Konami confirms closure of Los Angeles studio
Konami has confirmed the rumored closure of their Los Angeles based studio, in a statement sent to various websites.
“Konami has made the decision to close its Los Angeles Studio, effective immediately, due to the product development resources being restructured into a more centralized unit. This facility contributed to the recent Metal Gear Solid games. Konami will continue its operations to support all Metal Gear Solid titles, including the recently launched Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Online. Metal Gear Online is still scheduled to release for PC Steam in January 2016.”
As you can see Konami is planning to support Metal Gear Online, something that was previously handled by the LA team. A patch for the console versions is planned for mid-November.
We’d like to give our best wishes to all who worked at the studio.
Source: Polygon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa0bOyzllRI
/end of discussion xD
What about the employees? I wonder if they will be transferred over to somewhere else within Konami or if they’ll just get laid off.
Now they’ll work as bathroom cleaners at Konami HQ.
Yeah.. they’ll get “Re-Shuffled” within the company.
They will hopefully work at studios like RS ones, possibly on titles like GTA VI, and forget about this nightmare. If I was a recruiter in the game industry and see anything like Kojima Productions in the resume, I would go Wow !
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Konami is Venom Snake and the employee have the mutated archaea.
Ocelot in MGS3 clothes (mod).
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They’re pretty good,lol.
http://i.imgur.com/Mvtosmf.gif
you’re pretty mustache.
That is one of my favorite moments of all the MGS games. This one is probably my favorite
http://38.media.tumblr.com/bd9440b0957447fe03c9eb59fe82bd3c/tumblr_mwovnjYV8l1rsk0loo1_r1_400.gif
This one is also… good.
http://33.media.tumblr.com/66248b69ffff1d819248172e65da6ec0/tumblr_nbt1fyq0XR1rb3r2jo1_400.gif
THAT is the best moment in MGS history.
For V, the one that made me LMAO is this one xD
That’s the birthday cutscene I think. Pretty sure it’s in there.
Hi there, thanks for the info, I corrected the comment ! Since it was a regular cigar, I thought they removed it, cool to know it is finally in the box ! Now I better guess / understand why he got a regular cigar !? 😀
I am not spoiler sensible so no problem for me, but maybe you should remove your comment for those still in the same case than me.
Pretty cool
THEY SHOULD HAVE REMOVED THEMOUSTACHE IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE LOL
Moustaches ftw!
NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixr4NZE6870
I always used to prefer vegeta when I was a kiddo.Jow I don’t after watching this video it’s just too funny
Miiiiiiiaaaaaooooowwww !
It didn’t take long for them to cancel LA HQ. Hopefully the workers find a good new job now that they are free :).
Konami bosses sure fcked up royally this year with some decisions.
Makes you wonder what will happen to the studio. It looked so nice.
http://www.metalgearinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Kojima-Productions-LA-December-2014-2.jpg
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http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=9338
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😛 lol
Makes you wonder more what will happen to the “Hideo Kojima’s” chair. I remember it was a present from LA studio to Kojima at his birthday.
Maybe Kojima receive it as a parting gift when he leaves Konami.
They will sent it on a vacation
Yeah … RIP studio :C.
I think they’re gonna sell it to another game developer like:EA or Sony.
Yes, looks like some areas where designed like memorable MG levels, like in the 2nd picture.
It’s the final countdown…..
What a shame.
What a waste. All these facilites were top new. throwing all this money away simply for making a point with HK is so obscene and sick..
The LA studio only worked on MGO, it got shutdown cause theres no reason to maintain something they wont use anymore. Nothing to do with making a point
They said they were after big-scale investment to continue MG so MGO as well, so shutting down a MGO turnkey solution is rather irrational, so that’s why I thought it was still part of the personal problems they have with HK. In any case the origin of all this mess is something as childish as that… Maybe I am mistaken and still too mad at them for thinking this way..
They still have their own facilities for future mgs games, as for the future of MGO, i wouldnt hope for much
I love the idea of a MG 100% handled in Japan, however I think HK did the right move in trying to create and involve facilities based somewhere else too, and recruited genuine “foreign” fans at LA for helping TPP dev. I am sure V substantially benefited from this move since GZ.
