GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Veteran video game developer Tomonobu Itagaki has passed away at the ...

Tomonobu Itagaki, the influential video game designer known for Dead Or Alive and 2004’s Ninja Gaiden, has died. Rarely seen in public without his black sunglasses that gave the gaming auteur a ...

WASHINGTON — The Japanese video game developer behind popular games such as "Ninja Gaiden 2004" and the "Dead or Alive" series has died. Tomonobu Itagaki was 58. Itagaki's death was confirmed on his ...

Tomonobu Itagaki — the flamboyant founder of developer Team Ninja, creator of fighting game series Dead or Alive, and director of the influential 2004 action game Ninja Gaiden — has died at the age of ...

Ninja Gaiden 4 is set to release in several days, on October 21, 2025. That game would not exist without the vision of Tomonobu Itagaki, who revived the long-dormant Ninja Gaiden series with 2004's ...

Veteran video game developer Tomonobu Itagaki has passed away at the age of 58. Famous for his work on the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise and the revival of Ninja Gaiden in the 2000s, Itagaki's ...