Kojima Productions are working on a PS4 Exclusive game

t0mby · Post by **t0mby** » 16 Dec 2015 09:33 pm

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Sony just made it official: former Konami superstar (and Metal Gear creator) Hideo Kojima has formed a new studio, which is working with Sony on a PlayStation 4 exclusive.

It’s not a Sony studio; it’s an independent team, which will be known as...Kojima Productions. The deal announces that Kojima Productions’ “first software title [is] a console exclusive to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system.”

1080p 60fps confirmed.

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 17 Dec 2015 11:02 am

Coming to PC as well.

4k 60fps confirmed.

Vince · Post by **Vince** » 17 Dec 2015 12:08 pm

Great news that he's still working, but I wonder what uproar there would've been had Microsoft poached Kojima for an exclusive game?

flipswitch · Post by **flipswitch** » 17 Dec 2015 12:29 pm

Apparently he was approached by other companies but decided on Sony, from the IGN interview.

It's thanks to Sony that I was able to make a splash in the global market. It's been 10-plus years since then and the working relationship at Sony, the people at Sony, we gel well. People at Sony have been friendly with me, I work well with them. I got several offers from many different companies, but with Sony it came to a point where I know these people, we know each other well. I feel like this is an environment where I will be able to make something and be comfortable. And I believe that is the environment I need right now."

Candy Arse · Post by **Candy Arse** » 17 Dec 2015 01:22 pm

Snatcher 2 please (never going to happen).

Regardless, this is great news.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 17 Dec 2015 03:29 pm

Can't wait to play it in 6+ years.

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 17 Dec 2015 03:42 pm

I share Grey's sentiment, going to take a long time if he plans to write a new engine from scratch. If he takes something like UE4 we might see something in 3 years tops which drags us close to the next generation using a traditional 5 year timeline.

Looking at that timeline for PC, 8k @ 60fps confirmed.

flipswitch · Post by **flipswitch** » 17 Dec 2015 09:24 pm

Candy Arse wrote:Snatcher 2 please (never going to happen).

Regardless, this is great news.

He could do what gamesloft does and rip off other franchises, that way we can finally get our Snitcher 2.

t0mby · Post by **t0mby** » 17 Dec 2015 10:09 pm

If he does a Cyberpunk game I will implode.

GameHED · Post by **GameHED** » 18 Dec 2015 02:19 am

According to eurogamer it will be a game involving mechs:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... d-producer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What I'd like to see is a sci-fi horror game involving biological weapons that escaped capture and the only ones to hunt them are the dudes in the logo who use power armor to compensate with the gravity of different environments and differences in strength between the monsters and humans. Plus the suits become protection against the hostile atmosphere.

It would be a game that combines the horror of metroid game, (with much more disgusting creatures) dark souls style combat (you kill genetically engineered alien animal species in place of fantasy monsters and learn over time) and open world rpg titles. (npcs you partner with determine how the story evolves. The cinematic parts reveal more about these guys and you develop a bond as you try to survive by relying on each other's skills. The twist is they are never who you thought they were and you are abandoned the more of a noble person you are. (people interpret you being nice to them is wrong or a sign of weakness so they don't trust you) You get taken advantage of everytime you try to help others and the monsters try to kill them but you still save them from dying anyway because it is the right thing to do. Always helping arseholes despite common sense. The moral of the story is only the technology is trustworthy enough to survive because it is at least predictable.

Unlike Snake you don't mind fighting with disadvantages and challenging yourself instead of sneaking around as this is seen as cowardly. The adrenalin rush of almost dying is what makes you feel alive and people around you think you are crazy or suicidal. You are just searching for purpose to life as these monsters were created to replace soldiers who can't survive in the environments they naturally fight in. If biotech advances enough so that killing is no longer skill-based then there is little reason for you to exist, which is why you decided to hunt the strongest space monsters to prove that we are not different to the beasts which we make. (you are its father and you sacrifice your son by killing it, to feed your ego. Similar concept to megaman killing robots which are not that different to him. ie "they've gone maverick" meaning 'they think for themselves' just like megaman X who learns like humans. But using the awareness and consciousness skill to hunt the bad maverick robots he is symbolicallly hunting himself. Society just sees one type of freedom of thought as 'bad', and another as 'good' based on how much freedom they think is safe. But it's still mindless killing to the universe which will go on long after everything is dead.) At the end of the day they did not ask to be born. Someone wants to play God and fucked up. You are the grim reaper to clean up messes.

