Tag: Hideo Kojima
News Sony Partners with Hideo Kojima on Physint, Basically Sounds Like a Metal Gear Successor
Metal Gear?!
Sony and PlayStation Studios have announced a partnership with Kojima Productions on a project titled (or at least codenamed) Physint. Going by how all of this is being framed, this is essentially a successor to Metal Gear — which is of course owned by Konami, and has nothing to do with Kojima anymore. The game is already being...
News Death Stranding 2 Practically Confirmed for State of Play as Hideo Kojima Hypes Stream
On the beach
It’s been strongly rumoured in the past few days, but it looks like Death Stranding 2 will feature during this week’s State of Play livestream. While not explicitly mentioned in Sony’s announcement post, Hideo Kojima has taken to Instagram to hype up the event, which suggests the hotly anticipated sequel will appea
News Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding Documentary Will Air Exclusively on Disney+
Connecting worlds
The fierce battle for streaming rights rages on, and it looks like Disney+ has conquered when it comes to acquiring exclusivity on Hideo Kojima’s hotly anticipated documentary. Announced a little while ago – and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this summer – Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds is scheduled to release...
News PS Studios Bigwig Pops Up at Kojima Productions Ahead of Rumoured Death Stranding 2 Re-Reveal
A crucial encounter?
Hermen Hulst, the exec currently in charge of Sony’s network of PS Studios, spent his week in Tokyo – and visited veteran developer Hideo Kojima while he was there. A photograph of the auteur standing side-by-side with the ex-Guerrilla managing director in Kojima Productions’ now infamous office corridor was shared on...
News Hideo Kojima Missing from Metal Gear Solid Collection's Credits on PS5, PS4
Konami only acknowledges "all Metal Gear staff and fans"
While his name is still present throughout the game, Hideo Kojima has been removed from the credits of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 1, which launches later this week on PS5 and PS4. New wrappers for the games simply thank “all Metal Gear staff and fans”, and don’t...
News Hideo Kojima Clarifies Involvement in Death Stranding Film Adaptation
Just to be clear
We knew that Death Stranding, the bizarre story of a post-apocalyptic rambler and an eerily self-aware fetus, was getting a film adaptation and that the big dog himself was taking a personal hand in the project. We didn't know to what extent exactly, but in typical Hideo Kojima fashion, the auteur game designer recently took to...
News PS Studios, Kojima Productions Announce Hideo Kojima Documentary Film
Connecting worlds
Well, we suppose this was inevitable, wasn’t it? PS Studios and Kojima Productions have announced a documentary film named Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds, which promises to take you “on a journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game creator in the world”. The film appears to revolve around the establishment...
News Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Was an Experiment Fans 'Didn't Understand'
Kojima had plotted a full-scale episodic series
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes was a standalone prologue, designed to ease players into the eventual full game, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. However, speaking on the game’s ninth anniversary, auteur Hideo Kojima has revealed that he also used the release as an experiment, which could have...
News Hideo Kojima Teases a 'Brand New Game', More Information Next Year
Hideo games
Kojima Productions is celebrating its 7th anniversary at the moment. Part of those celebrations is a fascinating tour of the developer's expensive-looking studio, but we've also got a message from the main man himself. In the above video, Hideo Kojima brings up the anniversary and the recent announcement of Death Stranding 2 (or DS2, as...
News Fast-Tracked Death Stranding Movie to Be an Authentic Hideo Kojima Production
Development is already underway
Tired of video game adaptations yet? Put that disinterest on ice, because following on from Amazon’s God of War adaptation announcement yesterday, Kojima Productions has revealed it’s partnering with Hammerstone Studios to bring Death Stranding to the big screen. Hideo Kojima will executive produce alongside...
News Hideo Kojima's Teases Continue on the Eve of The Game Awards
Princess Beach is in another castle
Well, it had temporarily gone quiet [Ahem – Ed] on the Kojima Productions front, but auteur Hideo has dropped one more tease ahead of tomorrow night’s The Game Awards. Previously, he’d posted silhouettes of actresses Elle Fanning and Shioli Kutsuna;
News Death Stranding Celebrates 10 Million Porters on Original Game's Third Anniversary
Not bad for an independent studio
Kojima Productions has announced an impressive milestone on the third anniversary of the release of Death Stranding, which, along with Death Stranding Director's Cut, has seen 10 million players step into the battered boots of protagonist Sam Porter Bridges. Death Stranding was first launched on PlayStation 4 on...
News Naked Man Leaks Gameplay of Hideo Kojima Game Overdose
Yes, really
Whoever had a bet on reading that headline, you've just scored big. Following reports earlier this week that footage of one of Hideo Kojima's next games Overdose was doing the rounds in private Discord servers, the gameplay has now made its way online. You can view the footage through here, but probably even more bizarre are the...
