This is crazy. I figured Itagaki would be making DOA until the end of time since he's always talked about it like it was his baby. I suppose a competing publisher like Namco or Capcom would take him aboard. Hell, maybe Midway should make him an offer if the guy likes violence so much.

Tecmo can do whatever it wants with DOA and Ninja Gaiden. Itagaki had no stake in the properties themselves unless there was some joint ownership thing going on (which is incredibly unlikely).