Unlike other action rpg games where you are a weakling who gains power over time, you start off overpowered and restrict yourself from using all your power based on the thing you are hunting. Does Batman ever arm himself with guns to fight criminals? Does the alien in the movie Predator ever resort to using the plasma cannon on unarmed targets? Do Jedi use dark force powers to win fights? No. What makes them different is they forbid themselves. You are like that in combat which is where the dark souls style difficulty emerges where you never rely on technology to win just your skill as a Bioweapon specialist. Relying on using the easy path is for the weak. You have a code and stick to it. Mechs are just symbols of the tech needed to compensate for differences in the power of humans and space monsterr which can survive in any environment. like the difference between Jango/Baba Fett and jedi with force powers. (ie Jedi use spiritual energy and the Fetts equivalent of that is using technology instead of physical conditioning and mind power) Without challenge you will never become strong and adapt, so you level the playing field and earn your right to use better weapon, armor, items to keep your skill honed and intact rather than abusing its usage and becoming too dependent on it. But unlike Blade runner or the Knight Sabers in Bubblegum crisis you are not a crime fighter. You have to kill these beast to show them who is beast master. (trophies of their heads is your social proof of skill applied in fair conditions - nobody understands this so you are thought of as crazy in a cynical world where people take the easiest path. But selling your services as bioweapon pest control requires display of competence in beating/killing monsters. Just as the Ghostbusters need success in actually dealing with the Marshmellow Man in order to be taken seriously and make money doing uncommon work)

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 18 Dec 2015 11:06 am

Mechs how original.

Candy Arse · Post by **Candy Arse** » 18 Dec 2015 01:56 pm

lestat wrote:Mechs how original.

No Xbox = Kojima is shit? Seems like it...

GameHED · Post by **GameHED** » 19 Dec 2015 10:00 am

Kojima says he'll make games as long as he can:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... g-as-i-can" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hurry up with that space version of castlevania involving vampire hunters in mech suits killing tech wizards with genetically modified dragons with adamantium skeletons. The logo tells it all. The idea of astronauts and exploration mention in interviews indicates open world adventure titles in unchartered spaces. (sony is finally going to grt him to make a rival to microsoft's halo franchise I reckon. They can finally dominate third person shooter and fps genre with in-depth story and characters) With all this freedom he can do much more with the characters now. The last Zoe title he was working on had space lizards in it. (just like capcom's forgotten worlds arcade game) I like that idea. The draconian alien race could be symbolic of konami trying to control and dominate him.

t0mby · Post by **t0mby** » 19 Dec 2015 10:03 am

A fucking mech game? I'm not saying it would be bad, but geez, branch out Kojima, do something else!

GameHED · Post by **GameHED** » 19 Dec 2015 10:18 am

Nah he is a gundam fan just like every japanese nerd.

Thanks to poor ZOE HD sales the sequel was cancelled but now he can start all over again. Create a Gundam or Armored Trooper VOTOMS style universe with giant robots and irresponsible child pilots forced to kill people by thier abusive japanese fathers who didn't hug them so they went rogue and joined terrorist/freedom fighter organisation to kill all the governments making wars that pollute the environments to get back at dad who is making new doomsday weapons that's going to kill everyone.

Or they could get gellermo del toro to make a gritty survival horror story set in space where corporations have developed experimental living weapons (like umbrella corporation from resident evil) in a search for immortality and these weapons turned against thier creators and you are master chief sent to explore the most dangerous hideouts to see if they can be stopped from breeeding and ruling the galaxy with a dictatorship. The latter is what I think is what is going to happen. Sony needs a Halo killer with epic story and appeal to japanese people. (mechs are like the new zombies. You can't seperate videogames from zombies or mechs. That is fucking impossible)

take those zombies to space, add in conspiracy stuff from dues ex games, give you master chiefs suit, and japanese robots to pilot with godzilla style reptillian aliens and his future will be great. Rare did it with perfect Dark and it was great back when they worked for nintendo. This is what fans need. Snake can live on in re-incarnated form in spacesuit fighting corrupt governments and corporations who've gotten out of control thanks to technology helping them to enslave everything. Personally I think Kojima should have joined capcom. Maybe he could save resident evil franchise..

Open world survivalist zombie apocalypse game by kojima would be pretty interesting.. You are the only guy left because the suit prevents the disease getting you. The game is about rescuing VIP from infection before going underground. Bladed weapons are the key to lasting long enough as the guns were looted by government (similar to the katrina disaster) and the combat is brutal up close fighting with large numbers of enemies. (no recharging health though, you are vulnerable like Alien Isolation)

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