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Japanese voice of Solid Snake claims the studio is no more
Read More »Kojima Productions is no more, voice actor claims
Hideo Kojima’s famous Kojima Productions may have been ‘dissolved’, if claims from a voice actor are correct. Kojima Productions got dissolved,” the Japanese voice of Solid Snake Akio Otsuka said, as reported by Kotaku. Due to the team’s hard effort, the game is just about finished. This is no exaggeration, …
Read More »Guillermo del Toro speaks out on Konami’s ‘scorched earth’ approach to PT cancellation
Film maker Guillermo del Toro has said he was surprised at the lengths Konami has gone to to remove PT from PSN. Speaking to IGN, delToro described the publisher’s attempts to remove the game from PSN, and preventing consumers from re-downloading the demo if they already owned it as a …
Read More »Silent Hills officially cancelled
Trouble between Konami and Hideo Kojima continues
Read More »Konami confirms Silent Hills cancellation
Silent Hills is officially no more. Konami is committed to new Silent Hill titles, however the embryonic Silent Hills project developed with Guillermo del Toro and featuring the likeness of Norman Reedus will not be continued,” the publisher told Kotaku. In terms of Kojima and Del Toro being involved, discussions …
Read More »Konami pulling PT, Silent Hills reportedly cancelled
Trouble between Japanese publisher and Hideo Kojima threatens horror franchise's return
Read More »Silent Hills cancellation looks likely as Konami prepares to pull PT
It now looks as if Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Torro’s Silent Hills may never emerge from the fog. Polygon reports that del Torro told an audience at a San Francisco film festival that the game "is not gonna happen". Norman Reedus, who was due to star in the game, …
Read More »Metal Gear voice actress withdraws ‘Kojima fired’ claims
The voice actress who said that Konami fired Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has withdrawn the claims. Konami is correct in that Kojima has not actually been fired,” Donna Burke wrote on Facebook, as spotted by Videogamer. As I stated previously he and his team are still working hard …
Read More »Konami denies firing Kojima
Voice actress Donna Burke sheds light on dispute
Read More »Metal Gear voice actress says Konami ‘fired’ Hideo Kojima
The firing of Hideo Kojima was to blame for the recent fallout between the Metal Gear Solid creator and publisher Konami. That’s according to voice actress Donna Burke, who provided the voice for iDroid in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Videogamer reports. Don’t throw away the Kojima teams work …
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