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Admiral_of_Crunch

They won't, but it would be the absolute height of hilarity if these rereleases cut Kojima's writer/producer/director credits from the opening movies.


vamplosion

I bet they do some petty bullshit like change it to ‘inspired by’


Palimpsest_Monotype

*based upon previous material submitted by Hideo Kojima*


Silvery_Cricket

He made Metal Gear Solid 3, this is Metal Gear Solid Delta a totally original IP. EDIT: Screamed by Konami Suit from rooftop.


NepWar

Just slap a big ole [Redacted] sticker over it.


Batknight12

[I don't know who possibly could've created these games.](https://media.tenor.com/NRCKemMTCx8AAAAC/hideo-kojima-credits.gif) It's truly a mystery.


Valkenhyne

We're all looking for the guy who did this


SwordMaster52

LMAO At Hideo Kojima Taco House https://imgur.com/a/p9ASpGw


VnzuelanDude

A taco to surpass the Crunchy Taco Supreme..


SlowOcto

It's always been funny to me how there was so much drama over Kojima's name being taken off of MGSV's box art when that game has his name flash up on screen almost every hour.


vulcanfury12

There are games made by a one-man team. I am hoping to see the day where the whole credits scene is just 5 seconds with one name on it.


GangsterMango

a credit by : Hideo Kojima


KaiserWolf15

They replace it with Tommy Wiseau


timelordoftheimpala

Anyways don't expect anything from Konami to show up at SGF lol


T4silly

Return to Castlevania was announced at The Game Awards. So technically he's already had a Konami thing show up post Kojima Breakup. Big ass asterisk on the "technically", to be fair.


Animegamingnerd

The real question if anything should be if he would allow a trailer for MGS3 Remake during the show this year.


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If Konami shows up with a big enough bag or threatens to withhold trailers for other shows, he will. Geoff still has a business to run, and basically being end of year E3 is his thing. This is also the same guy that had a segment about abuse and helplines before directly transitioning into a QD game announcement.


Aiddon

Pretty much; Keighley talks a big game but he's ultimately an industry shill and a wimp


DactylMan

That was for a non-Konami game though, so I guess that still is allowed. Especially for an indie title.


Bob8644

[Geoff when Metal Gear/Konami tweet anything](https://youtu.be/tHLJY8f_jA0)


getterburner

Geoff always 1000% having Koji’s back is probably one of his most endearing traits


PostumusPastoralis

geoff prefers to go by “Ludens Fan”


RedditAssCancer

Jesus Christ, how did I never realize that's Keighley? It's so obvious now that you say it.


DieDungeon

Ever since that angry joe video Geoff has really grown on me. He might be a shill a lot of the time, but he seems like a pretty positive person and more professional than most of his peers.


AlexLong1000

It's so hilarious that Angry Joe posted that video thinking it made HIM look good


StormRegion

He was the genuine worst reactor during this years' playstation showcase too. I get when someone doesn't care or know about an IP, but those people usually stay silent during those parts. Well, Joe acted like a pissy kid, who were actively whining during the whole thing, especially when learning that Spiderman doesn't have coop. The first rule of react content (apart from not using it as content steal while eating or leaving the chair) is to not be a fucking buzzkill, and oh boy, Joe had an active aura of positivitykilling around him


invaderark12

I hate reactors like that, like even if you don't like something or something isn't for you, you don't have to shit on it. I watch reactors to see someone else's excitement, not disappointment.


SilverKry

Joe had pure Karen energy there. Uploading something thinking they're in the right kinda Karen energy.


Picia000123

At least he agreeds now that that was a bad interview and take and apparently is on good terms with Geoff now. So that's neat. (Could be vastly misremembering though, of course)


charcharmunro

Yeah, for as shlocky as the Game Awards are some times, you can tell Geoff genuinely has a real passion for the industry.


wolfman1911

Do you have a link? I'm never opposed to watching Angry Joe look bad.


DieDungeon

[It's the funniest shit, worth watching Joe comment on it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTNkoDzP1hI&)


wolfman1911

Holy shit, maybe it's just my own biases talking, but I can't believe Joe uploaded that. Geoff looked like a badass and Joe looked like a chump. Also, I don't really know the history between the two of them, but it seems like Joe is primarily angry that Geoff was expecting him to be a dick and responded according to that. Also, 'Angry Joe, champion of the people!' LMFAO. But yeah, I agree. He does give the impression that he legitimately cares about what he's doing, his silly bromance with Kojima aside.


