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Hideo Kojima Has No Plans To Stop Making Games

Hideo Kojima Has No Plans To Stop Making Games

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Hideo Kojima is known as a living legend with the gaming community. He’s also known for incredibly detailed and intricate stories, no doubt made famous by his run on Metal Gear Solid. For the longest time, Kojima worked at Konami, but then last year the company broke off ties with him in a very public manner. Despite this, Kojima want right back to work on making games. He put together a new studio called Kojima Productions, and even announced his first game under the studio in the form of Death Stranding, starring Norman Reedus. At Develop Brighton, he spoke about how he feels about the industry, and how every game is precious to him: “Every game brings me closer and closer to making what I imagine,” Kojima told Cerny. “That’s why I could never stop making games.” He also noted that games weren’t his first passion, rather, he wanted to be a film maker, but that was becoming difficult, so he used games to tell stories. “30 years ago, I

Hideo Kojima Aims For More Personal Studio With Small Crew

Hideo Kojima Aims For More Personal Studio With Small Crew

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Hideo Kojima and his “leaving” Konami was one of the major stories in 2015, and went well into the beginning of 2016. Now though, he’s set up his new studio, and at DICE he revealed to IGN what he wants from the studio. First and foremost? A smaller team, that way he can easily work with them all and get the best product possible: “There was a time that I had a team that was growing over 200 people, and at that point this methodology proved to be too difficult. It was impossible to be together and polish everything,” he said. “For this new studio, I definitely want to keep the size of the team somewhat limited.” He noted however that he didn’t want this to seem like a traditional Japanese studio: “In Japanese studios, no matter what kind of game you’re developing, you get in and they all feel the same,” he said. “It feels like tight spaces, military discipline. There are so many companies like this, previous experiences

Kojima Wanted Cliffy B. On Silent Hills?

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Silent Hills may be one of the greatest gaming tragedies in recent memory, mainly because the title had so much going for it from the get go that almost everyone was excited about it. That was huge as the series had been waning in the eyes of many for so long. Behind the names of legends like HIdeo Kojima, Guillermo Del Toro, and headed up character wise by Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead, this seemed to be the game we’ve been waiting for. Then it got cancelled due to Konami’s development shuffle, which broke many a gamer and critics’ hearts. However, despite this, we’re still getting interesting information about what Silent Hills could’ve been. Now, it appears that another legendary developer was asked to be on the project. Cliff Bleszinski, of Epic Games and Gears of War fame. In a Tweet, Bleszinski stated, “Kojima once told me he wanted me to do a new Silent Hill w him together out of LA,” Bleszinski wrote on Twitter. “I was flattered but declined.” He

Hideo Kojima Forbidden to Discuss Konami Split

Hideo Kojima Forbidden to Discuss Konami Split

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As previously reported earlier this week, Hideo Kojima formed a new partnership to develop a new software title that will be exclusive to PlayStation 4 with the newly formed and independent Kojima Productions. This comes after Kojima’s contract with Konami ended as of December 15. The reason the gaming community might not here more about Kojima’s prolific and controversial split from the publisheris due to contractual reasons. That comes from a new report by The New Yorker. Per the report, Kojima is “contractually forbidden” from discussing the terms of his exit from the game publisher. Currently, Kojima is allowed to speak freely about a “new start” with Kojima Productions, but he cannot talk about the details prior to his split with Konami. The current staff for the new Kojima Productions includes artist Yoji Shinkawa and former Konami producer Kenichiro Imaizumi. The company does not yet have an office, but it does have the aforementioned deal in place with Sony PlayStation. Speaking on game development, Kojima commented: “Every time I create

Norman Reedus Wants Silent Hills Team to Still Collaborate on Something

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When Silents Hills was announced, it was met with much joy and anticipation, especially since it was going to be headed up by Guillermo del Toro and Hideo Kojima, with Norman Reedus as the main character. Sadly with its cancellation, that was never fully realized. However, despite the game itself not happening, Norman Reedus is confident that the team behind the game will work on something together in the future. He tells IGN: “I’m super bummed that that happened back in Japan,but I have faith. I have faith that we, the three of us, can do something else.” One of the reasons behind this faith is that the fans were incredibly amped for Silent Hills, and that excitement got him excited as well. Reedus added: “The internet buzz about [Silent Hills] happening was so huge. I’ve never seen anything like it; petitions with a hundred thousand people that signed it, petitions to please make it happen, that’s crazy. That’s a crazy fanbase for not just that video game but also those people

