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November 4, 2015

Kojima Productions LA Office Officially Closed

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And another chapter in the Konami/Kojima saga has come to an end, as Konami has officially closed its LA office, which used to be known as Kojima Productions. This started out as just a rumor, started by 3D Worlds co-founder George Broussard, who said in a tweet, “BREAKING: Rumor tells me that Konami has shut down the Kojima Productions LA studio, taking with it approx 35 jobs, just before Xmas.” Many sites reached out to Konami for confirmation about this, and IGN was able to report that this did indeed happen. In a statement given to IGN, Konami stated: “Konami has made the decision to close its Los Angeles Studio, effective immediately, due to the product development resources being restructured into a more centralized unit. This facility contributed to the recent Metal Gear Solid games. Konami will continue its operations to support all Metal Gear Solid titles, including the recently launched Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phanton Pain and Metal Gear Online. Metal Gear Online is still scheduled to release for

August 15, 2015

EA Executive Says Kojima and Konami Should "Kiss and Make Up"

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The fallout between Hideo Kojima and Konami is still being felt to this day, and could be felt for a long time to come in regards to games. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that others in the video game industry are putting in their two cents about the situation. EA COO Peter Moore did an interview with Gamespot and was asked about whether EA would be up for working with Kojima, his response was a bit surprising: “I’ve always liked Kojima-san. I got on with him during my days at Microsoft. I just think… what’s going on there… I just think both of them should kiss and make up. From my experience, and I’ve spent a lot of time working in Japan, I think that Konami and Kojima will figure it out. Those kinds of business relationships [in Japan] are typically for life, and Kojima is such an important part in what has gone on there.” He goes on to note that there is probably fault on both sides for what

March 19, 2015

Hideo Kojima Leaving Konami

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Say it isn’t so — things seemed to be going so well! Japanese superstar game developer Hideo Kojima was about to enter new territory with Silent Hills, a hotly anticipated new game in the Silent Hill series and believed by most to be the shot in the arm the ailing franchise needs. The fifth game in his signature Metal Gear Solid series, The Phantom Pain, is also on track to debut this fall on PS4. Could he really be leaving? If you take a peek at Konami’s website, the signs aren’t too good. The Kojima Productions site now redirects to Konami’s Metal Gear site. On that site, all promotional materials for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection have Kojima’s name and production company removed now. Kojima said MGS5 would be the final Metal Gear, but he has claimed to be ending the MGS series all the way back to #2, Sons of Liberty, which was fifteen

June 1, 2012

Zone of the Enders HD Opening Animation

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In an awesome collaboration between famous Japanese animation studio Sunrise and Konami, they’ve created a brand new opening video for Zone of the Enders HD for when it ships sometime this fall. The video pretty much makes its way through most of the series from start to finish, but mostly lingers upon the superior sequel The 2nd Runner. The visuals are fantastic and the music is just as unique as it was years ago. Take a look at the video below and be aware that it does contain some typical Japanese anime psuedo-nudity if you happen to be at work or school. httpv://youtu.be/aPVOxvABhdA

May 25, 2012

Kojima Begins Production on new Z.O.E. Project

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Quite a bit of interesting news has come out of Konami’s Zone of the Enders HD Reboot preview event. Aside from getting a solid October 25 release date for the Z.O.E. HD Collection, Kojima himself announced that Konami has begun production on a new mainline title in the series. Apparently they are conducting a variety of tests to see what can be done with their internal Fox Engine, and have even made a number of real world models in order to convert them into the game’s proposed engine. While we don’t have any story details as of yet, there are a few concept images on display. Obviously production is in an extremely early state at this point, and it may not be outside the realm of possibility to assume that this latest entry in the series may be a potentially next-gen title. Only time will tell. [nggallery id=199] [Source]

November 8, 2011

Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection Launch Trailer

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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today released a launch trailer for Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection, in North America for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.