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Hideo Kojima “Still Based in Tokyo”, “All Will Soon Be Revealed” – Donna Burke

Metal Gear Solid track vocalist is "interested" in what Kojima is creating next.

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Herbalistic3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

Kojima may create his own studio and work with another Japanese publisher.

Heyxyz3101d ago

My thought exactly.

Right now I'm betting on either Sony, because him an Sony go together like peanut butter and jelly, or Capcom, as they'd probably pay top dollar because many of their big names left.

I don't think he'd go to Nintendo though, simply because most Nintendo fans I know don't care about Kojima games.

pompombrum3101d ago

There is a reason why many of the big names left Capcom. They work their employees to the bone, one of their last big names left (Ono) has been hospitalized twice from being overworked, I don't see Kojima wanting to work for them.

nX3101d ago

Sony & Kojima would be a perfect fit, they can offer the creative freedom Kojima needs. Just give him and his colleagues their own little studio in the SCEJA building and wait for the miracles.

freshslicepizza3101d ago

nintendo should try and get him, it would greatly help their portfolio.

why is anyone expecting any new stuff from him? the guy spent years getting any game out yet he's going to miraculously show some teaser? if he does then it's a sure sign he's done what david jaffe and cliffy b. did, go indie.

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cmgs3100d ago (Edited 3100d ago )

Is square not a candidate at all? THey seem to match Kojima's ideal for going overbudget and taking long times to make games. They can sustain Kojima.

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Becuzisaid3101d ago

That would be amazing. I have to believe they're already working on a SF revival though.

Aenea3101d ago

"soon"??? Makes me think the publisher is Sony...

Rimeskeem3101d ago

Sounds most logical, many developers would kill to be able to work with Kojima.

kaizokuspy3101d ago

I'd kill to have a picture with him. Working with him I'd commit genocide. Lol

_-EDMIX-_3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

He is likely getting the rest of his staff from Kojima productions as I don't think they feel fine staying at Konami anyway.

I see him going with Sega, Sony or Square. Square is long shot, but could happen.

Sega based on them being very welcoming to other Japanese developers who've left other publishers, but unlikely based on it could be big budget and I don't think they can afford him, if its a smaller budget title then I see Sega as being a likely possibility. I ultimately think it will be Sony as they have the funding, Kojima has worked with Sony's Japan team many, many times and he has favored the company for a long time and likely wants to focus on 1 platform vs 5.

assdan3100d ago

That's what I'm guessing too. I'm excited to see where he goes after leaving MGS behind finally.

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2pacalypsenow3101d ago

I really hope Sony picks him up, I would love to see what he can do on the Ps4 with the freedom Sony gives.

DigitalRaptor3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

Sony is a natural fit for Kojima given their histories.

I could see it happening because Sony folks have proven this generation so far, their willingness to try and make prior unsuccessfully completed passion projects or crazy unrealistic revivals come true for those involved. Del Toro and Norman Reedus have both come out and said that Silent Hills or whatever chemistry was going down before Konami pulled the plug NEEDS to happen.

Kojima is quiet and he will troll about, but a project being re-ignited as a PS4 exclusive, helmed by him makes total sense. It would totally destroy minds - like a Rockstar Games platform exclusive would. Although Kojima is hinted to be going to the Game Awards this week, so who knows.... multiplat it could be.

Having said that, look at the sheer cunning behind these two gentlemen's spectacles: http://images.pushsquare.co...

It happened once: http://www.vgleaks.com/wp-c... It could happen again.

squeezx3100d ago

TRUE and there was that tweet that came out of Kojima of him and Mark Cerny aka "Mr. PS4" having a good old time together in Japan in the midst of all the Konami drama.

https://m.reddit.com/r/meta...

assdan3100d ago (Edited 3100d ago )

If he's staying in Tokyo, I'd guess he's either going to sony or capcom. Or there's still the chance that he's going to go indie.

-Foxtrot3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

So if he's doing a new game with someone then they are based in Japan

1) Own independent studio

2) Sony

3) Nintendo...lol (kidding)

4) Square Enix

5) Capcom

I'm hoping either his own studio or Sony...the others would eat him alive just like Konami did

Herbalistic3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

It would have to be either Sony or SE being as Capcom aren't in the best financial situation

scark923101d ago

isn't Square in a financial situation too? Or am I incorrect?

IIFloodyII3101d ago

@Scark

They had a rough 2012-2013 (it's why they cried about the TR Reboot not doing good enough), but recovered and are doing fine now.
Capcom where almost bankrupt in 2013, after sinking loads into mobile only for it to blow up in their face, they are doing better now, thanks to Platform holders usually helping them with funding, but still not out of the woods yet.

DevilOgreFish3101d ago

I believe Kojima said he wanted to be "independent", wish i could fish out the article that said it. It's been said i know that much.

DarkOcelet3101d ago

If he went with Sony, its gonna be a huge win for Sony.

-Foxtrot3101d ago

It's not like it would hurt him because they would give him his space and they have a good relationship going

Then you have the fact most of his games console wise do better on the Playstation.