News Kojima Productions Isn't for Sale, Despite Ridiculously High Offers
"As long as I'm alive, I won't accept"
Unsurprisingly, the independent Kojima Productions established following auteur Hideo Kojima’s unceremonious departure from Konami has been the subject of multiple acquisition offers, but isn’t for sale. Speaking during an episode of his Brain Structure podcast, the veteran developer admitted he’d...
News Deadpool 2 Actor Will Appear in Next Hideo Kojima Game
Joins Elle Fanning on project
Deadpool 2 actor Shiori Kutsuna will join Elle Fanning in a role on Hideo Kojima's next game, it has been confirmed. The actor appears on a page on the Kojima Productions website with the tagline: "Where am I?" A previous teaser confirmed the Super 8 star Fanning will also be part of the project, which is currently...
News Death Stranding Would Not Exist without Band Low Roar
As lead singer passes away aged 40
Death Stranding’s soundtrack, with licensed music from Icelandic outfit Low Roar, is iconic. The sad news of lead singer Ryan Karazija’s passing has hit auteur Hideo Kojima hard, then. Karazija died over the weekend at just 40-years-old, after a “short illness” relating to pneumonia associated...
News Hideo Kojima Says Next Project Will Transcend Video Games, 'It's Almost Like a New Medium'
Go big or go home
Auteur game developer Hideo Kojima has made some bold comments regarding his next project, which he claims will change not only the video game industry but also the film industry irrevocably. We'd warrant tempering expectations on that front slightly, as singular creatives have made similarly grandiose claims in the past and are...
News Death Stranding 2 Hype at Fever Pitch as PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Poses with Hideo Kojima
Fanning the flames
Update #2: Hideo Kojima has enjoyed visits from PlayStation’s marketing brass, PS Studios chief, and now PlayStation’s overall overlord, Jim Ryan. Concluding a flurry of office drop-ins, the auteur has posed with Jim Ryan, suggesting an announcement of Death Stranding 2 may be imminent. We assume this will be the last of...
News Hideo Kojima Confirms Elle Fanning for Next Project, Seems to Be Death Stranding 2
Producer appears to confirm as more actresses teased
Update #2: Looks like this saga is going to run a little longer. Following her post earlier in the day which included the #DeathStranding hashtag, Kojima Productions producer Kateryna Tarasova has since insinuated she forgot to include a “?” at the end of the game’s name. Simple oversight...
News Hideo Kojima Cryptically Hints at Impending Reveal
Detective mode
Last month, at the Tokyo Game Show, industry icon Hideo Kojima posted a silhouette of what snoops discovered to be Elle Fanning. The image was overlaid with the phrase: “Who am I?” This was lettermarked with a bridge icon, leading some to believe the image could be a teaser for the rumoured Death Stranding 2, which is
News Is This Mysterious Image Hinting at Kojima Productions' Next Game?
Who am I?
Update: Fans seem to have already sussed out who the mystery person in the image is. If they're correct, the hidden face belongs to the actress Elle Fanning: Kojima and Fanning also follow each other on Instagram, which may add a little weight to the theory. She certainly seems to fit — now we wait for the studio to tell us more...
News Huge! Hideo Kojima Plots New Spotify Podcast
Brain Structure debuts next month
Host Geoff Keighley and ex-Konami developer Hideo Kojima’s bromance is renowned for bearing plump video game fruits – but the auteur is not yet ready to unveil his latest projects, which will presumably include Death Stranding 2. Keighley had two-hours (!!!) of airtime to fill during Gamescom Opening Night Live
Strongly condemns the spread of fake news
Earlier this week, a 41-year-old man named Tetsuya Yamagami shot dead the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a political rally with a handmade firearm. As the news reverberated through social media – and, subsequently, national television stations – photographs of Metal Gear Solid creator...
News Hideo Kojima Reportedly Developing a Horror Game Named Overdose
Starring Margaret Qualley
Update: According to the original reporter Tom Henderson, developer Kojima Productions requested the removal of his article on Overdose, suggesting that it’s real – and an announcement is potentially imminent. The big question now is whether this will ship on PlayStation platforms or not. Original Story: Hideo...
News Hideo Kojima Appears to Acknowledge Norman Reedus' Death Stranding 2 Leak
"Go to your private room, my friend"
Norman Reedus appeared to nonchalantly confirm Death Stranding 2 this week. In an interview, The Walking Dead star revealed that work had “just started” on the Death Stranding sequel, before reiterating the point a second time. The series, developed by Kojima Productions, is directed by auteur Hideo Kojima...