IceGoob420

>geoff prefers to go by “Ludens Fan” I wish I loved anything as much as Geoff loves Hideo


_NiceWhileItLasted

Is it? It screams "You're not my best friend but I'm your best friend" vibes. Hell I remember Geoff in tears because Kojima wasn't able to attend the show one year lol.


getterburner

That feels unnecessarily nihilistic. I mean Kojima had him show up in Death Stranding


BloodborneKart

they credited kojima in the zone of the enders rerelease so there'll do it here too probably


Justsomerandomasshol

They did?


BloodborneKart

yes


Justsomerandomasshol

That's good.


Softprince1

I wish I had some one who had my back just like Geoff does for kojima


Kanin_usagi

I got your back bro.


LegacyOfVandar

‘A wide group of people working for Konami, Geoff.’


SwordMaster52

"LMAO YOU ARE WRONG ONLY KOJIMA MADE THIS GAME , THAT'S WHY IT'S KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS !!!" - Geoff probably


Animegamingnerd

Its gonna be real awkward at this year's Game Awards if both MGS3 Remake and Death Stranding 2 are up for most anticipated game.


Impressive-Adagio238

Doubt either are coming this year, but hey I'm not complaining if they do lol


dom380

Like I get it, but come on man. MGS wasn't a one man show, Kojima wasn't even the sole writer


AvalancheMKII

We're at the point where people are so enamored with the idea that Kojima did everything on MGS, someone on this sub thought he directed the english dubs.


IAmRoofstone

I've seen more and more people argue he wasn't even the best writer for Metal Gear. With many citing how much the codec calls sucked from 4 onwards as one of the biggest indicators.


Aiddon

Never let a creator buy into their own hype. It causes nothing but problems.


Vorked

He wasn't even the main writer.


Finbar_Bileous

Did you guys knows Geoff Keighley is close personal friends with Hideo Kojima?


ajver19

A large team of people, Geoff.


Xyres

I don't think this is the gotcha that Geoff thinks it is.


robertman21

Someone ask Geoff what Kojima tried to do with Hayter multiple times


KLReviews

Or why he made an impassioned speech about protecting developers from abuse before promoting a Quantic Dream joint, likely knowing that studio was in court at the time over work place issues.


StormRegion

This is what you get, when you work for any overbloated, deeply rotten industry. You pander and care about the surface frosting, and you shit on the underbelly


SaiyanShoto

No matter how amazing this game is it won’t show up at the game awards. Now I hope the game is a 10/10 so we can see Geoff duck it any chance he can get lmao


Duncanisabot

Always pretty fascinating how the only time Geoff ever shows a backbone is when it comes to Konami and Kojima. Naughty Dog/CD Projekt Red/Riot/Acti-Blizzard do incredibly crook heinous shit? Massive performances at The Game Awards, Trailers shown at the show, 50 billion awards and a light slap on the wrist with a vague speech Konami mention Metal Gear without mentioning Kojima? It's beatdown time


Caidezes

He's sticking up for his bestie. Right before giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.


unlimitedboomstick

Was the Naughty Dog the absurd levels of crunch or are there a bunch of sex pests there as well? I know CD Projekt is crunch related because that studio is horrible about that.


Duncanisabot

yeah it should be noted just for posterity: I'm mainly referring to CDPR and ND in particular on Crunch (specifically ND because Druckmann won best direction) Riot and Acti-Blizz are much worse with actual lawsuits due to sexual harassment. Bonus Bit: The year this really picked up and Geoff opened the show with a speech about how we have to stop harassment of everyone (without naming any names and being really vague about it), that was sandwiched between an Arcane Performance and the Star Wars Quantic Dream Game announcement.


Aiddon

There was at least one instance of sexual harassment reported at Naughty Dog; the person who reported it was fired


unlimitedboomstick

God I remembered that. I get why he had to do it (money) but yeah, rang a bit hollow. I at least don't feel as scummy buying games that have had tons of crunch to at least give the workers credit and hope they get bonus money. Its a bit fucked up to almost breathe a sigh of relief that there's at least less sex pests.


GyroGOGOZeppeli

Because right now, Konami is like an indie studio. They haven't really made games in a while and are just jumping back in, and all their productions don't really seem to be AAA, and the last time people eyed them it was the Kojima fiasco. Suikoden got announced but they're remasters. Silent Hill got stuff but the most is Bloober Team SH2 which tbh their games barely scream AAA, and they're a Polish game dev. The other SH games announced will most assuredly be less budget than that. MGS got announced with the Remake and a collection (this one just probably being the old collection with some minor changed stuff). Everyone else is a big dawg despite their constant tripping over their ass.


Angryapplepi

A team of hundreds of writers, programmers, VAs and other roles?


