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Konami Forms Kojima Productions Development Studio

Konami has announced that, following the April 1st 2005 merger of its group companies, the former Konami Computer Entertainment Japan West Team, lead by creator Hideo Koj...

Simon Carless, Blogger

May 19, 2005

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Konami has announced that, following the April 1st 2005 merger of its group companies, the former Konami Computer Entertainment Japan West Team, lead by creator Hideo Kojima (Corporate Officer, Konami Corporation), will now form Kojima Productions, still wholly owned by Konami. "Hideo Kojima's creations are world-renowned for their incredible high quality," said Kazumi Kitaue, Executive Corporate Officer in charge of America and Europe at Konami Corporation. "Konami Corporation constructed Kojima Productions in order to further promote his creativity." Kojima Productions includes notable personnel such as producer/director Hideo Kojima, producer Kenichiro Imaizumi, director Shuyo Murata, and character designer Yoji Shinkawa. The newly formed developer has announced that its first new title under that name, Metal Gear Solid 4 is currently in development for the PlayStation 3. Also under development are Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence for the PlayStation 2 and Metal Gear Ac!d 2 for the PSP.

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Simon Carless is the founder of the GameDiscoverCo agency and creator of the popular GameDiscoverCo game discoverability newsletter. He consults with a number of PC/console publishers and developers, and was previously most known for his role helping to shape the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Conference for many years.

He is also an investor and advisor to UK indie game publisher No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw), a previous publisher and editor-in-chief at both Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine, and sits on the board of the Video Game History Foundation.

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