Kojima Productions has mentioned a report stating Hideo Kojima was fired from Konami for utilizing funds allotted to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain to develop PT is “categorically false.”
A report right this moment from Gameblog.fr said that Hideo Kojima was fired from Komani as a consequence of misusing funds allotted to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain so as to develop the Silent Hills teaser PT.
In gentle of the report, Kojima Productions has commented, stating the data within the report is “categorically false.”
“KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS usually doesn’t touch upon rumors or hypothesis, nevertheless we will verify that the article lately posted on https://t.co/zDfUnEnnip is categorically false.”
– Jay Boor, Global Head of Marketing and Communications https://t.co/d3o5rV0K0O— KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) June 24, 2020
It can be said within the report that communication between Kojima and Konami “resumed a long time ago,” and that the 2 camps at the moment are “cordial” sufficient that there’s the potential for the 2 collaborating once more sometime.
There’s extra within the report as properly, which you’ll learn on the hyperlink, however once more, the data was denied by Kojima Productions.
At one time, as you already know, Kojima was engaged on the horror game Silent Hills, which produced the aforementioned PT demo and was canceled in the wake of his fallout with Konami.
