No ill feelings here. Tomonobu Itagaki and his ex-team have moved on - he has a new team, Team Ninja has new projects - and he only has the best wishes for Team Ninja and its new leader, Yosuke Hayashi. It's a refreshing change to see the man behind the sunglasses be so positive for a change and he even had enough compliments to go around. Good for you, Itagaki-san.

You can bet Xbox 360 fanboys won't like this one. Yosuke Hayashi and Hitoshi Hasegawa of Tecmo's Team Ninja sat down with Gamasutra to talk about their current and future plans. They both agree: the PS3 is the most powerful system out there. But despite this, they still maintain a diplomatic stand, saying that the Xbox 360 is still a great console.

It's rumor-squashing time, and for this episode, Ninja Gaiden Sigma director Yosuke Hayashi will be holding the hammer. The rumor in question? An Xbox 360 version of the next-gen remake of the Xbox classic Ninja Gaiden Black.

In an interview with CVG, Team Ninja's Hayashi said that whispers of a secret 360 version already in development were nothing more than rumours. Said Hayashi, "I would take that rumour as proof that people's expectations for Sigma must be very high. But it is just a rumour."

It seems like Hayashi didn't quite aim for the rumor's vulnerable spot for massive damage, though, as that statement doesn't sound like a flat-out denial. We'll be keeping a close watch on this so keep checking back here on QJ for more updates.