Koei Tecmo

Tecmo Koei Holdings Co., Ltd.  (コーエーテクモホールディングス Kōē Tekumo Horudingusu), is a Japanese holding company formed in 2009 when merged with Tecmo due to the latter company’s financial trouble. In April 1, 2009, Tecmo, Inc. and Koei Corporation merged into Tecmo Koei Holdings Corporation, retaining all of the projects, subsidiaries and media affiliations of both companies. As a result, the copyrights of certain well known videogame franchises; such as Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, and  from Tecmo, and, ,  and  from Koei, now fall under Tecmo Koei’s possession.

History
On the 3rd June, 2008 Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki resigned from the company and filed a 145 million yen ($1.3 million) lawsuit for "unpaid completion bonuses" and "emotional distress". This was followed by another lawsuit filed on the 16th of June by two plaintiffs on behalf of Tecmo's 300 employees for unpaid wages amounting to ¥8.3 million. On August 29, 2008 made plans for a friendly takeover of Tecmo by purchasing shares at a 30 percent premium with a total bid of ¥22.3 billion. On September 4, 2008 Tecmo officially declined the takeover proposal. Tecmo subsequently engaged in talks with Koei about a possible merger between the two companies, and agreed in November 2008 to merge on April 1, 2009 to form Tecmo Koei Holdings. On January 26, 2009 the two companies officially announced the merger, and the holding company formed on April 1, 2009 as planned.

The subsidiary Tecmo and associated development teams have been declared disbanded in Japan as of February 25th, 2010, and relevant intellectual properties are slated to be further managed by Tecmo Koei, effective April 1st, 2010. Koei Europe changed its name to Koei Tecmo Europe, Ltd and now releases video games under the new moniker while on January 2010, in North America, Tecmo, Inc. and Koei Corporation merged into Tecmo Koei America Corporation. Koei Canada, Inc. changed its name to Tecmo Koei Canada, Inc. Tecmo Koei later created a division in Vietnam called Tecmo Koei Vietnam, including creating divisions in Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan.

Subsidiaries

 * Team Ninja, started in 1995 under Tecmo.
 * , started in 2007 under Tecmo.
 * , started under Koei.