News Hideo Kojima's New Project Getting Lots of Sony Love
MADO world
Hideo Kojima is working on his next project, and he’s getting a lot of love from Sony yet again. The auteur has been handed a prototype of the Japanese giant’s teleconferencing technology MADO, which he’s using to oversee motion capture sessions taking place in the United States. This is not publicly available kit yet, so Kojima has...
News Kojima Productions Expands into TV, Film, and Music
Headed by former PlayStation face
Kojima Productions has today announced it is expanding its reach with a new division focused entirely on film, TV, and music. The new team will be based in Los Angeles and led by Riley Russell, formerly of PlayStation. He spent almost 28 years at the company, occupying positions such as chief legal officer and VP of...
News Negotiations for Death Stranding Sequel Underway, Reveals Star Reedus
Got a BRIDGES to sell you
Looks like there’ll be a sequel to Death Stranding, as star Norman Reedus – who plays Sam Porter Bridges in the game – has revealed to journalists at a Walking Dead roundtable that negotiations are underway. However, there’s a whiff of Chinese whispers to this story: IGN Brazil cites a scribe from AdoroCinema as its...
News Hideo Kojima Isn't a Fan of Calling Death Stranding PS5 'Director's Cut'
It's not really a director's cut
Death Stranding Director's Cut raised quite a few eyebrows when it was announced during Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest stream. After all, isn't Death Stranding already pure Kojima? What more could the veteran video game creator want to include in a re-release? Well, as it turns out, the Director's Cut is getting...
Random PlayStation Fans Start Petition to Cancel Hideo Kojima's Rumoured Xbox Game
"Kojima is betraying his loyal fans"
Irate PlayStation fans have started a petition to cancel Hideo Kojima’s rumoured Xbox exclusive game, describing it as a “betrayal”. The amusing Change.org page insists that the industry veteran has been “blinded by greed” and must return to the “winning side”, after reports noted that Kojima...
Random Hideo Kojima Uses a Hermen Hulst Mousepad
PlayStation Studios boss always on director's mind
In headlines we didn’t expect to ever type, Hideo Kojima has shared a photo of his office desk, which includes a Hermen Hulst mousepad. The PlayStation Studios boss famously handed the esteemed Metal Gear Solid director the source code to the Decima Engine when he worked as managing director of...
News Abandoned Dev Appears on Camera to Denounce Silent Hill, Hideo Kojima Speculation
Future Q&A planned
Another day, another update on the weird but not particularly wonderful situation surrounding PlayStation 5 game Abandoned. The man at the centrepiece of all the conspiracy theories, Blue Box Game Studios head Hasan Kahraman, has now appeared on camera in a video posted to Twitter. He takes the chance to convince followers he is...
News Hideo Kojima Fans Investigate PS5 Exclusive Abandoned, Reads Like Conspiracy Theories
Down the rabbit hole and then some
The utterly bizarre speculation surrounding upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Abandoned and its tenuous links to game creator Hideo Kojima simply aren't going away. After initially denying claims Blue Box Game Studios is simply Kojima in disguise and apologising for a recent twee
News Developer of PS5's Abandoned Insists It's Not Hideo Kojima in Disguise
It really is just a small group of Dutch developers
Blue Box Game Studios, the developer of upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Abandoned, has released a statement insisting it’s not, in fact, Hideo Kojima in disguise. While much of the speculation was made in jest, fans had noticed something fishy about the survival game’s announcement on the...
News Kojima Reportedly in Talks with Xbox as PS5's Abandoned Prompts Conspiracy Theories
That escalated quickly
Update: Blue Box Game Studios has released a statement insisting its not Hideo Kojima in disguise, after conspiracy theories abounded following the announcement of the PS5 survival game. Original Story: We all felt, here at Push Square Towers, that something seemed fishy with the an
News Google Denies Cancelled Stadia Exclusive Hideo Kojima Horror Reports
Axed
Update: Google has told Games Radar that VGC’s report on cancelled Stadia projects, including a title by Hideo Kojima, is “inaccurate and reported hearsay as fact”. It added that it “[doesn't] have anything, nor has announced anything, with Kojima or Yu Suzuki”. Original Story:
News Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding Creator's Essays on Entertainment to Get English Translation
Insight into an intriguing mind
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima rarely hides his influences: his games are filled with references and nods to the pieces of media that inspire him. If you’d like to know more about the inspiration behind some of the industry’s most iconic games, though, you may be interested in the ex-Konami man’s novel,...
News Kojima Productions Will Mark Fifth Anniversary with 'Exciting Updates' Tomorrow
More than merch?
