Rumor: Hideo Kojima is working on Metal Gear Solid with support from Microsoft and Konami

Last week the editor of the edition Venture Beat Jeff Grubb alarmed the gaming community with the news that the creator of the series Metal gear solid Hideo Kojima negotiates with Microsoft, who wants to help publish the next genius game. A little later, the journalist clarified that the agreement between the parties had already been submitted for approval to lawyers.

Additional details were revealed by the editor of the publication. VGC Andy Robinson… According to his sources, the relationship between Kojima and the leadership Sony Interactive Entertainment started to deteriorate even before the release Death stranding… During the development period, top managers changed, who began to update the platform holder’s strategy. The brainchild of a “genius” did not fit into the Sony concept.

New food for thought threw famous YouTube blogger Angry Centaur Gaming… He received an insider from a person who had previously “leaked” correct information about existence Far cry primal, Problems Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, system creation Xbox Game Boost etc.

According to preliminary data, the publishing house Konami still decided to give the green light to the production of games for the franchise Metal gear solidbut they will be animated by third-party studios. The blogger did not say that Kojima Productions makes the new MGS, although many now believe that Microsoft will help Konami with the development.

There is also an alternative version. It is known that Kojima has long wanted to work on an episodic game. According to the VCG portal, such a project was proposed Google for streaming service Stadiahowever, the IT giant showed little interest. The company itself called the news “inaccurate.”

Perhaps, it is the idea of ​​Kojima Productions with an episodic game that Microsoft wants to implement.

In the spring of 2023, rumors appeared on the Web that Konami working on remakes Metal Gear Solid and reboots in series Castlevania and Silent Hill… However, Sony and its internal studio were named as partners of the publishing house. SIE Japan… In April 2023, the latter ceased to exist, and gamers and journalists began to suspect that a new project from the Polish studio was associated with Silent Hill. Bloober teamwhich, with the support of Microsoft, released a horror movie The Medium.

The inhabitants also developed activity 4Chan… One of the insiders claims that in September 2023 at Playstation 5 allegedly a collection of games from the Metal Gear Solid series will be released, divided into two parts. The first half consists of Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, and we are talking about simple ports without major improvements (even DualSense capabilities are not used). Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker remained overboard.

The second half consists of one game – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots… The PS4 exclusive remaster was made separately and became a real headache for the developers. As a result, it will be included in the collection on disk as a download code.

As you can imagine, posts on 4Chan are a dubious source of information, although sometimes truthful insiders are published there. The news about the remaster sounds most suspicious. The twin snakes, since with the development of exclusive Gamecube helped Nintendo

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