For the success of the series and for Kojima's influence on the industry at large, Metal Gear is the most important series Konami has ever produced. Kojima's perspective on world events and his love for film drove the series forward, and by the time Metal Gear Solid arrived in 1998, his status as an auteur was set in stone.
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Hideo Kojima's experiment was an unlikely success, sparking a torrent of Metal Gear games and merchandise in the decades that followed. The arrival of Metal Gear marked the beginning of a new era for action games, introducing the notion that you may have just as much fun avoiding combat as you do diving headlong into it. Though some appear too far gone to be resurrected, others still have a pulse and could be revived down the road. While we wait to see how these events unfold over the coming months, now's a great time to look back and appreciate the games and series that made so many people dedicated Konami fans in the first place.
Kojima's reboot of the Silent Hill series with film director Guillermo del Toro and actor Norman Reedus has been officially cancelled, all but confirming that Kojima and Konami will be parting ways in the not too distant future. Kojima's potential separation from Konami signals an end to Kojima's brand of Metal Gear as we know it (though Konami says it's committed to new Metal Gear games), and as we learned earlier this week, it's already impacted one game that many people were anxiously awaiting: Silent Hills. This comes amidst a shakeup involving the combining and rebranding of studios, as well as new executive appointments. Hideo Kojima, a developer who has arguably done more for Konami than anyone else, is purportedly months away from parting ways with his employer of nearly 30 years.
Its prominence in the console market blossomed through the following console generations, but around the time PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 hit the market, the number of new Konami games began to slide.įast forward to the present, and we're witnessing a major shift in the way Konami conducts its game development business. Konami is one of the most recognizable brands in gaming, having cut its teeth in the arcades in the late 70s before bombarding Nintendo Entertainment System owners with one unforgettable series after the next.
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