16th December 2020 will mark five years since Hideo Kojima formally announced he had left Japanese publisher Konami to form his own studio, named Kojima Productions. Sony immediately snapped the creator up and confirmed the developer's first title would be a PlayStation 4 console exclusive. That went on to become what we now know as...
News Kojima Productions Hiring Up for New Project
What's Kojima up to this time?
Kojima Productions is working on something new. That's it. That's the article. After the launch of Death Stranding on PlayStation 4 and the subsequent PC port, it seems work has finally begun on the next project from Hideo Kojima and his team. What kind of game is the Tokyo-based studio making next? Unfortunately,...
News Death Stranding Was a Sales Success, Recent Kojima Project 'Fell Through'
Laughs off Silent Hills rumours
Sony has never shared official sales numbers for last year's Death Stranding, but according to Hideo Kojima himself, it did well enough to recoup development costs and begin turning a profit. Those margins will only increase with the upcoming PC version to the point where Kojima says there's nothing to worry about...
News Hideo Kojima 'in Talks' with Norman Reedus on Collaborating Again for Future Projects
It might not be a game though
Hideo Kojima and Norman Reedus clearly managed to strike up a friendship thanks to Death Stranding and everything which came with it, but the two creators might not be done there when it comes to working together. The star of The Walking Dead has stated in a new interview that the pair are "in talks" with one another on...
News The Internet Thinks Hideo Kojima Has a Big Reveal Planned for This Week
But what is it?
Hideo Kojima is a mysterious man. The Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator is one of just a handful of developers who have a certain aura about them -- making their games all the more exciting in the process. After finally launching his big-budget delivery simulator late last year, the internet seems to think that we'll get...
News BAFTA to Honour Death Stranding's Hideo Kojima with Highest Award
King of the world
He’s one of the most famous faces in the industry, and now Hideo Kojima’s career will be recognised by BAFTA with its highest award. During the BAFTA Game Awards ceremony on 2nd April, the Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator will receive the BAFTA Fellowship, an accolade designed to reward outstanding contributions to...
Random This Hideo Kojima Name Generator Is Steeped in Science and Dice Rolls
Shotgun Giraffe, is that you?
If you were ever lucky enough to star in a Hideo Kojima game, have you wondered what name he would come up with for your character? The Metal Gear Solid franchise and the recent Death Stranding have proven that the man himself loves coming up with the most bizarre titles for both his allies and antagonists, so Polygon...
News Hideo Kojima Reckons There's a Reason Death Stranding Didn't Connect with American Critics
"Flies higher than an FPS"
Death Stranding’s reviews are nowhere near as divisive as they’ve been painted to be, but the game did come under intense scrutiny from some American publications, namely IGN and Giant Bomb. While the criticism hasn’t come exclusively from US-based media – British magazine EDGE outright refused to review it, for ex
News Hideo Kojima Just Received Two Guinness World Records That Have Nothing to Do with Games
Social strand
Hideo Kojima is one of the gaming industry's most well known figures. Revered for his work on the Metal Gear Solid series (and Death Stranding, of course), the designer/director has attracted a large following, and now enjoys an almost celebrity status. These days, Kojima goes mad for social media, and posting regularly on sites like...
News Death Stranding Commentates on Social Media According to Kojima
And the current political climate, of course
Hideo Kojima has been paying attention. Speaking as part of a BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat documentary, the auteur explained that "we may be connected through the Internet more than ever, but what's happening is that people are attacking each other because we're so connected". He’s not wrong: social media –...
News Hideo Kojima Wants His Studio to Make Movies in the Future
His body is made of movies, after all
There's a through-line you can make in all of Hideo Kojima's games: the man loves a cutscene. The Metal Gear Solid series is notorious for its inclusion of hours and hours of cinematics, filling out the games themselves with story-heavy scenes. While the majority of games feature cutscenes, very few take things...
News Hideo Kojima to Give Death Stranding Insight at EGX Berlin This Weekend
Taking a Strand
Hideo Kojima’s work on Death Stranding is complete, and now the auteur is partaking in a World Strand Tour to commemorate the release of the PlayStation 4 console exclusive. One of his stops will be at EGX Berlin this weekend, where he’ll sit down for an hour with Golden Globe winning film director Fatih Akin to talk shop. The...
News Hideo Kojima Wants to Make a PSVR Game, But He's 'Not Free Enough' at the Moment
PT-like on PSVR, please
It must be all hands on deck over at Kojima Productions to get Death Stranding out the door in one piece ahead of its 8th November launch, but studio head Hideo Kojima is already looking to the future. The Metal Gear Solid creator seems to be very interested in developing for virtual reality, PlayStation VR in particular. In...