Hideo Kojima Posts Emotional Video To Fans

Hideo Kojima Posts Emotional Video To Fans

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain finally released yesterday and developer Hideo Kojima has released a video on YouTube discussing exactly how much the series has meant to him over the past few years and thanking fans for their continuous support. The legendary developer also apologized for the fact that the game had taken so long to release but that the extra time has allowed him to create something that he feels is incredibly special. Finally, the video also has a touching tribute to a fan of the franchise that sadly passed away due to an illness. Sean Gillespie had been made an honorary member of the development team and the footage shows Kojima visiting the family home once development was complete and giving them some signed copies of the title. This message from Kojima essentially ends the development of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on an emotional and somewhat positive note. The video is made all the more poignant considering that this is likely to be

Metal Gear Solid V: The Official Launch Trailer Has Landed

Metal Gear Solid V: The Official Launch Trailer Has Landed

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The long wait for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is almost over. The new game marks the final Metal Gear Solid installment that will be developed by legendary creator Hideo Kojima, as he is splitting with Konami after the launch of this game. You can check out the new video in the player below. This new trailer is distinct as it was created and produced by Kojima himself. In addition, it also features footage from Kojima’s previous modern Metal Gear Solid franchise games. The trailer is a good reflection of all that has come before, and this game essentially closes the loop of all of Kojima’s MGS games. Also, Konami provided us new details on the companion app that will be available for the game, which will be similar to the app for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. The Phantom Pain app will act as a second screen map, and it can connect with the main game to show the in-game map. The app will allow players to

Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro Still Planning Gaming Project?

Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro Still Planning Gaming Project?

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For a while, many fans were thrilled for the return of Silent Hill via a new game Silent Hills, which was going to be co-written by Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro. Then the Konami breakup with Hideo Kojima happened, and the game was cancelled. Many gamer hearts were broken. However, there is still hope! Del Toro talked with IGN and said that a game collaboration with Kojima was still possible. Del Toro stated, “I love working with Kojima-san. We are still in touch. We are still friends and working into doing something together, but that’s not going to be [Silent Hills].” While he didn’t elaborate on what that project would be, or what we could expect, he did note some of the stuff he and Kojima were thinking of when doing Silent Hills: “We were in the planning stages, and it’s a shame it’s not going to happen. We were talking about really pushing the boundaries of the new consoles, and making the game really mess with your head. One of the

Kojima Productions Has Officially Closed Down

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According to a twitter post by the Japanese voice actor who portrays Solid Snake in the Metal Gear franchise, Kojima productions as officially shut down. “Kojima Productions was forced to disband, but it appears that the work that the team has been putting their utmost effort into is nearly complete. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I expect it will become their greatest masterpiece. I couldn’t help it. I just wanted to say ‘Kept you waiting, huh?’ (Laughs.) But even if this is the end, Metal Gear Solid is immortal!” This may be the final word in the long-running confusion over what was the fate of Hideo Kojima and his company. After a bumpy start with rumors and contradictions between both Hideo and Konami, the two seemed to finally get their stories straight and confirm that this is happening. However, Konami did note that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain may be the last Kojima made Metal Gear game, but it may not be the last one we ever

Kojima Will Finish Metal Gear Solid V, New Metal Gear Series In The Works

Kojima Will Finish Metal Gear Solid V, New Metal Gear Series In The Works

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Yesterday, mixed reports from Konami had fans and gamers in an uproar, as the weren’t sure whether gaming legend Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series was still at the company. Or, if he would be able to finish Metal Gear Solid V. Rumors and speculation went wild, with Konami not really helping matters by using fancy wordplay to both confirm and deny certain statements. Now, both Konami and Kojima have come together to issue a joint statement about what has happened, and what will happen in the future. Here is what they have said: “To Customers, Thank you for your continued patronage of KONAMI products and services. The latest title in the METAL GEAR series,“METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN” (below, “MGSV: TPP”), will be released as planned starting on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 in North America, Latin America, and Europe, followed by Japan and Asia on Wednesday, September 2nd. Hideo Kojima will remain involved throughout. Hideo Kojima stated, “I want to reassure fans that I am

Hideo Kojima Leaving Konami

Hideo Kojima Leaving Konami

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Say it isn’t so — things seemed to be going so well! Japanese superstar game developer Hideo Kojima was about to enter new territory with Silent Hills, a hotly anticipated new game in the Silent Hill series and believed by most to be the shot in the arm the ailing franchise needs. The fifth game in his signature Metal Gear Solid series, The Phantom Pain, is also on track to debut this fall on PS4. Could he really be leaving? If you take a peek at Konami’s website, the signs aren’t too good. The Kojima Productions site now redirects to Konami’s Metal Gear site. On that site, all promotional materials for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection have Kojima’s name and production company removed now. Kojima said MGS5 would be the final Metal Gear, but he has claimed to be ending the MGS series all the way back to #2, Sons of Liberty, which was fifteen

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