Dead or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagaki Wants To Make a New Game & Created a New Studio To Do It Dead or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagaki Wants To Make a New Game & Created a New Studio To Do It Legendary developer Tomonobu Itagaki is well-known for creating Dead or Alive and for Ninja Gaiden, and he is back. By Giuseppe Nelva Home » News » Dead or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagaki Wants To Make a New Game & Created a New Studio To Do It Legendary developer Tomonobu Itagaki is well-known for creating Dead or Alive and for the Ninja Gaiden series, but as of late, he has been out of the spotlight. That may be about to change.