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Kojima will no longer be a Konami executive from April 1st + KojiPro is no more?
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Give War A Chance
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MICROSOFT BOUTA SET THE INTERNET ABLAZE.
Looks like the best free agents haven't all been signed yet!
lol.
funkystudent
Member
Oh shit.
My Theory.
Konami is getting out of AAA games and MGS5 will be their last "big one". Kojima's work is done so he is sailing off into the sunset.
OR
LOL April fools.
My Theory.
Konami is getting out of AAA games and MGS5 will be their last "big one". Kojima's work is done so he is sailing off into the sunset.
OR
LOL April fools.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Maybe he's taking time off to make a movie.
Stereogatari
Banned
If Sony bought Koji Pro.
Power-play.
Jesus, that would be more glorious than FFXIII multi-platform.
"Konami Digital Entertainment, including Mr. Kojima, will continue to develop and support Metal Gear products. Please look forward to future announcements."
The same way as "Fumito Ueda will continue to develop The Last Guardian"? A.K.A. he's out but contracted to finish his job.
It's Silent Hills that's worrying though.
The same way as "Fumito Ueda will continue to develop The Last Guardian"? A.K.A. he's out but contracted to finish his job.
It's Silent Hills that's worrying though.
DannyDanger
Member
Sony, sell your f-ing real estate division and buy kojima
And I mean now
And I mean now
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
A Konami without Kojima is a Konami that is dead. To the games world at least, I'm sure they'll keep trucking with boring fitness centres and insurance or whatever. What a weird age to be living in.
The age of Konami is done
YianGaruga
Banned
Remember this news from a few days ago?
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/16/loveplus-producer-character-designer-leave-konami/
"LovePlus Producer And Character Designer Leave Konami"
Kojima opening a new studio to make dating sims?
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/16/loveplus-producer-character-designer-leave-konami/
"LovePlus Producer And Character Designer Leave Konami"
Kojima opening a new studio to make dating sims?
Kojima secretly built KojiPro LA as a film production house.
It all makes sense.
Woffls
Member
At the moment I'm thinking that KojiPro will be restructured and renamed, with the aim of reducing Kojima's profile at Konami for whatever reason. He won't leave soon, but over the next five years they'll want it to not be a big deal when he does.
I also expect Konami wants to use Fox Engine to release a Metal Gear game every two years or something, and that Kojima only wants to work on half of those, or consult on both in some creative capacity.
Either way, I think Konami want to use Metal Gear more often than Kojima does, and Kojima wants more freedom than he's being afforded by Konami. That combined with Kojima not actually wanting to work on Metal Gear any more seems to work out well for both parties.
I don't know much about KojiPro and their relationship with Konami, but this is just what I've inferred from the main bits of news we've had so far.
I also expect Konami wants to use Fox Engine to release a Metal Gear game every two years or something, and that Kojima only wants to work on half of those, or consult on both in some creative capacity.
Either way, I think Konami want to use Metal Gear more often than Kojima does, and Kojima wants more freedom than he's being afforded by Konami. That combined with Kojima not actually wanting to work on Metal Gear any more seems to work out well for both parties.
I don't know much about KojiPro and their relationship with Konami, but this is just what I've inferred from the main bits of news we've had so far.
Narpas Sword0
Member
What the fuck
The brightest minds at Konami are building their own new super studio.
BronsonLee
Member
...what on earth is going on
DAMMIT KOJIMA
DAMMIT KOJIMA
SolidSnakex
Member
Because they're scrubbing his name entirely from their sites. MGSV no longer says "A Hideo Kojima Game". His division (KojiPro) has been removed from their official site. They no longer link to his Twitter account on their website.
Assuming that they don't say anything definitive between now and March 25th, that's going to be a very interesting day because it's when the next Kojima Station is scheduled. That's also something that's no longer anywhere to be found on Konami's webpages. You can only find the date on their Youtube channel.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Anyone thinking Kojima is fired? Given the total wiping of his name from the company it could be that he's done something pretty bad.
Guys, I think we all know what he's going to do next, right? It's just painfully obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWSwAKVS-IA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWSwAKVS-IA
jackissocool
Member
He'd be down, we all know the only reason MGS4 was exclusive is because he's a big PlayStation fanboy.
This is a crazy and frightening situation for me as a hardcore MGS fan.
nephilimdj
Member
Boktai inspired game with studiojapan, goty 2016
Fancy Clown
Member
I need my Silent Hills tho
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Probably as much as Putin not appearing in public for 10 days.
afternoon delight
Member
This is actually great news in my opinion if it turns out to be true- Kojima with free reign and an understanding of PC architecture? And hastening the death of the group that killed so many good franchises? Sign me up for whatever comes next.
Good news to wake up to!
Good news to wake up to!
I think they had Winning Eleven (PES).
I think their Mahjong franchise is pretty successful and that's definitely on mobile now.
Maybe they found out about him watching a movie per day on company time.
Nintenyearold
Neo Member
The day Konami gasped its last breath. RIP
Kojima re-tweeted Konami 14 hrs ago
https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/578423392866435072
https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/578423392866435072
Seems like they have removed traces of "A Hideo Kojima game" from Legacy Collection and Ground Zeroes related pages too. Crazy.
Before: http://web.archive.org/web/20141129121304/https://www.konami.com/mgs/
Now: https://www.konami.com/mgs/
Before: http://web.archive.org/web/20141129121304/https://www.konami.com/mgs/
Now: https://www.konami.com/mgs/
YianGaruga
Banned
Phew, I guess everything is fine then. He tweeted.
Jawmuncher
Member
Wonder who will direct the series now.
FranXico
Member
In Taiwan? No, that visit was just MGS5 business. If he really was planning to move to Sony, those meetings would have taken place in Japan, and more importantly, they would have been kept secret.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Ffffffffff
Yoji Shinkawa, Kojima Production's Neil Druckmann.
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