Report: Hideo Kojima Starting New Studio With Former Konami Employees [UPDATED]

Did you mail this to yourself first? You might have a hit on your hands.

Ha, I lost it on the "Did you know part"

Interview with Kojima and Shinkawa on IGN: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/16/hideo-kojima-talks-new-studio-edgy-playstation-game-and-the-future

1. Kojima looks very different with facial hair.
2. I'm still really sad and pissed about the whole Fox Engine fiasco.

I guess we'll be playing PS4 games in 2021.

Was hoping to see if he would get into the film business. However this is far better.

PC will never be a serious threat with big AAA titles unless buggy PC ports become rare and everyone can upgrade their graphics cards or GPU every three years.

To be fair, most of the second act messiness in MGSV was because Konami rushed Kojima. As long as Sony gives him a blank check and a fair bit of time, whatever he does next should be as polished as any other AAA title.

I'm going to do some really blind speculation on the new logo for Kojima Productions and say it kind of reminds me of some sort of space marine or cyborg so mecha might not be too far off...

i hope its a combat based racing game. think crash team racing or mario kart.that would be swell

My post is time stamped which is as good as a patent. I don't think I have anything to worry about.

I've run into a bit of a snag with the project though in how hard it has been to sexualize tiny robots in a way the mainstream consumer would accept. Still, the work continues.

@j23: Yeah, I hope whatever game they do next continues Kojima's passion for science-fiction inspired gadgets and tech. He did say for MGSV that a lot of that stuff was inspired by 80's sci-fi. I.e. the iDroid, the robot arm. (Which is why I always ignore people who complain about things not being possible for the time a Metal Gear games takes place; that's not the point).

His explanation for the logo is something like it represents "pioneering spirit" through technology and the future. Because it looks like a cross between a medieval knight's helmet, and a space suit or something.

The day has finally come, people. A Kojima without franchise obligations? What will he make? What personal, wicked agendas will he subversively feed us? Will Sony successfully keep him from taking six years to realize his first game under the new empire? This might be the healthiest Kojima I've ever witnessed. Yaaz.

I thought it wasn't clear what actually happened with MGSV? As far as I know, no one has ever spoken about it publicly, all we really know is that things were cut. I know it's cool to hate Konami and everyone loves Kojima, but...yeah.

@thetrekkie: the buggy PC ports are buggy because they're ports, wouldn't be the case if PC was the primary platform, also you speak as if every single PC game that comes out is buggy as hell, with the exception of dark knight I can't think of any major release that had problems on the PC but was relatively flawless on consoles.

Also also I guarantee you 100% that someone with a gtx 680 (released 2012) can play any (decently made) multiplatform game with at least the same if not better visual quality and better performance than any console.

edit: also also also just to clarify, i actually agree with you that at the very least it will take a good while before PC becomes a real threat for consoles, but I only thought your reasons were wrong, for me the reason is way simpler, yo consoles are cheap and brain dead easy to operate period, even building what I would consider a low end system that could have at least comparable IQ and performance to consoles would still cost more than said consoles so... I still think it's the better deal because you can do a whole lot more than play games with a PC.

Shinkawa told IGN he’ll be overseeing the entirety of Kojima Productions’ art, including "characters, concepts for the backgrounds, concepts for the mechs," and more.

He said the M-word!.

I mean we all figured this but I'm happy that Kojima has something going. A world without his weird take on life is a world I don't want to live in.

@j23: To be fair, there have been reports in the past that Kojima would often go over the budget in past projects.

My dreams have come true. Kojima has finally broken free of Metal Gear and is gonna make something new. I couldn't be more excited. Fuck my mind, Kojima. Fuck it so good.

A console-exclusive deal is fine with me if that means Sony will help Kojima Productions get up and running and support the process. Hopefully the next game in development from them will be available on everything. Also, reading between the lines, it seems this new title could come to PC, so that's exciting. And I really like the new Kojima Productions logo.

This seems like great news. Looks like a good fit and i'd love to finally see a new franchise out of this man.

