The Death of Konami (as a game company?) Kojima and Staff Leaving by end of year.

[Auspice]

New president of Konami:

http://imgur.com/D12vhBA

[6souls]

http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2015/11/...being.html?m=1

New Contra game for mobile as a China exclusive.

[Tyrath]

Thats...random as fuck.

[Corrderio]

I think they sodomized all their big titles now except maybe Gradius.

[Tyrath]

I don't know, Grandia Xtreme was pretty bad.

[Minions]

Rumor: Konami has shut down their LA studio (ex KojiPro LA), ~35 jobs gone


http://i.picpar.com/4j9b.png
https://twitter.com/georgeb3dr/statu...68668882796544
http://i.picpar.com/Ej9b.png
https://twitter.com/PortableKingpin/...90796008640516


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1133972

[myreality]

Welp, empires rise, empires fall.

[Kirin]

Rumor: Konami has shut down their LA studio (ex KojiPro LA), ~35 jobs gone


http://i.picpar.com/4j9b.png
https://twitter.com/georgeb3dr/statu...68668882796544
http://i.picpar.com/Ej9b.png
https://twitter.com/PortableKingpin/...90796008640516


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1133972

It really sucks for the people involved, but they had to have known this was coming.

[Minions]

It really sucks for the people involved, but they had to have known this was coming.

Considering they were handling MGO, one would think they would have been kept on longer...

[6souls]

http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/3/966...-studio-closed

Closure is official, MGO PC still scheduled for January, being finished in Japan.

[Qalbert]

so MGS5 won a Game Award and Hideo couldn't be there to receive it because of Konami's lawyers

[Ardrial]

so MGS5 won a Game Award and Hideo couldn't be there to receive it because of Konami's lawyers

Shots fucking fired by Geoff Keighley. That was amazing.

[Damane]

so MGS5 won a Game Award and Hideo couldn't be there to receive it because of Konami's lawyers

Konami can go fuck itself, not gonna support such a shit company anymore, even if they bring out a new metroidvania ¬.¬

[theshun]

Shots fucking fired by Geoff Keighley. That was amazing.

Seriously. I came to post this.

[Tyrath]

Can someone post what he said?

[Doombear]

Can someone post what he said?

"Mr. Kojima had every intention of being with us tonight, but unfortunately he was informed by a lawyer representing Konami just recently that he would not be allowed to travel to tonight's award ceremony to accept any awards. He’s still under an employment contract and it’s disappointing."

[Ardrial]

"Mr. Kojima had every intention of being with us tonight, but unfortunately he was informed by a lawyer representing Konami just recently that he would not be allowed to travel to tonight's award ceremony to accept any awards. He’s still under an employment contract and it’s disappointing."

Add this to the end: "...and it’s inconceivable to me that an artist like Hideo would not be allowed to come here and celebrate with his peers and his fellow teammates.”

[TheDirtyHobo]

At least it will be pretty easy to boycott a company that's not making any goddamn games anymore.

[Damane]

At least it will be pretty easy to boycott a company that's not making any goddamn games anymore.

does konami even care what happens with their reputation as a company?

[Kirin]

does konami even care what happens with their reputation as a company?

"Hey guys, you know all those beloved franchises you grew up with? How about if we turn them all into pachinko machines and stop making games entirely?! Fun, right?"

Nope.