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Random PlayStation Fans Start Petition to Cancel Hideo Kojima's Rumoured Xbox Game
"Kojima is betraying his loyal fans"
Irate PlayStation fans have started a petition to cancel Hideo Kojima’s rumoured Xbox exclusive game, describing it as a “betrayal”. The amusing Change.org page insists that the industry veteran has been “blinded by greed” and must return to the “winning side”, after reports noted that Kojima...
Random Hideo Kojima Uses a Hermen Hulst Mousepad
PlayStation Studios boss always on director's mind
In headlines we didn’t expect to ever type, Hideo Kojima has shared a photo of his office desk, which includes a Hermen Hulst mousepad. The PlayStation Studios boss famously handed the esteemed Metal Gear Solid director the source code to the Decima Engine when he worked as managing director of...
News Abandoned Dev Appears on Camera to Denounce Silent Hill, Hideo Kojima Speculation
Future Q&A planned
Another day, another update on the weird but not particularly wonderful situation surrounding PlayStation 5 game Abandoned. The man at the centrepiece of all the conspiracy theories, Blue Box Game Studios head Hasan Kahraman, has now appeared on camera in a video posted to Twitter. He takes the chance to convince followers he is...
News Hideo Kojima Fans Investigate PS5 Exclusive Abandoned, Reads Like Conspiracy Theories
Down the rabbit hole and then some
The utterly bizarre speculation surrounding upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Abandoned and its tenuous links to game creator Hideo Kojima simply aren't going away. After initially denying claims Blue Box Game Studios is simply Kojima in disguise and apologising for a recent twee
News Developer of PS5's Abandoned Insists It's Not Hideo Kojima in Disguise
It really is just a small group of Dutch developers
Blue Box Game Studios, the developer of upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Abandoned, has released a statement insisting it’s not, in fact, Hideo Kojima in disguise. While much of the speculation was made in jest, fans had noticed something fishy about the survival game’s announcement on the...
News Kojima Reportedly in Talks with Xbox as PS5's Abandoned Prompts Conspiracy Theories
That escalated quickly
Update: Blue Box Game Studios has released a statement insisting its not Hideo Kojima in disguise, after conspiracy theories abounded following the announcement of the PS5 survival game. Original Story: We all felt, here at Push Square Towers, that something seemed fishy with the an
News Google Denies Cancelled Stadia Exclusive Hideo Kojima Horror Reports
Axed
Update: Google has told Games Radar that VGC’s report on cancelled Stadia projects, including a title by Hideo Kojima, is “inaccurate and reported hearsay as fact”. It added that it “[doesn't] have anything, nor has announced anything, with Kojima or Yu Suzuki”. Original Story:
News Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding Creator's Essays on Entertainment to Get English Translation
Insight into an intriguing mind
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima rarely hides his influences: his games are filled with references and nods to the pieces of media that inspire him. If you’d like to know more about the inspiration behind some of the industry’s most iconic games, though, you may be interested in the ex-Konami man’s novel,...
News Kojima Productions Will Mark Fifth Anniversary with 'Exciting Updates' Tomorrow
More than merch?
16th December 2020 will mark five years since Hideo Kojima formally announced he had left Japanese publisher Konami to form his own studio, named Kojima Productions. Sony immediately snapped the creator up and confirmed the developer's first title would be a PlayStation 4 console exclusive. That went on to become what we now know as...
News Kojima Productions Hiring Up for New Project
What's Kojima up to this time?
Kojima Productions is working on something new. That's it. That's the article. After the launch of Death Stranding on PlayStation 4 and the subsequent PC port, it seems work has finally begun on the next project from Hideo Kojima and his team. What kind of game is the Tokyo-based studio making next? Unfortunately,...
News Death Stranding Was a Sales Success, Recent Kojima Project 'Fell Through'
Laughs off Silent Hills rumours
Sony has never shared official sales numbers for last year's Death Stranding, but according to Hideo Kojima himself, it did well enough to recoup development costs and begin turning a profit. Those margins will only increase with the upcoming PC version to the point where Kojima says there's nothing to worry about...
News Hideo Kojima 'in Talks' with Norman Reedus on Collaborating Again for Future Projects
It might not be a game though
Hideo Kojima and Norman Reedus clearly managed to strike up a friendship thanks to Death Stranding and everything which came with it, but the two creators might not be done there when it comes to working together. The star of The Walking Dead has stated in a new interview that the pair are "in talks" with one another on...
News The Internet Thinks Hideo Kojima Has a Big Reveal Planned for This Week
But what is it?