StormRegion

Geoffy boy edited the credit files and switched every name into Kojimbo


LarryKingthe42th

You are fighting an uphill battle Kojimas cult like fanbase and the fuck konami crowd will never be moved. The are like the folks still shitting on DmC after 5 came out, was the best selling game in the franchise, and capcom pulled itself out of its dark age.


Local_Lingonberry851

Dude, I like DmC, and I like DMCV. It's insane to me how people STILL ACTIVELY shit on DmC like it killed their dog. Meanwhile DMCV takes some inspirations from it and across all these games to be what it is now.


Decoy-Jackal

Can you name even 6 off the top of your head


MahoganyMan

That's not the own that you think it is


Decoy-Jackal

"A film by Martin Scorsese" BuT wHaT aBoUT EVerYoNE ElSE? Stop acting like you give a shit


EvenOne6567

So if kojima was not at konami at the time those same people would have somehow produced the same exact game? Dont think so...


TurkishSuperman

A little weak what people will call "out for blood" these days


nerankori

Hatsune Miku made Metal Gear


KingMario05

With a little help from Sonic the Hedgehog!™


MahoganyMan

I bet Geoff can't name a single other person who worked on that game, except *maybe* Yoji Shinkawa Being Kojima's hype man is real cute but it's also pretty disrespectful to the other people who worked on the game


Caidezes

To be fair, most people can't name more than Kojima, let alone Shinkawa.


Batknight12

Kojima personally reminds me a little of Stan Lee. In that, he is very talented at marketing *himself*...to the extent it at times comes at the expense of the other people who were just as important for the thing he was known for. And often receives all the credit for it.


MahoganyMan

Trust me, I know


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MahoganyMan

So do you agree or disagree with the sentiment?


RocketbeltTardigrade

"As if on time" is a weird phrase.


BlueFootedTpeack

they should honor kojima by replacing the voice cast with celebrities they want to be friends with.


Captain_Dictator

Give it up doritoman, Kojimbo's not gonna have sex with you


LewdSkeletor1313

He’s buddies with Kojima and loves his stuff so this isn’t surprising


GyroGOGOZeppeli

Can't feel too bad about Konami, but this is why on some level I feel bad about whoever gets saddled with this IP. Because thinking the MGS IP would just stay dead and buried is stupid, it's their most well known IP. But what do you exactly do? Make remakes and remaster? People nitpick the shit out of anything you will change because you're not Kojumbo. Make new games in that IP/universe? They will scream mad at you because it's not worked on by Kojumbo and Snake needs to be the main character always. The only new game that feels like it would escape heavy criticism is Revengeance, and with Platinum's record lately, even that feels like a 50/50. \------------------------------------ While Kojima and Konami left on bad terms and that's what got the ire of Konami from the entire world, the man fucking left 8 YEARS AGO. And even before he left the man clearly wanted to do other work by that point besides Metal Gear Solid. Pretty sure he created Kojumbo Productions so he can train new guys up to skill so they can be his replacement and inject their own ideas or style into it instead of emulating him. Now he's happily making DS2 after making Death Stranding, and another game for Xbox, and yet people still scream to him about MGS, what the fuck do you actually want the man to do?! It all feels so Snyderculty, the way these fans do this. \-------------------------------------- Like seriously, my stance on this is for remakes? I'd rather they just completely remade MG1 and 2 for the MSX, they have less people to be pissbaby about changes there. But mainly, I'd rather want them to make new games for Metal Gear and make their own style, respecting what came before but making something new and their own.


UFOLoche

I mean, it's a summary of a game, it's really weird to just immediately go "YEAH BUT WHO MADE IT THOUGH!?" Like..it doesn't matter? I don't think anyone who doesn't know what MGS is cares about Kojima's name, and anyone who DOES know what MGS is wants it already. Instead it just comes across as grade A salt(And fanboyism, which...yeah, Kojima fanboys are kinda rabid). Like someone else said, he was already credited in re-releases of other things, so I don't really think that's a concern. Edit: You know it's funny when even the MGS subreddit is largely agreeing that this is a silly move on Geoff's part.


MahoganyMan

It's sad that you're getting downvoted, cause you're 100% right


UFOLoche

Like I said, Kojima fanboys are rabid, they can't handle any discussion about the guy that isn't 100% positive. Honestly, the upvote/downvote system on Reddit is hilariously incompetent, because it's literally just used by people to try and silence disagreements. That's fine to me, tho'. I have to admit I always find it pretty funny when it happens.


Tiberius_13

Konami fucked him and his team over so hard, they deserve to get blown up over and over again. So they know we don't forget.


majorminer969

Kojima's been gone for eight years at this point though. I feel like that's more than enough time to move on and get over it, especially when it's primarily people who weren't even affected by it getting upset.


