Kojima leaves Konami officially, before contract runs out

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Nikkei - Kojima has officially left Konami, expected to start new company with KojiPro members, in talk with SCE
著名ゲーム開発者の小島氏がコナミ退社　新会社設立　　：日本経済新聞

Nikkei - Kojima has officially left Konami, expected to start new company with KojiPro members, in talk with SCE. https://t.co/fj8WSQ4Fgf

— lifelower (@lifelower) December 15, 2015

Update:

[Legend]

Yahaha!

[the-pi-guy]

@lifelower @ChipCheezum "Nah, he just went on a picnic with friends." - Konami CEO

— Video Game Professor (@Vookatos) December 15, 2015

Har har har

[DerNebel]

Jesus that would be such a huge deal if it actually came to fruition.

Edit: Seems to be a translation mistake

Nikkei: Kojima left Konami today, starting new studio, (Update: Read OP Translation) - NeoGAF

Update:

Originally Posted by Zefah
 
 

 
 Why is Japanese so hard for the Internet sometimes? Here's a quick translation that tries to stay as faithful to the original text as possible: ゲームソフト「メタルギア」シリーズで知られる著名ゲームクリエーターの小島秀夫氏が、15日付でコナミデジタルエンタテインメントを退社した。新会社を設立し  てゲーム制作を続け、ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント（ＳＣＥ）のゲーム機「プレイステーション（ＰＳ）」向けなどで販売するとみられる。 Kojima Hideo, a famous video game creator known for the Metal Gear series has left Konami Digital Entertainment as of December 15th. He will form a new company where he will continue developing video games, with plans to release on platforms such as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE)'s PlayStation. 　コナミ時代の部下と新会社を設立する。代表作「メタルギア」シリーズの版権はコナミ側に残るため、新作の開発に着手する。最新作についてはＳＣＥと最終交渉し  ており、ＰＳ向けに優先販売するとみられる。 He is forming the new company with people who worked under him at Konami. The rights to the Metal Gear series, for which he is most known, remain at Konami, so he will begin working on an all new title. Final negotiations with SCE are underway for this new game to debut on PlayStation. 　小島氏は「マリオ」で知られる任天堂の宮本茂氏と並ぶ世界的なゲーム開発者。緻密なストーリー作りや映画の手法も取り入れた映像表現で評価が高い。今年９月に  発売したゲームソフト「メタルギアソリッド５」は世界で500万本を超える大ヒットを記録した。 Kojima is a world famous video game developer on the same level as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario. He is highly praised for his elaborate stories and use of movie techniques to create impressive visual imagery. Metal Gear Solid V was released this September and became a massive hit, selling over 5 million copies around the world.

 

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@lifelower: Nikkei - Kojima has officially left Konami, expected to start new company with KojiPro members, in talk with SCE. http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLZO...5A211C1TI5000/ ...

 

Via Lifelowerhttps://twitter.com/lifelower/status/676814269854318593http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLZO...5A211C1TI5000/ Article is in Japanese.EDIT:

Originally Posted by Sn4ke_911
 
 

 
 

 

Originally Posted by Kodaman
 
 

 
 https://twitter.com/Abriael

 

[Dr. Pezus]

Kojima was seen on vacation @Sony headquarters. "I wanted to get some tan," a surprisingly happy Kojima said to the reporter, "and hot dang, the ladies here are hot, I think I might end up staying!". Kojima was never heard from again; rumor has it that Konami ninjas kidnapped and trapped him inside their dungeon to make Metal Gear games forever.

[the-pi-guy]

http://www.psnation.com/2015/12/15/hideo-kojima-starts-new-independent-studio-and-partners-with-playstation/

@CAgnosticJay @TheDude1979 our information has nothing to do with what Nikkei released, ours has been independently verified

— PlayStation Nation (@PSNation) December 15, 2015

[DerNebel]

God just imagine E3!!!!

Bends game
New God of War
and oh btw. we're making a console exclusive with Hideo Kojima.

Edit: Whenever that Kojima game is announced, if all of this is true, we'll see Gaf go down again, even the thread for this rumour has gotten over 1000 replies already.

[Dr. Pezus]

God just imagine E3!!!!

Bends game
New God of War
and oh btw. we're making a console exclusive with Hideo Kojima.

Edit: Whenever that Kojima game is announced, if all of this is true, we'll see Gaf go down again.

Will probably end up being Silent Hills with another name

[the-pi-guy]

Will probably end up being Silent Hills with another name

"Silent Mountains"


Yay!

[Max King of the Wild]

God just imagine E3!!!!

Bends game
New God of War
and oh btw. we're making a console exclusive with Hideo Kojima.

Edit: Whenever that Kojima game is announced, if all of this is true, we'll see Gaf go down again, even the thread for this rumour has gotten over 1000 replies already.

"It's unfortunate that Kojima couldn't attend E3 this year. The publisher's lawyers for his new game wouldn't allow it." Kojima walks out on stage... "oh wait, we are the publishers and we aren't dog holes"

[DerNebel]

Will probably end up being Silent Hills with another name

Which would be a megaton and you know it

[Raven]

So from what I've gathered so far is that Kojima is building an independent studio and is in talks with Sony to have his debut title on PS4 and published by them with a PC version.

[the-pi-guy]

Kojima has officially left Konami. He is officially the last exciting thing that will ever be released by Konami.

— CEO Kaz Hirai (@KazHiraiCEO) December 15, 2015

lol

I don't know how this guy does it!  

[kitler53]

Kojima has officially left Konami. He is officially the last exciting thing that will ever be released by Konami.

— CEO Kaz Hirai (@KazHiraiCEO) December 15, 2015

lol

I don't know how this guy does it!  

dear god,.. so good!

[the-pi-guy]

NeoGAF - View Single Post -  Nikkei: Kojima left Konami today, starting new studio, (Update: Read OP Translation)

Take with a grain of salt but this guy wrote a book about MGS. - Konami left Konami before the deadline (12/31) angry because Konami prevented his attendance at events. - Yoji Shinkawa and other KojiPro developers with him. - New IP, Sony could bid for MGS. - New studio between Tokyo and Osaka, perhaps with L.A. collaboration. - Kojima wants total freedom. No pressure. They're talking about this in the negotiation. - It could be related to Del Toro and VR.

Doesn't make a lot of sense, but hey!  Rumors!