[News] Kojima departs Konami

[Isgrimnur]

GamingTrend

The Japanese site Nikkei is reporting that Hideo Kojima has officially left Konami as of today, December 15, and is in the process of creating a new studio with former members of Kojima Productions. The site also reports that Kojima is currently in talks with Sony Computer Entertainment.

[ColdSteel]

Never heard of him.

[Skinypupy]

Never heard of him.

Creator of the Metal Gear series, among other things.

[baelthazar]

What was up with the Bond-level secrecy of "He isn't leaving, any notion he is leaving is a rumor" earlier in the year? Was this an attempt to not mess with sales of MGS:V? Despite him being admittedly unhappy, the game did come out really really well.

[Isgrimnur]

Endgadget

In an interview with the BBC about his new game, Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima mentioned that his studio, Kojima Productions, will venture into filmmaking. This idea isn't exactly a surprising one; Kojima is famous for taking a film-like approach to game design while also being infamous for including lengthy cutscenes in his work. That said, filmmaking and game design are two different beasts. Kojima doesn't seem phased by this, though. "If you can do one thing well, then you can do everything well," he claims, seemingly bucking conventional wisdom.

[Daehawk]

You can swim so surly you can be an astronaut.

So maybe 1 or 2 years before he is on Kickstarter wanting to make a game / company again?