As long as Bloodstained delivers, Castlevania can rest in peace - the torch has been passed. Those other franchises though........
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Keighley: Konami lawyers holding Kojima hostage; audience loudly boos. Inconceivable.
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As long as Bloodstained delivers, Castlevania can rest in peace - the torch has been passed. Those other franchises though........
Cheesemeister
Member
I would not be surprised if Geoff Keighley is now blacklisted by Konami. I wouldn't expect to see any future nominations or involvement.
Mufausa The 3rd
Member
Kojima getting bodied by that Konami prenup
Serious or joke? Because, honestly, at this point what could the con possibly be leading up to? Kojima's suicide as part of the grand marketing for Chapter 3 or some shit?
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
Looks like Kojima's contract doesn't stop him retweeting though.
Poor guy.
Poor guy.
After this event. I'm pretty sure the industry just black listed Konami. It's not like we'll be seeing anything worthwhile from them anyway.
fluffydelusions
Member
Much respect to Geoff for calling them out.
There won't be any future nominations because there won't be games made by Konami anymore.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
All those pachinko and slot machines he won't be able to announce ;_;
But who will get the scoop on the hottest new pachinko and slot games??
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
God, they're just the fucking worst. Embarrassing.
Led_Zeppelin
Member
To me it seems that Konami wants absolute control of their properties. And MGS so far has always been associated with Kojima, Konami perhaps is thinking that in order for people to start associating Konami with MGS (instead of Kojima) Kojima exposure has to go down. I see Konami wanting to take creative control over their IPs like western studio does like Ubisoft over Assassins Creed.
Or perhaps Konami is more worried of getting back to Kojima for whatever reason or who knows.
Damn I want Geoff to write "The Final Hours of MGS V" because it seems there is a lot behind this story that would be really interesting to know.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
What could Konami even realistically bring to the Game Awards anymore? They don't have any impressive console titles in their lineup for the forseeable future. With the exception of PES they've all but seemingly stopped exploring any of their IPs on consoles.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Is there a developer or group of developers that were behind Suikoden 1-2 that we can crowdfund into making a "successor" or even get the Suikoden IP? Loved the games but never heard much about who made them.
Muppet of a Man
Member
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ChoklitCow
Member
This is the fucking worst.
Yugioh ain't going nowhere. That card game prints money.
not in the case of accepting awards. i could award mgsv a fucking paper crown and give it to my cat and any court in the world would laugh at an attempt to sue me for any kind of rights infringement.
konami can't stop the game awards from giving the award, and they can't stop sutherland accepting.
This ...is a very long con then.
Seven Force
Banned
DXLelouch153
Banned
no one in the entire Industry is gonna want anything to do with Konami after that shitshow
so if they ever do decide to make games again their royally fucked
so if they ever do decide to make games again their royally fucked
Quintin DM
Member
This is seriously a new low for Konami
#FuckKonami
#FuckKonami
Jim Sterling
Member
Won't be anything to see from Konami going forward so, yea.
Just look at Kojima's twitter.
Salt in the wound.
Mad Season
Banned
shameful
Hmmmm. That does make sense. I have a hard time believing they are that stupid though. Everyone that plays Metal Gear knows it's made by Hideo Kojima. His name is plastered on everything. If this were the case, it would be smarter to slowly ease him out without making obvious moves like this.
ginger ninja
Banned
Someone's defending Konami here isn't it...
cj_iwakura
Member
Hopefully they go to Tokyo and give it to him.
Balmung421
Member
Didn't believe this until I saw the video in the OP because it sounded so crazy. Wtf
Via Wario64 ^^
what does this even mean? kojima is confirming that in fact he could have come if he wanted to?
OverdriveOtaku
Member
You feel it too, don't you?
Balmung421
Member
I think it means Yong agrees its horeshit he couldn't go? Not sure either
The Citizen Kane of Games
Member
He might even had gotten the privilege to be in the green room to talk about Star Wars Battlefront!
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Good on Geoff for calling them out on their petty, petty behaviour.
No he's just retweeting the comment. On twitter If you say something and I retweet you. It broadcasts that to ALL my followers to see. If anything Kojima is confirming that Konami blocked him.
hydrophilic attack
Member
It doesn't matter that Konami owns the game. Geoff can give his award to who the fuck he wants; he doesn't need Konami's approval. Because Kojima is an employee, they can stop him going. They can just say that he doesn't have permission to go on a trip to the US on a working day, and refuse to give him vacation time to do it. Sutherland and Joosten are not employees, so they don't have this power over them.
valkillmore
Member
Wow that really fucking sucks. What a shitty situation. What a shitty company.
packy34
Member
Konami isn't making any games relevant to TGA anymore anyway. Can't imagine he cares.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I understand how some could be confused but looking at the comments and the other things Kojima has rewtweeted it's likely he means that Kojima being stopped by Kojima is some bullshit that shouldn't have been perpetrated by Konami.
The tweet does kind of sound like they are calling the whole thing bullshit and untrue. Unfortunate phrasing I guess :/