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Konami held competion, starts handing out & funding development of classic IPs

Holammer

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Konami held a competition since September last year, offering Japanese indie devs to pitch a game based on their old IPs and specifically for action/shooter games.
The main prize is 2M yen ($14k) and offering funding up to 30M ($207k) + other assistance from Konami to promising projects.
Now the winners are decided.

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1. The Maze of Galious Remake
Takumi Naramura (guy behind La-Mulana).

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2. Star Soldier RE:VIVE
Beep is not a developer, but have previously published Cotton Reboot & Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica

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3. Parodius Reiwa Edition
OOEGAMES (rangerdog)

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4. TwinBee LOOP! -The Mystery of the Planet of Light and Darkness-
Ken Niimura

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5. Pooyan ~Endless battle between pigs and wolves~
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The right guy won. On a personal note, I feel like this would have been far more interesting if they invited western indie devs to compete. In fact, having a competition was a pretty dumb idea to begin with. Just start a program and invite developers to license and receive funding to work on Konami IPs.
 
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