Kojima Working On New IPs, One He "Always Wanted To Make"
Hideo KojimaWe're all anxiously anticipating Metal Gear Solid: Rising (PS3, 360) and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP), but you should know that Kojima Productions is working on a few new titles as well.
In a recent IGN interview with head boss Hideo Kojima, he revealed that his team is currently in the process of making several new IPs, one of which is a game Kojima has "wanted to make for a long time." This should excite the millions of Kojima fans around the world, especially those who have been waiting for this pioneer to turn his masterful attention outside of the famed MGS series. He has done it in the past, but now he has some pretty amazing hardware to utilize. Said Kojima:
"The one that I said that I’ve been wanting to make – this is a new franchise and a new title. For the other couple of titles, it could be something that you always wanted to have. It could be, or it could be something else. It’s a matter of the timing of when we can get it out."
Many have been waiting for a Zone of the Enders 3 but others are just hoping for something entirely new; thankfully, Kojima and Co. seem prepared to deliver exactly that. He says right there that it's a "new franchise and a new title," and in our eyes, that's fantastic news. Now, it's time to wait on pins and needles until they feel like lifting the veil...
8/21/2009 Ben Dutka
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Jalex
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 10:01:21 PM
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And gosh, it seems like he's working on quite a lot as of late (what is it now, 5 or 6 different titles?)
Obviously a good thing, though. The industry can always use more Kojima!
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Zemus101
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 10:18:26 PM
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556pineapple
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 10:22:50 PM
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sticklife
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 10:46:58 PM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 10:48:12 PM
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sunspider13
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 11:18:54 PM
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TES37
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 9:43:55 AM
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Scarecrow
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 11:06:05 PM
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Would like to see that brand new game he's talking 'bout though, hopefully for ps3.
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bebestorm
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 11:17:33 PM
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kevinater321
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 11:39:11 PM
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DarthNemesis
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 12:14:36 AM
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DarthNemesis
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 8:27:13 PM
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Banky A
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 12:47:34 AM
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I need ZOE3 to be done before you start your new journey! ^_^
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Kai200X
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 1:42:24 AM
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Qubex
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 2:49:41 AM
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Q!
"i am home"
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TEG3SH
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 3:14:25 AM
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sunspider13
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 2:32:46 PM
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mastiffchild
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 3:18:37 PM
However, he's also said he wants to, like all decent Japanese makers of games, make a survival horror as well and, tbh, I think he's the right kind of mind to make a really tense one.
Suda's game that surfaced the other day should be a good 'un as well and it still remains to be seen if that's the game HE was making with Mikami.
The big name Japanese devs aren't half working hard right now and if Nomura really turns out to be working on FF13Vs AND KH3 like I read last week then I don't know just what they're putting in their tea!
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sunspider13
Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 10:14:44 PM
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CrazyIrishBoy
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 7:34:35 AM
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It sounds like just a clever thing to say, sure to excite people anyway.
I could be wrong but come on..
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eLLeJuss
Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 2:16:20 PM
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BigBoss4ever
Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 1:12:07 AM
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if Kojima can still deliver or even go beyond under all the radar and attention today, that will prove once and for all that he is the best in the world for video game design.
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Ricochet
Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 12:35:23 PM
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Upon reading this title, I'm beginning to feel really irky due to being such a crazy fan of the MGS series.
Fact: Bought PSX for MGS1.
Fact 2: Bought PS2 for MGS2. Heck my Aunt bought me a launch PS2 in Japan and I-have-not-touched-it-for-one-year-until-MGS2-came-out. Guess how big a slap that was to the face for me when Raiden was introduced.
Fact 3: Bought PS3 for MGS3, yes you heard me that's what Kojima said. Now if he would have made a different IP instead of MGS3 at that time, the game would have been truly glorified on the PS3. I feel MGS4 was just a hand above MGS2 and a step lower than MGS1. Don't get me wrong, gameplay is the smoothest but storywise.....
I just loved the Bosses of MGS3, especially the Sorrow!!!!
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Ricochet
Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 12:35:30 PM
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Upon reading this title, I'm beginning to feel really irky due to being such a crazy fan of the MGS series.
Fact: Bought PSX for MGS1.
Fact 2: Bought PS2 for MGS2. Heck my Aunt bought me a launch PS2 in Japan and I-have-not-touched-it-for-one-year-until-MGS2-came-out. Guess how big a slap that was to the face for me when Raiden was introduced.
Fact 3: Bought PS3 for MGS3, yes you heard me that's what Kojima said. Now if he would have made a different IP instead of MGS3 at that time, the game would have been truly glorified on the PS3. I feel MGS4 was just a hand above MGS2 and a step lower than MGS1. Don't get me wrong, gameplay is the smoothest but storywise.....
I just loved the Bosses of MGS3, especially the Sorrow!!!!
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ADAM WEST
Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 10:03:28 PM
Sure he was no Solid Snake, but splitting the game between the two characters helped flesh out the story in an amazing way.
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Snaaaake
Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 10:53:58 PM
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Hmm, here's what I'm thinking.
Master Kojima: Oh man.....there's a game I always wanted to make but I just can't get all the right tool to make it......
Kez Hirai: Is there anyone interested in Blu Ray?
Master Kojima: ME!!!
Just a joke here, please don't flame.......
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Robochic
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Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 9:58:28 PM