I’ve been keeping up with the recent developments surrounding the reputable Japanese game developer, Tecmo. At least, I thought they were reputable. I enjoyed the early Dead or Alive fighting games and the original Ninja Gaiden, but ever since Itagaki decided to leave and file a lawsuit against Tecmo due to unpaid bonuses, this whole incident I initially thought was just him being a drama queen seems to have blown up into something much more sinister.

It was reported that Itagaki convinced around three dozen other Tecmo employees to follow suit and also sue Tecmo for similar reasons, again I thought it was just drama at work. However, it seems that all employees of Tecmo, estimated at about 300 or so, are doing exactly the same too. The lawsuit apparently claims that “Tecmo has falsified documents and accounting procedures in regards to employment statuses, overtime pay and various lapses in employment standards when filing documents for labor inspections.”. That definately was a shock to read in my eyes.

So it wasn’t really all a good working environment over in the offices of Tecmo. They’ve seemed to adopt a “screw the employees” attitude in favour of sharing the profits amongst the higher-ups of the company. Oh my. Let’s hope more information surfaces soon.