Well TPP was made 100% in japan, the guys in LA didnt work on anything for the main game, just MGO3 which is probably why Konami doesnt see any use in keeping them around
Mmmh, are you sure, things are a little more subtle. They worked mainly on online the last years / months, but also worked directly and indirectly on TPP. They worked on GZ and shared the same engine, I am sure a tremendously high quantity of fixes & hacks were exchanged between studios during GZ, TPP and MGO dev. 😉
Ok, let’s shed some light about the real motivation for creating the LA studio.
You may de-facto figure out their overall implication in V through this gamasutra 2013 article :
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/199770/Inside_Kojima_Productions_new_US_studio.php
It was a good studio. What a rotten way to die.
Kudos to those who get the reference
It’s time for this GIF again… 🙁
My thoughts goes out to the staffs. As an animator myself this is something I fear the most in employment that is unfortunately quite common these days. stay strong and remember, you work in this industry because you love the work you guys produce for us.
Now is when Konami is starting to touch my balls.
MGO3; For how much time servers will be “open” this time? No update patches for PC? Where is the server now, Japan? No lag? -_-
The more news i read about Konami, the more scared i am about the “future” of MGO3…
I hope someone could make dedicated servers patch to play together.
I don’t care how bad or good is MGO (what i have been reading all these weeks), i like it.
Thankfully. MGO3 is P2P so dedicated servers being shut down won’t be a problem. Perhaps the reason for that is because they foresaw this happening. We may never know for sure, but it wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
Thankfully indeed. Thank you for the info, man, now i feel better. 🙂
Not necessarily. It has to connect to the Metal Gear server before you can play the game. P2P is great, but it’s not as safe as we hope.
Touch your balls ? Mines were slaughtered / mashed already… 🙁
What’s weird is why did they attempted to keep the facilities as Konami for few months before finally deciding to shut down the whole complex ? Maybe to not impair V promotionnal phase or let’s hope it was even because in fact, most of Koji-Pro is on the move by themselves, hopefully staying with HK to work at Sony or somewhere else. Only few weeks of torture left for HK. I am sure tons of details are gonna be leaked in-between..
But will they update the PC version of MGO3 …
Once again, this calls for…
BigBoss’ reaction to the closure of Los Angeles studio:
According to an email from Konami, MGO won’t be as heavily impacted as people fear, and they still have big plans for the game. Aside from the patch there will also be events in the future. At this point, they can’t say much more due to NDAs.
I was shocked for like a quarter of a second, because I read MGI instead of MGO…
Sounded like Konami did something to this community, which would be the perfect reason to fly to Roppongi and burn the whole thing to the ground… ^3^
Konami talks so much im going to take everything with a grain of salt.
Oh boy. Is anybody else really nervous about this statement “product development resources being restructured into a more centralized unit.”? All I can think of is the return of Konami ID in the next patch.
They are talking about the way they are going to produce and develop games in the future.
Right. I assume they will handle things in their Tokyo HQ so shutting down KojiPro L.A. Removing themselves from the U.S. stock exchange makes sense. That may also mean that they want to do things catered to Japanese costumers in a “centralized” market with their Mobile Games and Pachinko and Konami JP loves their Konami ID
Bye, bye, destroyers of Metal Gear Online. Hope you find a job soon far away from games I like.
tbt. Glad I’m not the only fool by their mimicry of CoD. At least is fun, but boring due to it’s non competitive environment that MGO 2 had.
No, please.
Ready at Dawn hires KJP LA members before Xmas.This is good,isn’t it?
http://wccftech.com/ready-dawn-hiring-working-multiple-exciting-projects/
Yeah, being on V let them put AAA 10/10 critics on their resume. I doubt they need one actually. I am sure a lot of people is trying to recruit them really hard, if not done already. 😀
The Order: 1886 was complete doodoo. It failed as a game, it failed as an interactive movie so they sure can use some talent at Ready at Dawn
i just rented it for a few days but still i really enjoyed the order!
Agree. It seems like gamers are never satisfied nowadays. Every game i bought this year i really enjoyed.
