After a year full of rumors, the Kojima/Konami saga appears to be coming to a close, with the Japanese newspaper Nikkei reporting that Hideo Kojima’s time with the company has finally ended.The legendary designer, best known for developing the Metal Gear Solid series, will reportedly start his own studio with other former Konami staff. Nikkei reports that Kojima and crew are in negotiations with Sony to debut their first game on PlayStation platforms, according to a translation by NeoGAF user Zefah (and corroborated by Japanese-speaking Wired editor Chris Kohler.)This news comes after a seemingly endless saga of reports about Konami mistreating Kojima. Earlier this month, Game Awards host Geoff Keighley fired shots at Konami for not letting the celebrated game designer come to Los Angeles and accept an award for his most recent game, Metal Gear Solid V. We’ve reached out to Konami many, many times for comment on all this, and we pinged them again today about this news.You may have seen a GameSpot tweet and report suggesting that Kojima is forming a studio with Sony; that report is based on a mistranslation and is not what Nikkei reported.
Hideo Kojima’s contract with Konami expires today it’s said, and a report out of Japan states he has formed a new studio.According to Nikkei, Kojima’s new studio is made of former Kojima Productions staff and is currently in negotiations with Sony Computer Entertainment.The report states the debut title from the studio will launch first on PlayStation platforms.Today being the day Kojima’s contract ends with Konami backs up an October report which stated his contractual obligations would end during the month of December.Hopefully this means we may find out what went on between the Metal Gear Solid creator and the publisher.Earlier this month during The Game Awards 2015, host Geoff Keighley said Kojima was barred from attending the show, which is why Keifer Sutherland took to the stage to accept an award for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain on his behalf .Fans were rather upset over this news, along with former Square Enix president Yoichi Wada who took to his Facebook page to voice his opinion on how Konami had been treating Kojima, which he felt was both “cruel” and bad for business.We’ll update you should more information come to light.
Interesting. Here is hoping he'll have time to make a game now WITH SOME FUCKING STORY.
Also for some reason I don't think that the Uncharted MP beta had more than 16 maps.
More exclusive titles isn't a good thing.
Quote from: space boy on December 15, 2015, 04:09:27 PMMore exclusive titles isn't a good thing.It is when in-house studios are given more creative freedom than a 3rd party publisher.If EA, Activision, and Ubisoft allowed developers to control their own trailers, timetables and release dates, I'd obviously advocate for multiplat games.
Limiting any game to one console is never a good thing.
Quote from: space boy on December 15, 2015, 04:14:11 PMLimiting any game to one console is never a good thing.I literally just demonstrated when it could be a good thing.
You shouldn't have to have two or more bricks that are almost exactly the same just to play certain games.
I see where you're coming from, but the reality is that MS/Sony want their games to be good because they'll sell consoles that way.
Well, except Master Chief Collectiontopkek
(hell, the Uncharted 4 beta shipped with more maps than Star Wars: Battlefront did on-launch!)
Quote from: Elink on December 15, 2015, 02:01:51 PM(hell, the Uncharted 4 beta shipped with more maps than Star Wars: Battlefront did on-launch!)UC4 beta had 2 maps
Quote from: Lemsip on December 15, 2015, 06:45:34 PMQuote from: Elink on December 15, 2015, 02:01:51 PM(hell, the Uncharted 4 beta shipped with more maps than Star Wars: Battlefront did on-launch!)UC4 beta had 2 mapsWhere tf did I read that it had more maps than Battlefront?
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I never understood why he did that. What was the point of putting your name on the box? He doesn't strike me as a narcissist in any other aspect than that one.
Hideo Kojima starts his own studio, possibly Playstation exclusive. [Report]
