be shut down at the end of March. Financial Post cites a company official who states Tecmo Koei’s only North American development branch will shut down by the end of the month. California-based Tecmo Koei America currently only handles publishing and associated duties. …
Read More »Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 goes digital-only on Wii U in Europe
Tecmo Koei has announced a change of plan for the release of Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2. Firstly the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions have been delayed a week and will now be released on February 8th, Polygon reports. Secondly, and far more interestingly, the Wii U …
Read More »Australia’s first 18-rated game is Ninja Gaiden 3
Team Ninja's hack and slash title approved for Australian consumers
Read More »New UK boss for Tecmo Koei
Publisher Tecmo Koei has flown in an exec from its Japan HQ to run the UK office. Yasutomo Watanabe is Tecmo Koei Europe’s general manager. He takes over from Will Curley, who left the company last year to join Reef Entertainment. Watanabe has been with the firm for over ten …
Read More »Ninja Gaiden 3 and Warriors Orochi 3 also skip GAME
Just minutes after it was revealed that Capcom’s Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will not be stocked at GAME, two more upcoming releases have joined the pile. Tecmo Koei has confirmed in a statement that upcoming releases Ninja Gaiden 3 and Warriors Orochi 3 – released on March 23rd and …
Read More »Ninja Gaiden 3 is Wii U launch title
Tecmo Koei says Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge will be a launch title for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console next year. The publisher made the announcement at an earnings presentation yesterday, where it said it will actively support new games platforms, as well as current consoles, handhelds, smartphones and PC. …
Read More »Champion Jockey races to retail
Tecmo Koei may be embracing social games, but it still has an interest in the console space. The publisher has lifted the lid on its latest Jockey horse racing game. Champion Jockey will arrive this September on Xbox 360 Kinect, PS3 Move and Wii, MCV can reveal. It’s the spiritual …
Read More »Tecmo Koei reaches West with social games
Facebook is the next step in Tecmo Koei’s bid to reach Western gamers. The Japanese publisher – famous for hit franchises Dynasty Warriors, Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive – hasn’t enjoyed the same level of success in the US and Europe as it has in Japan. But the firm …
Read More »Tecmo Koei enters social space
Tecmo Koei’s first social game hits Facebook tomorrow. JollyWood is a new wildlife habitat-themed game that lets users create unique sanctuaries that can feature jacuzzi’s to amusement parks. The game is in development at Tecmo Koei’s Singapore studio, which has been tasked with building social games aimed at a global …
Read More »Former Tecmo Koei boss joins Zynga
Kenji Matsubara, the former Tecmo Koei CEO, is to join Zynga’s Japanese business arm. Matsubara will begin his duties on May 9th. The social studio’s current CEO of Japan operations, Robert Goldberg, will step down but is said will advise Matsubara in a consultancy role. Goldberg said he was very …
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