With Silent Hills cancelled and Hideo Kojima seemingly ousted, what's going on at Konami? A Nikkei article might have the answer...
The apparent rift between Konami and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima was one heavily-reported sign that all isn't well at the Japanese developer and publisher. With Kojima's name removed from Metal Gear Solid V's packaging and marketing and his development team dismantled, it seems like the end of an era both for the franchise and the company as a whole.
Then there's the whole sorry affair of Silent Hills, the collaboration between Kojima and director Guillermo del Toro that Konami abruptly shut down earlier this year. That game's enthusiastically-received playable demo, Pt, was mysteriously deleted from PlayStation Store's library back in May.
So what's going on? A new report published by Nikkei might hold the answer. It depicts a quite scary working environment where employees are said to be...
The apparent rift between Konami and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima was one heavily-reported sign that all isn't well at the Japanese developer and publisher. With Kojima's name removed from Metal Gear Solid V's packaging and marketing and his development team dismantled, it seems like the end of an era both for the franchise and the company as a whole.
Then there's the whole sorry affair of Silent Hills, the collaboration between Kojima and director Guillermo del Toro that Konami abruptly shut down earlier this year. That game's enthusiastically-received playable demo, Pt, was mysteriously deleted from PlayStation Store's library back in May.
So what's going on? A new report published by Nikkei might hold the answer. It depicts a quite scary working environment where employees are said to be...
- 8/3/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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