Hideo Kojima is a mysterious man. The Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator is one of just a handful of developers who have a certain aura about them -- making their games all the more exciting in the process. After finally launching his big-budget delivery simulator late last year, the internet seems to think that we'll get...
News BAFTA to Honour Death Stranding's Hideo Kojima with Highest Award
King of the world
He’s one of the most famous faces in the industry, and now Hideo Kojima’s career will be recognised by BAFTA with its highest award. During the BAFTA Game Awards ceremony on 2nd April, the Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator will receive the BAFTA Fellowship, an accolade designed to reward outstanding contributions to...
Random This Hideo Kojima Name Generator Is Steeped in Science and Dice Rolls
Shotgun Giraffe, is that you?
If you were ever lucky enough to star in a Hideo Kojima game, have you wondered what name he would come up with for your character? The Metal Gear Solid franchise and the recent Death Stranding have proven that the man himself loves coming up with the most bizarre titles for both his allies and antagonists, so Polygon...
News Hideo Kojima Reckons There's a Reason Death Stranding Didn't Connect with American Critics
"Flies higher than an FPS"
Death Stranding’s reviews are nowhere near as divisive as they’ve been painted to be, but the game did come under intense scrutiny from some American publications, namely IGN and Giant Bomb. While the criticism hasn’t come exclusively from US-based media – British magazine EDGE outright refused to review it, for ex
News Hideo Kojima Just Received Two Guinness World Records That Have Nothing to Do with Games
Social strand
Hideo Kojima is one of the gaming industry's most well known figures. Revered for his work on the Metal Gear Solid series (and Death Stranding, of course), the designer/director has attracted a large following, and now enjoys an almost celebrity status. These days, Kojima goes mad for social media, and posting regularly on sites like...
News Death Stranding Commentates on Social Media According to Kojima
And the current political climate, of course
Hideo Kojima has been paying attention. Speaking as part of a BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat documentary, the auteur explained that "we may be connected through the Internet more than ever, but what's happening is that people are attacking each other because we're so connected". He’s not wrong: social media –...
News Hideo Kojima Wants His Studio to Make Movies in the Future
His body is made of movies, after all
There's a through-line you can make in all of Hideo Kojima's games: the man loves a cutscene. The Metal Gear Solid series is notorious for its inclusion of hours and hours of cinematics, filling out the games themselves with story-heavy scenes. While the majority of games feature cutscenes, very few take things...
News Hideo Kojima to Give Death Stranding Insight at EGX Berlin This Weekend
Taking a Strand
Hideo Kojima’s work on Death Stranding is complete, and now the auteur is partaking in a World Strand Tour to commemorate the release of the PlayStation 4 console exclusive. One of his stops will be at EGX Berlin this weekend, where he’ll sit down for an hour with Golden Globe winning film director Fatih Akin to talk shop. The...
News Hideo Kojima Wants to Make a PSVR Game, But He's 'Not Free Enough' at the Moment
PT-like on PSVR, please
It must be all hands on deck over at Kojima Productions to get Death Stranding out the door in one piece ahead of its 8th November launch, but studio head Hideo Kojima is already looking to the future. The Metal Gear Solid creator seems to be very interested in developing for virtual reality, PlayStation VR in particular. In...
News Did Hideo Kojima Actually Have the Idea for Death Stranding More Than Seven Years Ago?
"A game that connects people"
Much has been made of how quickly Death Stranding has come together. Announced at E3 2016, it wasn't until December of that same year that the game was even running on a PlayStation 4 engine - Horizon: Zero Dawn's Decima engine. Clearly, a lot of work has gone into the
Random Madrid Games Week Hands Out Hideo Kojima Masks
Bit weird, right?
If you've ever been to a video gaming convention before, you'll know that free swag isn't so hard to come by. Handed out by various publishers in order to promote its games, you'll probably get your hands on posters and copies of weapons made out of foam. They're fun for the most part, but Madrid Games Week has taken things up a...
News Death Stranding Director Takes Aim at Fortnite Fame
"I don't want to make that"
Hideo Kojima is widely regarded as one of the most imaginative minds in video games, and speaking during a Death Stranding panel at the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, he admitted that he has no interest in following the Battle Royale boom. To the sound of thunderous applause, he said: “The easiest way to make money...
News The Metal Gear Solid Remake Made in Dreams Has Handed Over the Tools to You
Hideo Kojima Retweets
Do you remember the thoroughly impressive Metal Gear Solid remake that was coming together in Dreams from about a month ago? Well, there's good news and bad news. On a positive note, YouTube user Bearly Regal has been working tirelessly to fine-tune the opening area to create the best possible recreation, which you can check...