Koon am i, Khahar eh mah ro gaidan… bebarshid, bitarbiat shodam… xD
FUCK KONAMI!!! Goddamnit, what the hell are they doing? The MGO Staff in LA did a great job and now this.
I really hope they are transferred and not fired…
On a side note: I love, really love the new swimsuit costumes in MGO. My female enforcer now is a joy to look at from behind. :DD
They did not a great job.
Why? I mean, why do you think that?
I quite enjoy it, to be honest.
Damn Konami
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ひさしぶり。君のべんきょうはどう？
Hey, you don’t have to insult him. And no you can’t have the cat for bbq!
Well thats good cause mgo 3 sucks
oh c*mon…it doesn’t suck… it is actually not as good as MGO2, I give you that, but it really doesn’t suck! Why do you think so?
Stealth camo everywhere
CnD is ridiculously unbalanced also
Especially since defenders can use stealth camo
No offense but are that bad that you don’t look for shadows?
I don’t think it sucks either, it’s very young and had/has plenty of time to improve….well, it did – not sure how much it will improve now.
I also hate mgo 3. but people losing there jobs is more important than how i feel about a video game
This is actually a good news for MGO3, now it will be handled by the original team where the game will turn into the real MGO. With the petition going on for MGO2 and seeing how almost the majority of the Japanese mgo players don’t like mgo3, I presume and hop that they add the long requested features that the LA team neglected.,
Sure Konami Loves bad press
if you close kojipro, there’s no reason to maintain kojipro LA. and MGO sucks, so no reason to fear anything.
But don’t worry guys, we have new swimsuits.
*off-topic* has anyone watched it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt8MkVAoqaY
Last bond movie I watched was Casino Royale >_<… I need to catch up lol.
yes you do!!! 😀
I enjoyed every Bond with Daniel Craig so far. They’re, in my opinion, the best Bond movies.
quantum solace was horrible!
Well, it is the weakest of them all but I still like it more than the pre Daniel Craig Bond movies.
Ishmael, is it me completely hypnotized by Olga Kurylenko ? xD
Solace was not appreciated by critics, but I really enjoyed it. Maybe it is the new series format, with bonds needing a next episode, but Solace was pretty complete in terms of Royale’s follow-up, different environments… Sean Connery wise, I would say all of them. Moore-wise, let’s say most of them if not all. Timothy wise, I would say “License to Kill”-only-. Pierce-Game+Movie wise, I would say GoldenEye and couple of other Pierce-wise ones for movies. Craig-wise, Skyfall final “boss-fight” lacked 007 gigantism whereas I loved Javier’s interpretation. Solace lacked such boss gigantism as well. Royale was really smooth in all aspects. Craig is a top bond. The review is scary.. Will be out only next wed here… 😀 Yum
007 has changed. xD
not yet! well it actually came out just today here on my country, i’ll try to watch it next wednesday, Skyfall was great
i adored Skyfall,dat ending was truly heartbreaking and great
I adored Judi dench’s acting. I didn’t even know she had such a pivotal role in the film.Fortunately I didn’t watch quantum of solace.Surprisingly I prefer writings on the wall than skyfall
Oh hell yeah, just a few days more <3… I'm soooo excited!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5aJfebzkrM
oh god,im gonna play two games of my favorite game series when i get home….now that’s the best “welcome home” gift for me….
Super awesome gift ;). I hope all’s been well for you on the journey at sea :D.
dat booty tho ; )
Indeed ;D…
Crossover needs to happen –
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/657/586/cee.jpg
“War has never changed.” – Gordon Freeman
I’m going to have to watch people play it until I can buy it, but I’m just SO excited for it either way. Hopefully it lives up to the hype!
OMG I haven’t even finished Mad Max or the Witcher 3 DLC and Fallout 4 is almost here!! I have to get my hustle on!
I know how you feel I can’t keep up. MGSV, MGO, BO3, LAST OF US, FALLOUT, MAD MAX and FARCRY TO COME OUT and a life and family. I need a body double .
Konami fucking sucks. Good luck with your mobile games, you fucking assholes.
Sorry bout cussing.
I’m sure it’s no issue, considering this is a website dedicated to a mature game series.
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