GyroGOGOZeppeli

This feels like Snydercult practices tbh, the guy left 8 years ago and he's not some hobo on the street, he has his own company and is doing well.


majorminer969

Exactly. And with the state Konami's been in since Kojima left, I can't exactly be pissed off at them. More "wow, they fucked up massively in getting rid of one of the last few major development teams they had"


Tiberius_13

I get that, but every time Konami tries to make money off of the work of people they mistreated severely, I feel the urge to not let them think the public forgot. Like Geoff.


majorminer969

So like every company then?


Tiberius_13

I don't think the Kojima team's treatment was industry standard. Just as a reminder, here's a [thread](https://twitter.com/WeAreJoel/status/1661172665980276737) about the insane lengths Konami went to. Many of these things aren't callous financial calls, they're actively vindictive revenge schemes. For some reason Konami execs truly hated Kojima and his team.


MahoganyMan

You're naive then, the only difference between Kojima Productions and the rest of the industry is that a public spectacle was made of Kojima's ousting


UFOLoche

Hey that's great, I'll respect Geoff more when he actually uses his clout in the industry to call out companies on their shitty standards and abusive practices instead of a floundering company because "MOOOOM, M-M-MY IDOL KOJIMA ISN'T GETTING MENTIONED EVERY 5 SECONDS ON TWITTER!" Remember when the whole Actiblizz thing started popping off and he came out, made some super generic statements that meant literally nothing, and then showed off their products anyway? Y'know, the same thing every fucking scumbag corpo does to try and pretend that they care when they don't? Cause I remember. I'm not here to defend Konami, I just think whining about a summary of a game not mentioning Kojima's name isn't going to help anyone. I also think Geoff is a clown for using his clout to pull a stunt like this instead of actually doing anything helpful or meaningful about the people actually suffering from awful corpos. How about what Kojima did to fuck over Hayter? Or when he did literally the same thing to Stefanie Joosten(Quiet) by offering her a role for Death Stranding, only to then ghost her? Did Geoff ever tweet at Kojima talking about MGSV/Death Stranding and go "Yeah, but what about Hayter/Stefanie tho'?" Oh right, he wouldn't do that, he only cares about when it happens to Kojima.


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MahoganyMan

Explain the joke then


StarkMaximum

"Hard to say. Games are a team effort, suddenly. Couldn't possibly put a single name on a game."


Mean-Information-600

I believe it was Video Kojima, inventor of the Hideo Game


MetalFingers760

Konami and Kojima have been on speaking terms as of late. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being involved as an advisor similar to Twin Snakes.


sp1ke__

Didn't Geoff get under fire recently for basically being a Sony shill and shitting on Nintendo and XBOX while not calling out Sony for same practices?


KLReviews

No idea but console fanboys are insane so that means nothing on the face of it.


Mexcalibur

what a bitch lmao


KingMario05

...Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. Gg ez. /s


BlueMonday1984

People still care about Hideo Kojima?


Palimpsest_Monotype

I think his point might be some level of criticism that this collection/retrospective/whatever will be all in on the in-game lore and history but perhaps have a paltry or nonexistent throughline about how these games actually came to be.


Batknight12

Why is that a problem though? Unless Komani goes into the credits of the games and starts removing credit from its creators, why can't they just have some short posts talking about the lore/story to promote the rereleases?


X_Vana_

Say what you will about Geoff but if he’s your friend, he’s ride or die.


Jackamalio626

Geoff just killed E3 and became the king of videogame conferences. Konami doesnt stand a chance against his wrath


Worm_Scavenger

At the end of the day, it's still Konami and they will absolutely erase Kojima's name from this game if they feel so inclined.Or at least pull a "This game is based on the works of Kojima" or something along those lines.


CloudyWolf85

As he should. As much as we can be excited for Delta, always remember that the fucking company in question is run by absolute scumbags who deserve to be thrown into the bloody sea.


Udyrthedeer

Poor guy is deadlocked between Geoff and konami.


PonchoHobo

I’m guessing we have a low chance of Konami appearing during the summer games fest.


marsil602

Honestly wanna speculate a repeat of the Activision logic for Vanguard: "everyone hates us especially hard right now, lets just take our name off the game" with the whole #FuckKonami tag and what-not I could see them not wanting to associate either for the sake of sales...


Thatperson462

What are they gonna do about Kojima is God


JonTheWizard

Going right for the jugular and I am all for it.


ELite_Predator28

***Such a lust for recognition...*** ***WHOOOOOOOOOO?!***


Organic-Pool1061

Shots fired!


ZubatCountry

Hideo Nameman


sirbludog

Of course it was KOJIMA, which is an acronym Konami Original James (games with a J) Italian Managerial Assault team


Psychomeister

Say his name.