A small but welcome detail
Okay, now we're getting into the finer details of Death Stranding. You may have noticed that during the game's latest trailer, main character Sam could be seen wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses. After having no doubt seen people questioning whether these items can be worn at any time, Death Stranding creator Hideo...
News Hideo Kojima Gives Blessing to Metal Gear Solid Remake in Dreams
A man who's good at what he does
We weren’t joking when we said we could rebrand Push Square as a Dreams fansite, but there’s so much impressive stuff getting made that it deserves the digital column inches. Take this Metal Gear Solid remake, which is so impressive that it’s already gotten Hideo Kojima’s approval. The auteur certainly...
News New Death Stranding Trailer Potentially Teased by Hideo Kojima
Please don't strand us up
Is it finally time for a fresh Death Stranding trailer? Going by a teasing tweet from director Hideo Kojima, quite possibly. The industry icon has posted a seemingly telling photograph over on Twitter, which shows two monitors. The first is displaying what looks to be a trailer, while the second displays editing software...
News Kojima Plays Death Stranding on PS4 Every Day
Game enters critical phase
Hideo Kojima has provided an impromptu update on Death Stranding’s progress, suggesting potentially we may see more of the PlayStation 4 exclusive during Sony’s State of Play livestream tomorrow. As part of a random social media post, the auteur said that the title had entered a “critical phase” of development, and...
News Hideo Kojima Is Always at The Game Awards in Some Form, Hints Keighley
"We haven't said anything about world premieres"
The Game Awards 2018 will have the largest selection of reveals in the show’s short history, but will Death Stranding be part of that? Hideo Kojima’s upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive has been the highlight of the event several times now, and with Sony pulling the plug on PlayStation Experience,...
News This RUSSIA 2055 Trailer Shared by Hideo Kojima Is Suspicious
Created by Joakim Mogren?
Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima shared a trailer for a game called RUSSIA 2055 on social media today, and it’s being developed by a studio that we’ve never heard of before. Ordinarily we’d shrug and move on with our lives, but this is the same guy who created a f
News Death Stranding Japanese Dub will Feature Metal Gear Voices, Including Solid Snake and Big Boss
The Boss also plays a part
Death Stranding is set to feature at the Tokyo Game Show later this week, and director Hideo Kojima has revealed that the PlayStation 4 exclusive's Japanese voice cast will be present during a stage presentation. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but then Kojima's posted a Tweet saying that the cast includes voice actors...
News Conan O'Brien Is the Latest Celebrity to Pay Death Stranding Studio a Visit
Okay then
Producer, writer, comedian, and somewhat strange guy Conan O'Brien is the latest famous personality to pay a visit to Kojima Productions, the studio where PlayStation 4 exclusive Death Stranding is being made. O'Brien joins a parade of other celebs who have taken the time to check out Hideo Kojima's lair. Remember when...
News Death Stranding May Show Up at The Game Awards Later This Year
Keighley x Kojima
Keighley and Kojima sitting in a tree, we probably can't finish this joke for legal reasons. The game industry's deadliest duo is back are back in the headlines after Geoff Keighley posted a picture of Hideo Kojima on Twitter, as the daddy of Metal Gear stood next to a screen with The Game Awards logo on it. For those...
News Hideo Kojima Teases Death Stranding E3 2018 Trailer with Screenshot of Moss
Why not
The ever-enigmatic Death Stranding is one of Sony's four flagship exclusives we'll be seeing more of at E3 2018, and the mind behind the madness, Hideo Kojima, has been teasing a new trailer on Twitter recently. In response to Neil Druckmann's tweet, itself building excitement for The Last of Us: Part II at Sony's showcase, Kojima
News Hideo Kojima Has Been Cutting Death Stranding's E3 2018 Trailer
Here we go
We can’t freakin’ wait for this one. Sony’s said that one of the four games it will “deep dive” during its E3 2018 press conference next month is Death Stranding, and Hideo Kojima has been teasing the title’s latest trailer all over his Twitter. The auteur’s spent the past week posting pictures of Adobe P
News Sony Shocked by Death Stranding's Progress, Further Announcements Planned
"We've never seen a game being created at such a fast pace"
Hideo Kojima and protracted development cycles go together like cheese and pickle sandwiches, but it sounds like the Decima Engine is bringing Death Stranding to life quicker than anyone expected. Speaking in the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation (as translated by Gematsu), director Hideo...
