No.1241
He's finally free.
No.1242
Why can't they wait until the game is released, this is so gay. They better don't fuck this up at this point.
No.1243
No.1244
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No.1245
>kojima and his entire staff fired
Do you guys think that Kojima will start his own company? Would suck though because Konami has all the Metal Gear and Silent Hills rights.
No.1246
No.1247
This is good, isn't it?
No.1248
>>1242>they removed his name even from already released gamesThese guys are fucking pathetic, fuck Konami.
No.1249
Please be an elaborate marketing gimmick, Konami.
Like when they announced TPP as an independent IP.
Is Kojima quitting, or is Konami giving him the boot after all these years? Typical corporate shareholder bullshit? What else do they have? Are they banking on Castlevania Reboots and Pro Evolution Soccer 201X to get them up to margin now? I could be wrong but I don't ever think Konami's been about the Casualfag/Cawadooty market. Still, why would he not take the credit for MGSV? Is removing his name Konami's passive-aggressive diss at their prized director for leaving again?
Maybe they don't appreciate his nonconformity to the typical yearly sequelitis bullshit plaguing the AAA industry right now. I'm still surprised they let MGS2 release as it did. They play it safer with every installment now.
No.1250
>>1242Did he punch somebody over dinner? What gives?
>>1245>Silent HillsOh no. Screwing with directors could fuck this up so badly. I hope he stays to finish it.
>>1249If Kojima was leaving wouldn't he have timed it to coincide with his current projects finishing or just something less bitter (not him, Konami)?
No.1251
Poor Geoff.
#AHIDEOKOJIMAGAME is apparently a thing now too.
No.1252
tl;dr Kojima and his sympathizers in the management are fired from Konami and only work as contractors at the moment.
No.1253
The cunts are already hiring a new team.
http://www.konami.jp/osirase/150320/ No.1254
i don't know why you faggots are so surprised
No.1256
>>1254He was supposed to make Silent Hills and you usually don't change the employee status of your game dev team, six months before they plan to release a new game for your biggest video game franchise.
No.1257
https://www.konami.com/news/mgsvnotice/
>To Customers,
>Thank you for your continued patronage of KONAMI products and services.
>The latest title in the METAL GEAR series,“METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN” (below, “MGSV: TPP”), will be released as planned starting on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 in North America, Latin America, and Europe, followed by Japan and Asia on Wednesday, September 2nd. Hideo Kojima will remain involved throughout.
>Hideo Kojima stated, "I want to reassure fans that I am 100% involved and will continue working on METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN; I’m determined to make it the greatest game I’ve directed to date. Don’t miss it!"
>In addition, KONAMI will continue to develop and distribute top-quality content in the METAL GEAR series following “MGSV: TPP.” We greatly anticipate and deeply appreciate your ongoing support for METAL GEAR.
>As the next step in the series, KONAMI has already resolved to develop new “METAL GEAR”.
>We will be conducting interviews for main staff to lead the development.Announcing Official Organizational Restructuring and Personnel Changes (March 3, 2015)
http://www.konami-digital-entertainment.co.jp/ja/news/release/2015/0303/?cm_sp=01-_-release-_-20150303 No.1259
>>1245Game develpiers sans frontiers when?
No.1260
They played him like a damn fiddle!
No.1261
No.1262
>>1261Very well made. Applies the same to the FOX engine.
>tfw Kojima started to work on it since 2008 aiming to create the best engine in the world>tfw now he can't even use it No.1271
http://vgmmdi.com/hideo-kojima-to-destroy-konami-headquarters/
>Recently, it was brought to light that Hideo Kojima is parting ways with Konami after the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Negotiations have since turned sour and now Kojima seeks pure Revengeance against his soon-to-be former employers. “They played me like a damn fiddle!” Kojima lamented, striking his fist against the side of his personal Hind D helicopter. “I’ll make them pay for this…I wield a weapon that will surpass Metal Gear.”
