Related.
Be on the look out for any screens from the game where he's being choked or shot at with the caption "Help."
Related.
Why?
I know that thinking about this doesn't do much good right now, but Kojima and Sony are a match made in heaven. Kojima can use being under the umbrella of a big-publisher, Sony is in need of stepping their Japanese development up, and both have a thing for creative freedom. When you consider how vocal Kojima has been on wanting to work on something else, and how Sony allows cases like The Last Guardian to even exist (in addition to be one of the most diverse catalogues of "experimental" titles), I think both would enjoy each other's company.
And let's face it: Kojima has made more than enough Metal Gear games. Letting the man go where he wants and pressuring Konami to stop resting on their dependance on him can only do good for the industry. Maybe Metal Gear will become different (possibly worse), but there's little that can be done. Kojima's MG Saga had its run.
Why is everyone cool with Sony buying them but if was another company, this place would burn down.This only means one thing. Peter Molyneux will take reigns of the MGS franchise.
Or that Kojima will sign a three project deal with Sony and put a closure on TLG's development.
removing his name from every game seems very disrespectful
It's very impressive that they systematically scrubbed everything in the past 24 hours or so.
Removing his name from the games that have been that company's lifeblood for years seems to indicate that there has been some sort of fallout, no?
history is relative
It's very impressive that they systematically scrubbed everything in the past 24 hours or so.
OK IM WORRIED NOWJust updated the OP too. It's definitely thread worthy. Something is going on, and Konami's non-response and "wait for more announcements" is pretty telling.
What if it's Nintendo?
Why is everyone cool with Sony buying them but if was another company, this place would burn down.
Which is not hard to imagine.... At all.The only thing that indicates is that Konami is run by scumbags of the lowest order.
What absolute cunts are erasing his name? That is some cold, petty, egregious shit.
Highly likely!
They probably also bought the Half Life franchise from VALVe and Hideo is currently making HL3 for Nintendo NX as I type this.
Downhill? Ever since LoS2 Konami is pretty much dead as a console dev aside from Metal GearThis sucks.
This sucks very much.
This is worse than IGA leaving Konami.
Konami is really going downhill, don't they?
If it was Microsoft, then what? What's the difference?I don't think everybody is OK with that. I personally would be ok with him going to either Sony or Nintendo, same for me.
Why?
Because we wouldn't have been able to play a game like MGS if it weren't for him in the first place and erasing his name just because he's leaving?!
thats just disgusting.
Why is everyone cool with Sony buying them but if was another company, this place would burn down.
Kind of sours the excitement around MGS5, IMO.
Rumors this morning started circulating that Hideo Kojima has left Konami after the firm released a new executive appointment form which no longer listed Kojima as Executive Content Officer. And now, Metal Gear Solid 5 ha s anew Twitter account and website.
While we’re not sure what’s going on, and held off on posting anything on the matter until Konami got back with us, a statement was sent to Videogamer:
“Konami Digital Entertainment, including Mr. Kojima, will continue to develop and support Metal Gear products. Please look forward to future announcements.”
Developing.
Konami is essentially Kojima games and soccer. After this, there is essentially no Konami if Kojima Productions is really gone.This sucks.
This sucks very much.
This is worse than IGA leaving Konami.
Konami is really going downhill, don't they?
The only thing that indicates is that Konami is run by scumbags of the lowest order.
If it was Microsoft, then what? What's the difference?
I'm even more excited to play Kojima's final Metal Gear Solid game.
No i mean why delete his name ?
Japanese usually shows respects to the creator.
This is probably worse than IGA leaving Konami.
Konami is really going downhill, don't they?
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.
Maybe they finally decided to name the company Kojima and the games all have to say now: "A Konami Game"
If it was Microsoft, then what? What's the difference?