News Hideo Kojima Explains Death Stranding, Blows Minds
A few key questions answered
What the heck was that Death Stranding trailer about, then? IGN sat down with Hideo Kojima in order to ask that very question, and while the auteur shied away from some details, he was surprisingly candid in his responses about the game. So, where to start? How about the
News Death Stranding Expectations Increase as Kojima, Del Toro Storm The Game Awards
Confirmed guest presenters
We’re a little bit torn on Death Stranding right now. It’s been a year since we last got an update on Hideo Kojima’s madcap PlayStation 4 exclusive, and part of us is gagging to see more. But we can’t help but feel it would be really cool if Sony and Kojima Productions resisted the urge to reveal more, and just...
Report Konami Still Freakin' Hates Hideo Kojima
The publisher's not happy
Hell hath no fury like Konami scorned, apparently. A report in Japanese newspaper Nikkei has revealed that the ongoing feud between the Japanese publisher and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima is ongoing – despite him having left the company years ago following the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Back then...
News Hideo Kojima's Been Meeting with PlayStation's Big Wigs
Talking time
E3 2017 preparations or just a progress report? According to his Twitter account, Hideo Kojima spent the day in meetings with some of Sony's big wigs, including PlayStation 4 architect Mark Cerny and the ridiculously likeable marketing chief Asad Qizilbash. We bet you could almost smell the talent filtering out of the meeting room...
News Kojima: Guerrilla Games' Technology Is a League Ahead
Decima delights
Hideo Kojima has been chatting about Death Stranding and Guerrilla Games' Decima Engine, as he tends to do every couple of months or so. In an interview with the PlayStation Blog, the auteur has revealed that he believes the aforementioned Dutch developer's Decima Engine technology to be a "league ahead" of everyone else, and that's...
News Death Stranding Is 'Not a Horror Game', Hideo Kojima Reiterates
We need intel
Let's face it: we don't know much about Death Stranding or how it plays. Kojima's gone off on a few tangents in the past, alluding to stealth and hitting people with sticks - if we remember right - but it's difficult to picture gameplay until we've actually seen it. Still, at least we know that it's not going to join the ranks of...
News Death Stranding Will Avoid Sexualised Women Without Deep Backgrounds
Oh so Quiet
Hideo Kojima has said that he wants to take a "different approach" to the way that female characters are represented in PlayStation 4 exclusive Death Stranding. The auteur was chatting with the BBC's Newsbeat following a recent studio tour, and he said that he wants to avoid heroines who have "big breasts and no back story". He expl
News Kojima: I Will Push the Creative Envelope Until the Day I Die
Hideo's back, folks
Hideo Kojima admitted following his break-up with Konami that he considered quitting games for good, but he was convinced to start again. Now it seems like the auteur is very much over the past, and is looking to the future. Today an embargo has lifted showing off the inside of his new studio, and it looks frankly astonishing...
News What If Horizon: Zero Dawn Was a LEGO Set?
Yeah, it's a slow news day
Hideo Kojima's busy building LEGO rather than Death Stranding, and his latest project is complete. The auteur's love-in with Guerrilla Games goes on, as he's created Aloy and a Tallneck from Horizon: Zero Dawn using the popular Danish playthings. What more is there to say? Well, we're going to have to pad out another...
News Hideo Kojima Completed Metal Gear Solid V in Solitary Confinement
Sent to the stands
Geoff Keighley's teary tribute to Hideo Kojima during last night's The Game Awards may have been a touch over-the-top, but speaking with Glixel prior to the show, the host did reveal a little more about the luminary's predicament at Konami. Apparently, during the final stages of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's production,...
News We May See More of Death Stranding at the PlayStation Experience
Dead or alive
First revealed during Sony's press conference at E3 back in the summer, Death Stranding is Hideo Kojima's typically batsh*t baby, and we may be seeing - or at least hearing - more about it at next month's PlayStation Experience. About time, we reckon. Obviously, we don't know much about Death Stranding at this point. All we've seen of...
News Hideo Kojima May Just Be Gaming's Greatest Troll
Be still our beating heart
Hideo Kojima is taking a vacation in the sun-baked sprawls of Venice, Italy. But even when out and about among such idyllic beauty, he can't resist a spot of trolling. Case in point: the image embedded above. Our hearts can't take this cruel teasing, Kojima-san.
News Kojima Productions' Logo Movie Is As Self-Indulgent As You'd Expect
The definition of decadent
Haha, we absolutely love this. Appearing at the San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, Hideo Kojima revealed the "logo movie" for his new studio Kojima Productions, which will presumably be displayed when you boot up Death Stranding. The clip – embedded below – is just about as ostentatious as you can possibly imagine,...