@mike: Exactly. It really irks me that people assume that it was all Konami's fault, and not just a creative decision. Like how people always assume that it's because Sutherland was expensive that Snake doesn't talk as much, after Kojima explicit said that Snake doesn't talk much because he wanted Snake to be a conduit for the player this time; which is further supported by the end of the game itself. So many assumptions.

Heck yeah. Psyched to see whatever Kojima and his band of Konami-escapees come up with.

@mortal_sb said:

breaking news, man with head has skull

@lttibbles said:

Obviously these don't mean anything but I still think it's neat.

That is one metal-ass logo.

I know he's an ego maniac but I wish he came up with better name for his studio. But I guess it's more about brand recogonition than anything and Kojima definately made a name for himself.

"Console exclusive" these words tend to very clearly convey a PC version these days. Otherwise it would just be a "PS4 exclusive."

I can't wait to see his next movie.

End of the Zoners: Serpent Zero S.Q.U.A.D.

Coming 2018, right?

Come on, Hideo!! Hit us with sutin good, brotha

What if it's a P.T. clone for VR?

I'm excited to see what he delivers. I'm happy to see he has Sony's support also. Whether it's Sony or Microsoft, I don't really care; just as long as he has a company with deep pockets to fund whatever it is that he's going to create next.

Good news!

@shindig: While it's been pretty clear that they're making a console game, I would be into that if it was the same quality as P.T. I just wonder if it can be made to look and run as well without the Fox Engine.

"I am pleased to announce my newest game today, Quiet Mountains!"

"I am pleased to announce my newest game today, Mute Piles!"

Andrew House just became more of a boss in my eyes. The guy speaks Japanese?! Anyway, looking forward to their collaboration. I'm glad that Kojima has a home. Bye, Konami.

Is it too soon to hope that we'd hear something...anything about what he's working on by E3 2016?

@austin Of course I know about Zone of Enders! How else do you think I played the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo?? As a side note, ZoE was an interesting game but that demo was hella fun.

THAT is an impressive logo.

I am here to announce my new game: Stealth Molehills!

@misfittoy: It looks like he started in Tokyo at Sony doing Corp Communications which explains the fluency in Japanese. I honestly didnt know much about him..according to Wikipedia the guy graduated from Oxford.

ps4 Boktai

People really getting into that new logo.

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/hideo-kojimas-mission-unlocked

Simon Parkin interviews Kojima for the New Yorker.

I'm looking forward to Kojima's new franchise, Pinion Alloy. It's going to be a Diplomatic Spying Secrecy game.

Please make a sequel to Snatcher. It's all I want for christmas.

Kohii-jima? "It's Pretty Good."

• I'll get one large Did-ju-spike-it
• Two medium Liquid Caff-a-lot
• Xtra-large Chaff Grenade, High Alert
• A small Double-Trouble with extra nanomachines
• And uhh... gimme two of those Rookie Eyes.

Or his smoothie chain, Zone of the Blenders.

The king is dead, long live the king!

Pretty smart for Sony. I was expecting MS to jump on that

I'm just going to call them Treasure 2, which is a compliment because Treasure is awesome.

@undeadpool:

"I am pleased to announce my newest game today, Inaudible Slopes!"

Damn, as soon as Kojima's work starts appearing on the PC he's taken away from us... well, I guess I have to buy a PS4 sometime anyway.

@nonesun: "A Kojima Productions Q&A posted by PlayStation's EU Community Manager has confirmed that Kojima's new project will be coming to PC, but only after a stint on PS4."

The Q&A was taken down not longer afterwards, likely because (as Morrison speculates), Playstation wants to have a moment in the spotlight.

Also, the Youtube video's description says "console exclusive" to Playstation. And people were thinking that that means it will eventually come to PC too, otherwise it would say "PS4 exclusive".

@kasaioni: Oh wow, that's great news thanks. That's cool of Sony to do that, but it's probably more that they couldn't offer enough money to keep it exclusive I guess. And yeah I think you're right about that "console exclusive" thing, they've been using that term in that way for a while now.

Hmmm...I'm just spitballing here, but maybe a side character has a throaway line about how the tiny robot lady needs to gain solar energy and thus can't wear clothing that would block UV radiation from empowering her nano-skin or she would lose her power?

No need to thank me, just send me a check for this idea.