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[Horchata]

http://www.gamespot....-/1100-6426024/

 

A fallout between Kojima Productions and its owning publisher, Konami, has led to senior staff at the studio being restricted access to corporate internet, emails, and phone, GameSpot understands.

 

Along with the restricted communications, key developers at the studio, such as Hideo Kojima, will now have limited opportunities to lend their appearance to promotions of the studio’s upcoming game, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

 

Power struggles between Kojima Productions and Konami have convinced the publisher to make drastic changes, including amending the employee status of its Metal Gear team. Some senior staff at the studio, including Kojima, now essentially work as contractors, not permanent employees.

 

The extraordinary measures were revealed by a source within the studio, speaking to GameSpot on the condition of anonymity. The person explained that, once the Phantom Pain project is finished, in all likelihood the management at the studio will disband.

 

"After we finish MGSV, Mr. Kojima and upper management will leave Konami. They said their contract ends in December," the source claimed.

 

[NintendoReport]

Shame stuff like this happens, but it can and does happen with just about any company, all comes down to business (whether right or wrong). See what the future holds for all involved.

[Raiden]

GREAT! SERIOUSLY AWESOME PLEASE DO! no I am not joking been wanting him to bail for a decade now. If you sit and talk with him he is the most mundane and boring person in the world but he is far more creative the the limiting confines of MG series. Would love to see more stuff from him like Policenauts,Snatcher and Zone of the Enders and much more.

[magiciandude]

For some reason, this doesn't surprise me. MG (and I guess Castlevania to a small extent) is all Konami has to offer these days and it seemed inevitable that Kojima would be burned out. Then again, Kojima is a well-known troll so who knows.

Edited by Tony Stark, 19 March 2015 - 03:48 PM.

[TheUltimateWaddleDee]

Kojima doesn't really have anything left to tell with Metal Gear. He will finally be free to make other games, and I'm positive that the rest of Kojima Productions would follow him; they're his own personal MSF.

 

Konami really did lose something here. When was the last time something exceptional came from Konami that wasn't Metal Gear? PES is an annual sports game that gets consistently beaten by FIFA,  Lords of Shadow 2 and Mirror of Fate weren't well received, Suikoden is dead, there was a new Contra teased a few years ago at E3 and we still don't have anything, Zone of the Enders HD flopped so 3 was canceled, Silent Hill was going nowhere until PT (which was created by Kojima, now will you look at that?) and I'm not even sure if they realize that they own Hudson Soft. Konami as a whole will be fine because of slot machines and things like that, but as a games company? It's not looking too great. They will probably make Rising 2 and remakes of the MSX Metal Gears before trying to outsource the series like they did with Silent Hill. They removed all likenesses that Kojima Productions had in MGS5, probably to distance him before they attempt to keep the series alive. Meanwhile Kojima will be in complete control over what he can make.

 

The thing that I want to know is when he leaves, does he get the rights to the Fox Engine? His studio was the one who created it since 2008, and he's always been the person showing it off, but was that on their own time or did Konami tell them to create it? I hope Kojima is the one who can use it, because it really is an impressive engine that would be wasted without an amazing game behind it.

 

I wish Kojima the best, and I hope that Konami learns to regret their decision.

 

 

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And before 3Dude says it, Gaming's never been better guys!

[Xiombarg]

It would be fantastic if he left to join up with platinum to create Bayonetta Rising Revengeance Returns 5.

[Big Boss]

So is he not making Silent Hills anymore or is he just allowed to use the Konami ip

[iEatTacos]

Makes you wonder what exactly caused all of this