Last year, the Leader and General Manager for Tecmo's Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki, was accused of sexual harassment by a female employee. It seemed to be a case of "he said, she said" with the former Tecmo worker saying she endured three years of unwanted advances and Itagaki responding by saying that the two had "mutual affection" for each other. According to 1UP, the suit has finally been settled in Tokyo District Court and Itagaki has been found not guilty.

"A verdict has been handed out in the sexual harassment case that was brought against me by a former female employee of Tecmo. I have held my head high and have fought the good fight for the past year in order to clear my name and to uphold the reputations of Team NINJA and of Tecmo," said Itagaki to 1UP. "The former employee's arguments were judged to have been false, and all claims that she has brought against me have been dismissed."

"[I have put the] whole matter behind me and focus [want to] on doing what I do best, which is making great games," he added.