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Gears of War creator claims he refused because ‘I love new IP and would’ve fucked up Silent Hills’
Read More »Kojima launches ‘HideoTube’ YouTube channel
Free as a bird and without a care in the world, liberated developer Hideo Kojima has launched his own YouTube channel. It’s called HideoTube. The first episode, perhaps unsurprisingly, looks at the Metal Gear Solid creator’s favourite 10 films of 2015. Also present is Kenji Yano, who has worked with …
Read More »Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro to hold DICE talk
Former Silent Hills collaborators Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro will reunite once again to discuss their creative processes. The Metal Gear Solid creator and film director behind Pan’s Labyrinth, Crimson Peak and Pacific Rim will talk during this year’s DICE Summit. The pair previously worked together on Konami’s cancelled …
Read More »Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro to speak on artistic vision at DICE
Event from February 16th to 18th will also see Kojima inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame
Read More »Hideo Kojima inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame
Metal Gear Solid creator to be handed award by former Silent Hills collaborator Guillermo del Toro
Read More »Guillermo del Toro to present Kojima with DICE Hall of Fame Award
There’s not a lawyer in the world that can stop Hideo Kojima from accepting his next award in person. It has been confirmed that the Metal Gear Solid creator will become the 21st member of the DICE Hall of Fame at the 19th DICE Awards on February 19th. Furthermore, film …
Read More »Kojima banned from discussing Konami split
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that he is ‘contractually forbidden’ from discussing his split with Konami. However, in an interview with The New Yorker, the developer was able to discuss the difficulties of being accountable to a large publisher and the opportunities that going independent will afford …
Read More »Kojima Productions hires MGS devs, researching game engines
Metal Gear creator debating which tech to use for his first game, considering non-games projects
Read More »Metal Gear vets join Kojima Productions; Non-games projects possible
Two veterans of the Metal Gear series have joined Hideo Kojima’s new studio. Artist Yoji Shinkawa and producer Ken Imaizumi have both joined up with their former boss, who told IGN that Kojima Productions may move beyond the confines of merely games. "I’m thinking smaller-scale, not too many people, and …
Read More »Kojima’s new game is also coming to PC
The new title from Hideo Kojima’s new independent studio will be released on PC at some stage after it hits PS4. Sony has also said of Konami that the company will remain one of SCE’s most important publishers, and our relationship with them will not change Kojima’s partnership with Sony …
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