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Rumor: Kojima Productions Name Retired, Kojima Disassociating From Metal Gear And Konami

While evidence has been growing that Hideo Kojima and his publisher have split ways, this latest piece of evidence may have confirmed Kojima Productions, the studio, has been retired, or at least its name is.

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Jedislayer3349d ago

This saddens me, but thank you Mr. Kojima for the awesome metal gear games you have brought us.

boodi3349d ago

I'm sure he will gift us with some more awesomeness out of Konami , it is quite hard to think anything Kojima decides is bad for gamers and gaming .. i'm pretty confident ..

Lord_Sloth3349d ago (Edited 3349d ago )

A rumor that has already been shot down which technically makes it a lie. XXXD

http://www.videogamer.com/p...

_-EDMIX-_3349d ago

...until its not. I would legit start seeing him as an ex konami employee.

Look at capcom.

No Ono, no Infune, Shinji, Kamyia etc left. Its not impossible to see it happening with Kojima and Konami.

Japanese developers for some time now have been having a bit of a revolution in regards to development and creative control.

Unsung Story, Project Phoenix and likely many more. Look em up.

Shadow Of The Damned
Evil Within
Vanquish
Bayonetta
Mighty 9

All IPs created by former Capcom developers. There is life after an IP.

Developers from the east are now MORE THEN EVER before in history are taking more control and understanding more their self worth.

Developers are not afraid to let publishers know after a while just how much they must be valued.

I got all those IPs above, didn't get RE6, didn't get the new DmC etc.

Kojima will be fine releasing a new IP as MGS is more then just some characters on a screen. Without its key team, its legit nothing more then a name.

metatronx3349d ago

@Lord: its doesnt mean anything. See Ueda and Sony, even though he doesnt work for Sony anymore, he still works on TLG. Same with Kojima, he will continue to oversee MGSV DLC and such. I see this as a good move for Kojima himself anyway. He can go independent, and work on whatever he wants.

vishmarx3349d ago

konami is good as dead without kojima

vivid833349d ago

konami dont just make metal gear you know

Moldiver3349d ago

@vivid83

True but who really cares about their other games? PES loses out to fifa every year. Castlevania isnt the must have game series it was in the late 80s and 90s (even though I like the two recent games). What else do they really have? Id love a new gradius, or parodius But I would be one of only a hundred thousand or so people,that would buy it.

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WESKER20153349d ago (Edited 3349d ago )

pre order canceled!

SmokingMonkey3349d ago

wasn't MGSV supposed to be episodic?

this is bad news, who owns the rights to Metal Gear?

or Zone of Enders?

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Konami Marks New Record With 70% Profit Increase Driven by Games

Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid publisher Konami has reported record profits this year, driven largely by its video games and amusements.

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CS79d ago

Interesting that Konami is releasing nothing of note and still enjoying high profits. I guess this is the allure to companies.

VenomUK9d ago

It was probably due to the half-hearted release of the Metal Gear Solid Collection v1.

Imagine the extra sales Konami could’ve made if it had put some effort into it.

JL29308d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Half hearted? MGS: MC is the best collection of Metal Gear games you can get with tons of bonus content.

Why are you mad? Because they didn't make the games 4K so you can see the low resolution textures and warping better? Most of you cry babies never even touched the MSX Metal Gears.

SimpleDad9d ago

Of course, they rereleased MGS series on modern platforms. Thank You Mr. Kojima.

shinoff21839d ago

Suikoden 1 and 2 remasters any day now wtf konami

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Since The Contra Revival Shows Konami Still Cares, How About A New Castlevania?

Hanzala from eXputer: "Contra: Operation Galuga is a classic revival done right, but why hasn't Konami done the same yet for the bigger and more popular Castlevania?"

shinoff218345d ago

Slowdown. Let them get these suikoden games done first. Alot of us are still waiting for those

XiNatsuDragnel45d ago

Castlevania fighting game for wii needs to be remade plz

Aphrodia45d ago

well, the new C ontra was made by Wayforward, who have been taking sooooo many of these classic franchises and making new iterations of them. Imo they aren't very good at it. And I don't see operation galuga being a large enough success to possibly give them Castlevania.

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The 7 Best Hideo Kojima Games Beyond Metal Gear Solid

Hideo Kojima is widely known as a video games auteur, but what are his best games outside the Metal Gear franchise?