>When asked about the reason for his departure, Kojima explained that with all of his experience as a game developer, series director and nano-machine researcher, it became apparent that Konami has been using his projects to drive the world towards nuclear annihilation.
>“After all of my research into the Les Enfants Terribles project — after developing the perfect spy soldier — Konami finally sees fit to be rid of me,” Kojima continued. “I’ve given so much of my life to this foxhound… Game development has changed. It’s an endless series of proxy coding, created by teenagers with engines.” Kojima then dawned an eye patch and hid within a cardboard box he’d stored beneath his desk. Upon his exit, he stated, “I’m not a tool of Konami anymore…” No.1272
Hayter's response
No.1277
>>1251Geoff is the hero gaming deserves right now. But not the one it needs. So we will call him a shill and throw doritos at him..
No.1278
>>1254Please tells why we wouldn't be surprised.
I've been avoiding /v/ and other sites like the plague for fear of Bloodborne spoilers so I didn't have a fucking clue of this shit till today when my body told me over the phone that Kojima got fired from Konami. I thought he was just full of shit. Konami would have to be suicidal to fire its one and only BIG money maker. MGS post-5 are going to be shit and and the series, along with Konami hopefully are dead. Rip.
No.1281
>>1278Kojima has repeatedly said that MGS5 will be his last MGS game.
Actually, konami firing him, removing his name from all MGS games and rebranding kojima productions as a konami brand is actually the surprising part so I don't know what that anon was talking about.
The fate of Silent hills has yet to be seen, that game will suffer more than MGSV since the latter is already complete and only bug testing is left.
No.1284
The cover of MGSV still has 'A Hideo Kojima Game' on it
Check it here
http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/tpp/en/products/index.php5 No.1290
>>1284>http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/tpp/en/online/index.php5>METAL GEAR ONLINE (MGO), returns as the online multiplayer mode for the upcoming METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN. Developed by Kojima Productions’ studio in Los Angeles, MGO offers players the chance to conquer enemies in an online battlefield.>Developed by Kojima Productions’ studio in Los AngelesYeah, this is all a fucking ruse to hype up the damned game like with Moby Dick Studios
No.1291
The steam page for Ground Zeroes has "A hideo kojima game" in it too. It looks like they're changing things back.
No.1293
>>1291I assume the removed "A Hideo Kojima Game"s were just due to some overzealous interns who were supposed to remove references to Kojima Productions on the websites. It doesn't really make sense to remove stuff like that from already released game covers just because you have some beef with the game designers. On the other hand, japanese companies do weird stuff all the time.
No.1310
Tomorrow is 1st April. Hope Kojima tweets something.
No.1318
Happy 10th anniversary Kojima productions.
No.1323
>>1244This makes me go from really mad to really sad and back to being mad. Something so close to me for so many years. It's like a band breaking up. First Team Silent and now Kojima? I'll never buy a MG game again after 5. Fuck them. So now we have Capcom, Konami, square. Am i missing any other jap companies that like fucking people over?
No.1352
No.1355
I saw something like that on april 1st. I though it was just a joke damn it. ;-;
No.1381
Confirmed I guess.
No.1382
>>1381Poor Donna, I hope they don't fire her for dropping the noodles
No.1383
No.1384
>>1382Don't be surprised if Sins of the Father gets ripped right the fuck out of the game now
No.1471
http://nichegamer.com/2015/05/konami-issues-dmca-takedown-of-video-discussing-situation-with-hideo-kojima/
>However, a recent DMCA takedown by the company has led us to believe they’re now actively silencing discussion of the company proper, and Kojima himself.
>The video talked about the rumors surrounding the company and Kojima, but this apparently was grounds for the company to flag it with a copyright notice.
Mirror upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNSVhbsJyDQ
Also, in case anybody missed it, Silent Hills got cancelled and P.T. has been taken off PSN.
No.1472
Here is a mirror download for the DMCA'd video about Konami vs. Kojima
http://a.pomf.se/opbnfw.webm
No.1492
No.1493
>>1492
NO REPLACEMENT FOR HIDEO!