Ken-Ichiro Imaizumi, a former founding member of Kojima Productions, has joined Tencent Europe.
Imaizumi left Kojima Productions last year after almost 20 years with the corporate, having most not too long ago labored as company director overseeing manufacturing on Death Stranding, VGC experiences.
He will now be working from Tencent’s base of operations in Amsterdam. The European arm of the corporate goals to establish funding alternatives throughout the space, in addition to broaden its WeChat message service.
Imaizumi was a founding member of the Kojima Productions, which grew to become impartial when Kojima was fired by writer Konami following the discharge of Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain. He had beforehand labored on each Metal Gear Solid title since 2001’s Sons of Liberty, most not too long ago performing as producer for Guns of the Patriots, The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Rising.
The motive for his departure on the time continues to be unclear, though as reported on the time one supply has claimed it was attributable to a disagreement with Kojima Productions’ different administrators. Imaizumi was absent on the press tour for Death Stranding.
Death Stranding launched in 2019 to PS4, receiving an actual unfold of criticism – some loved it, some were less impressed. VG247’s assessment describes the game as “incredibly pretty and kind of dull”. You can read our review here.
