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Kojima Opens New Studio....AND MORE!!!!

I actually waited before I decided to write about this, but now that it's all been made official, I can express myself freely.

For those who don't know, Hideo Kojima, the visionary behind the celebrated Metal Gear series, officially left Konami as of December 15, 2015. Now, this in and of itself isn't exactly news considering that this was something that could be seen coming given the tumultuous and sometimes even downright adversarial relationship Kojima and the company have had in recent months. The issues between the two entities created a rift that was felt throughout the gaming world, with the cancellation of the much anticipated Silent Hills, the scrubbing of Kojima's name off of the most recent Metal Gear Solid title, and most recently Konami prevented Kojima from attending The Game Awards, where Metal Gear Solid V earned action-adventure game of the year.

I’m not going to spend a whole lot of time talking about how I feel Konami is making poor business decisions or how everyone should boycott them. But I feel the mismanagement of classic IPs like Metal Gear and Castlevania, that shaped the company into what they are today, along with the creators/directors of those IPs, along with their new change in focus towards gambling machines, has alienated the gaming community in such a way that lots of longtime fans such as myself have a hard time finding cause to continue to invest in their products.  Even with everything happening between the two, I did purchase and play Metal Gear Solid V (more on that in the future), but I mainly did this out of personal need to see the conclusion of the series and to in some small way pay my respects to the work of Kojima.

Well the real NEWS that comes from the whole situation with Kojima's official release is that not only has he already established his own studio in Kojima Productions, but a major move has been made in that a collaboration deal has already been reached to work on an exclusive project with Sony for the PlayStation 4!! Now, I’m not going to talk about how huge of a move this could be in the "console war", because that's a conversation for another day that doesn't need to overshadow the fact that we will be getting a new game from Kojima's own studio. Unfortunately I’m fairly sure that the IPs that he has worked on in the past are the property of Konami, so we shouldn't expect a new Metal Gear or Silent Hill title to come from this deal. But remember, this is the same man who had hand in or directly brought us Boktai, Zone of the Enders, and Snatcher....now that his bonds have been released and his creativity can flow, I can only imagine what we, the gamers, the loyal supporters of everything this man has given to US, will be treated to next.

Needless to say I will be following this story and I will be following this new project.