Kojima or don't even bother....

Eww....

So that's Kojima's answer to the stagnation of Japanese game developers as a leader in the industry, is to stop using Japanese game developers?

Well you know... they said they were going to open a California studio.

WTF?
oh nooo...

Why would they do this? I'm going to hope that this isn't true. I hope that Kojima makes a proper sequel himself instead of passing it off to another dev.

lets relax until theres details.

It wouldnt be the firts time kojima handed off metal gear to shitty results

but only one studio has the golden voice :)

Sounds like this is a result of certain people complaining that MGS games feel like a movie then a game
i say cater to us the Fans who have followed him since Metal Gear 1 if you want more gameplay & action go else were but dont ruin it for us by westernizing it

As long as Kojima's leadership and vision are directly involved, I have no problem with western developers putting their expertise to work. By expertise, I mean the technical side of developing.

Hopefully Ps3 exclusive.

My dream will come true if they turned the series into RPG.
Anyway MGS is my favourite game of all time but if Kojima got tired of it after 5-6 games i would understand that very well.He has ambitious to make something new and i know that Kojima will amaze us once again with any different project.It's better than to continue creating the game with no new ideas, or just keep creating the same game again and again like God Of War & Uncharted. Am not saying those are bad games but let's keep it real here all 3 parts of both games are practically the same.

SNAKE!! SNAKKEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

dun dun dun dundunda, dun dun dun

multiplat confirmed if this is true.

I swear to god that some of you don't even know how to read or infer conclusions from something you read.

The game will STILL be developed by Kojima Productions, it's just the work will be shared or it will totally be developed in the new KJP studio that is set to be placed in California. They will not hand the game over to another studio or a game company, they're simply employing more people and expanding their staff with new employees. Kojima will probably be writing, directing and managing the production just as he used to do in the past. It's not like they're giving the franchise away to an American company who has nothing to do with MGS. These people will be working for KJP, therefore the game will be released by Kojima Productions with the combined efforts of the old and the new KJP studios.

*Kojima puts his fingers together* Yes, leave the phone versions to the American devs.

As long as Kojima himself oversees it, I don't see a problem. However if that isn't the case, I think he really needs to reconsider. Metal Gear Solid is a flagship game and is held in high regards by many.

Oh great..... TDM comming up.
*sighs*

A MGS RPG would be a interesting concept for a game.

Sounding worse and worse. I still love games like this but that means his part will be 3-4 hours at most and who knows how long till the next one comes out and the quality of that. (See Dark Pictures anthology for a good example)

Oh.

Hopefully that’s what was pitched to MS when funding was agreed on and not just another attempt to get unlimited funding to work on PS games like the scalebound devs.

Bad news

So Knock is his OD. Then they'll get another director for OD: Fall, or w.e.

I wonder if this is just going to be like a 2 hour episode and there is 4 or 5 of them with only 1 actually being directed by Hideo.

Kind of bummed by this a little. Was hoping for one big horror title.

Ok, well, now I’m less interested. Way to go!

I have a feeling he might be using PT material.

Episodic? Just became a rental that easy.