Tecmo is going down: 2 union boss ninjas sue Tecmo, more attack waves possible

[Tieno]

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20080617/tecmo.htm
The two top executives in charge of the labor union within Tecmo is suing a joint suit for unpaid wages. The suit was fighted in the Tokyo District Court yesterday, and 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.

The lawsuit represents the entire company's 300 employees' grievences as a whole, and there might be a 2nd or 3rd wave of lawsuits in regards to the overall employment issue.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1215921_1124.html

Famitsu's article has slightly more details. It's really lengthy and a lot of it is business terms and stuff, but generally it seems that Tecmo is in violations of a ton of employment contracts and regulations. People are apparently not being paid for working on public holidays and overtime, even though they should.

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

[Howard Alan Treesong]

ohhhhhhhhhh

Tecmo ninja warriors

with your hearts SO cold

sub zerooooo


ohhhhhhhh

your bonus is a mystery

when you file that ... SUIT

sub zeroooooooo

~legalllll vibrations~

[Don Flamenco]

Well, goodbye Tecmo Bowl DS, but good bye asshole company.  please sell your IP back to Itagaki.

[Don Flamenco]

I call Solomon's Key and Mighty Bomb Jack!

[Sho Nuff]

Can I get Rastan???

[The Fake Shemp]

evilbore should buy the Ninja Gaiden IP and hire Itagaki.

[The Sceneman]

so what did Tecmo do wrong? Im honestly quite confused about how everyone knows so much about the working conditions there

[Tieno]

so what did Tecmo do wrong? Im honestly quite confused about how everyone knows so much about the working conditions there

Read the OP.

[MCD]

obliteration.

[CajoleJuice]

flying swallow'd

[Himu]

  :'( :'( :'( :'(

As a big fan of Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, and Ninja Gaiden, and some other Tecmo properties, I am distraught

[Shuri]

I hate how gaming companies just don't give a fuck about their employees. You can bet that these coders could probably (... ok maybe) racking in decent money working on a regular coding gig.

The gaming industry has such a shitty mentality.

[Eric P]

Can I get Rastan???

i totally loved rastan when i was a kid

now a days i can't get into it on mame.  Cadash on the other hand...

[Eric P]

:'( :'( :'( :'(

As a big fan of Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, and Ninja Gaiden, and some other Tecmo properties, I am distraught

i too am a big fan of big titties

[Beezy]

obliteration.

flying swallow'd

:'( :'( :'( :'(

As a big fan of Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, and Ninja Gaiden, and some other Tecmo properties, I am distraught

i too am a big fan of big titties

Big bouncy plastic titties.

[tiesto]

I call Solomon's Key and Mighty Bomb Jack!

[abrader]

Can I get Rastan???

Taito?

[AdmiralViscen]

Seems Itagaki likes to leave a place the way he found it.

[Grecco]

I wonder if Tecmos practices are comon with Japanese developers.

[Don Flamenco]

Can I get Rastan???

i totally loved rastan when i was a kid

now a days i can't get into it on mame.  Cadash on the other hand...

That was Taito but yeah, I loved Rastan when I was little too.  It was like playing a game as the Ultimate Warrior + Conan combined.  unfortunately I could never get past the first 5 minutes

I wonder if Tecmos practices are comon with Japanese developers.

I thought they were. Everything I've read about game development sounds like working in a sweatshop (well the hours...the offices are certainly plush as it gets though) and they say it's only worse in Japan.  Maybe Team Ninja is blazing some trails to decent working conditions.

[MrAngryFace]

ohhhhhhhhhh

Tecmo ninja warriors

with your hearts SO cold

sub zerooooo


ohhhhhhhh

your bonus is a mystery

when you file that ... SUIT

sub zeroooooooo

~legalllll vibrations~

/thread

[Crushed]

izuna share drop

[Jansen]

this what they deserve for betraying itagaki and team ninja

[ferrarimanf355]

Tecmo better stay afloat long enough to get out Tecmo Bowl DS. 

[TVC15]

any company that hinged it's fortunes on a breast obsessed man-child is probably going to go down the same route.

There goes Himumusoft

[Ganhyun]

This stuff just gets deeper and deeper. First the man himself, then these two, theres a rumor that 36 other team ninja "key" people are leaving too, and a lawsuit filed for ALL the employees for basically the same issues the man himself had with the company.  I see them going under and a bidding war starting for ip rights.

(The man is Itagaki for those who don't know)

[MCD]

http://kotaku.com/5017831/hard-proof-that-tecmo-japan-is-lying-this-seems-like-it

rock solid evidence.

[Herr Mafflard]

Yasuda fucked up. Tecmo's going down.

[Cravis]

And so goes my hopes for a next gen sequel to Tecmo's Deception. God I loved that game. The graphics were ass back then so you can only imagine what they look like now.

[Don Flamenco]

And so goes my hopes for a next gen sequel to Tecmo's Deception. God I loved that game. The graphics were ass back then so you can only imagine what they look like now.

Trapt?

I imagine Tecmo's IP will be bought up...nobody's going to let the DoA and NG names sit around.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

yeah, not that game industry practices are healthy or sane (or legal), but 20-25 hours of overtime a week is entirely too common. for a high profile team like Team Ninja, I'd actually put it on the low side of expectations (I was fully expecting 100 hour weeks - 60-65 is "welcome to game development, intern!" levels of crunch)

[Brehvolution]

Tecmo needs another

[Mr. Gundam]

Tecmo needs another

(Image removed from quote.)

It's on the way...

for Wii and DS.

[Crushed]

Tecmo needs another

(Image removed from quote.)

[Brehvolution]

Tecmo needs another

(Image removed from quote.)

It's on the way...

for Wii and DS.

So it will look the same? 

[Cravis]

And so goes my hopes for a next gen sequel to Tecmo's Deception. God I loved that game. The graphics were ass back then so you can only imagine what they look like now.

Trapt?

I imagine Tecmo's IP will be bought up...nobody's going to let the DoA and NG names sit around.

Whoa. I never even knew they made one on the PS2. I'm now on a mission to hunt it down.