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Kojima will no longer be a Konami executive from April 1st + KojiPro is no more?
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King Tubby
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Odd to remove "A Hideo Kojima game" from those pages. Did Kojima fuck Hayakawa's wife or something?
That would be awful. Kojima is a great game designer. He doesn't have to just do Metal Gear for fuck's sake.
That would be awful. Kojima is a great game designer. He doesn't have to just do Metal Gear for fuck's sake.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Damn the Patriots.
Nicktendo86
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They are taking Kojima productions off everything, either the studio has been spun off and he is going independent or it has been obsorbed. Something big is going on...
Sure were will find out soon. Nowhere to hideo.
SolidSnakex
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They'd be better off just coming out and saying what has happened. Is he still working there but just doesn't want his name to be used so often?
Considering he was also making Silent Hills, it seems questionable to me that he would just suddenly decide to retire.
I see they're taking his departure well.
JetBlackPanda
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Something else obviously happened. Retirement is one thing but Konami is stripping his name from everything, Including the production company and links to its website.
The Last One
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Kiefer Sutherland was more expensive than I thought.
Stereogatari
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http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/metal...mi_responds_to_hideo_kojima_exit_rumours.html
"Konami has responded to rumours circulating this morning suggesting that Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima has left the company.
In a statement provided to VideoGamer.com, a Konami representative said: "Konami Digital Entertainment, including Mr. Kojima, will continue to develop and support Metal Gear products. Please look forward to future announcements."
Rumours of Kojima's departure appeared on Reddit earlier today after it was discovered that Kojima Productions' logos had been removed from the Metal Gear Solid website.
Kojima Productions' website also redirects to Konami's Metal Gear Solid portal.
The representative declined to comment further when asked about the changes made to the developer's website."
"Konami has responded to rumours circulating this morning suggesting that Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima has left the company.
In a statement provided to VideoGamer.com, a Konami representative said: "Konami Digital Entertainment, including Mr. Kojima, will continue to develop and support Metal Gear products. Please look forward to future announcements."
Rumours of Kojima's departure appeared on Reddit earlier today after it was discovered that Kojima Productions' logos had been removed from the Metal Gear Solid website.
Kojima Productions' website also redirects to Konami's Metal Gear Solid portal.
The representative declined to comment further when asked about the changes made to the developer's website."
He doesn't get to retire until the next ZoE is done!
FranXico
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Is that a good or a bad thing?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
This is hilarious and absurd.
I'm guessing that Kojima has indicated he wants to leave and do other stuff at some point in the next year (assumably after TPP is out), so while they're re-arranging stuff for the new year anyway, they're rebranding all KojiPro into Konami proper ahead of time. Maybe. Who knows.
You mean kept secret like.... Holding a secret meeting after the Taipei game show with him in Taiwan?
shinobi602
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I'm assuming part of this has to do with Kojima actually wanting to finally end the Metal Gear series and obviously that won't sit well with Konami. Understandably it's the company's biggest cash cow, there's no way they'd let it go. They've likely taken over complete control of the IP.
This was bound to happen eventually. Hideo can't work on the series until his death.
This was bound to happen eventually. Hideo can't work on the series until his death.
Northeastmonk
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IMHO Konami will focus on MGS now (if they continue making MGS games) and Kojima is working on something else. (He better be working hard on Silent Hills). I think he'll support MGSV, but at this point he probably has an entire staff working hard to update MGSV and MGO.
Maybe its his own personal choice. He has been working on MGS for a very long time. I hope he's working hard on SH. Konami probably wants to make sure MGS is theirs. They don't want anything happening to it. That's if these events actually mean anything. It could be just a subtle change within the company.
Maybe its his own personal choice. He has been working on MGS for a very long time. I hope he's working hard on SH. Konami probably wants to make sure MGS is theirs. They don't want anything happening to it. That's if these events actually mean anything. It could be just a subtle change within the company.
Not much more for him to do. He accomplished everything. Go out on top instead of possibly butchering your reputation with some bad or risky new game.
ScriptedReality
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I'm trying to figure out how this racist thing fits here
Lifejumper
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Holy shit. He wont leave mgs5 development right? Shiiiiiiiit.
And the Kojima Productions logo or site aren't needed when Konami rebranding as Kojima Productions rolls out.
Ok, now this is getting even deeper. They removed his name from the Legacy Collection too!
Im pretty sure this is Kojima's only out if he wants to stop making Metal Gear and move on to something new. Hes wanted to move on now since Sons of Liberty and every time Konami convinces him to stay. They gave him his own studio for 3 and then made him an Exc for 4. I think he is separating himself from Konami now that 5 is wrapping up.
"rekt"
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
The Last One
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The game is probably done by now.
That sounds like he's working on the game from outside Konami, like a freelancer.
I think Kojigod is too creative to keep making MGS games forever, good for him if he broke free from Konami.
He'll never retire.
Not sure if this Google Cache link works, but the KPLA (Kojima Productions LA) site now redirects to Konami's main site.
Site on March 18th: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2IobEIHWoU8J:www.kjpla.konami.com/
Site now: http://www.kjpla.konami.com/
The image in the middle of the Google Cache link is this: http://i.imgur.com/SeVw7Bk.jpg
Site on March 18th: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2IobEIHWoU8J:www.kjpla.konami.com/
Site now: http://www.kjpla.konami.com/
The image in the middle of the Google Cache link is this: http://i.imgur.com/SeVw7Bk.jpg
Nightengale
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It doesn't make sense though. Konami has never forced Kojima back to Metal Gear, it's always he who comes back himself when he sees the younger staff not being able to make a good MGS game.
Sure, Konami will want to continue Metal Gear beyond BB/Solid Snake, but that's not an area Kojima has issues with.
Hitokiri03
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Welfare
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Do they have no respect?
FlutterPuffs
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I'm freaking out. D:
MGS is my favorite gaming franchise.
MGS is my favorite gaming franchise.
The Last One
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Yep, that's what's scaring me about all of this =(
Zombie James
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Northeastmonk
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It's his legacy, but Konami owns it. In respect to Hideo Kojima's legacy; his name still appears inside the game. This is why money is evil. You probably won't see a lot of Epic over the next Gears besides Blacktusk and the engine they'll use (Unreal possibly). You'll see who worked on it, which has a few members.
oh shit oh shit, this is getting wierd.
disappeared
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Talk about an end of an era, christ.
What the fuck
Even of Kojima had quit or was fired, how can you do this? Imagine WB scrubbing off the name of a movie's director because he made a movie at Universal.
Petty motherfuckers.
Kojima - A ghost without a past.
MGS4 was Konami saying we need more NOW. Metal gear as a series will be over after V and will be the perfect time for a new team to take over and start fresh.
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