I'm hoping it's Silent Hills but reformed into a new IP

Silent Town
Silent Mountain
Silent City
Silent Village

A big F*** You to Konami

DarkOcelet3101d ago

@Foxtrot

I get the feeling that he could have already joined them since that picture of him and Mark Cerny.

http://images.pushsquare.co...

crazysammy3101d ago

@Foxtrot

Just call it Silent. Just hit em in the grapes lol.

MyDietEqualsGames3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

Holy shit, Kojima isin afro mode! That means its mad scientist time. "Bites fist in anticipation"

Also... Can anyone make out where they are based on the video feed behind them? Looks like an entrance way.

assdan3100d ago

@foxtrot. He's gonna make a game called quiet mountain. I know it's going to happen.

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BecauseImBatman3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

There is rumors indicating that he may be doing a collaboration with MS (with possibly Del Toro) on a Silent Hills like IP because MS tried to purchase it from Konami but they were asking for to much. I myself think he'll go independent and start his own studio. Fun to speculate and where ever he ends up it'll be a lot better than Konami...

-Foxtrot3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

I'm not saying you are wrong but I can't seeing him going with Microsoft. You'd have another situation like Rise of the Tomb Raider, going to the opposite place of where the majority of your fanbase is

frankdrebin723101d ago

BUT, just imagine IF he did partner with Microsoft .
Large cheque book. Tick.
Access to DX12. tick.
Access to cloud computing .tick.
Access to PC market. Tick
Access to ALL windows 10 devices, Xbox, tablet, phone etc. Tick.
Access to hololense. Tick
Access to Oculus. .Tick

The internet would meltdown, literally.
O boy it sure would be fun on here.lol.

As I said, money, the incentive to work with the above tech, PC masses,Xbox gamers, oh and M O N E Y. Unlimited budgets as he is notorious for going way over budget restraints.
No one saw the MS purchase of mine craft coming....

Just imagine the crys , the flames, the tears. Lol

YinYangGaming3101d ago

I did hear Adam Kovic expressed this rumour on Kinda Funny Games podcast that he's working with Microsoft, personally I hope he goes independent or multiplat because his games deserved to be played by as many gamers as possible

gamertk4213101d ago

Ha! N4G would burn if he joined forces with MS.

freshslicepizza3101d ago

@-Foxtrot,
"You'd have another situation like Rise of the Tomb Raider, going to the opposite place of where the majority of your fanbase is"

the best way to expand your fanbase is to start offering games that may attract them. people need to get off this loyalty garbage, it's just hardware.

rocketpanda3100d ago

@frankendrebin, you can tick as much things as you want but the things you've mentioned either don't matter or doesn't make a console platform miles better.

Access to the pc market! 3rd party publishers already can do that without being exclusive to MS. Also dx12 is not exclusive to MS as a dev tool. 3rd party developers will have access to it.

Tablets and phones? What, you want him making apps now? As for VR, time will tell as it's unproven in the consumers market yet.

Cloud computing, again this tech isn't exclusive to MS. Azure servers are MS cloud services for not just gaming but other real world applications too. And for gaming it is hardly being used for all the hype MS tried to put on it.

guyman3100d ago

Yoh that rumor was debunked along Time ago

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PizzaSteve3101d ago

What if Kojima worked on Resident Evil with Capcom. That would be crazy to see what will happen.

BecauseImBatman3101d ago (Edited 3100d ago )

I agree, I don't see Kojima going to MS either, just stating that their is a rumor going around that he will be collaborating with MS on Silent Hills. As @YinYangGaming said it was on The KindaFunnyGames Podcast.

The Rise of the Tomb Raider situation is not the same, that is a sequel intended to be multiplat (Sony are guilty of it to with SFV and Nintendo with Bayonetta 2)... it's unfortunately the result of costly games development, business etc. (and stupidity for that matter). This is a cancelled game from a publisher that is on the way out from the games business and it will never see the light of day unless some big publisher like Sony or MS pick it up.

Btw which would you rather, this game that showed a lot of potential be cancelled and forgotten about ? or for MS to revive it in collaboration with Kojima and Del Toro (as intended) ? Platform preference aside.

Cause I mean in a perfect world it should be on all platforms but realistically that ain't gonna happen and wouldn't it just be great that the game did live on in some sort of manor whether it be the same game or reformed. Whether it be Sony, Nintendo or MS who get it started with Kojima...

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Batzi3101d ago (Edited 3101d ago )

I hope it is Sony!

Kalebninja3101d ago

Honestly I think hes going the Sony route, not because of any bias but because of the games he makes and the tone of those games just screams PlayStation.

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ARK: Survival Ascended Premium Mods on Consoles Q&A - By 2030, Time Spent on UGC Will Be Way Bigger

ARK: Survival Ascended has introduced Premium Mods on consoles. Wccftech talked to Studio Wildcard and their partner Overwolf about the rising importance of user-generated content, especially for live service games.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken4d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty4d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken3d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty3d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken3d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0073d ago (Edited 3d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken3d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot3d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto3d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer3d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek3d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken3d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie3d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12084d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast4d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit4d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export4d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2034d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai6d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H95d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1015d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H95d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion5d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_925d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19725d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing695d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard5d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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