Over Half of Death Stranding Development Team Were Former Konami Employees - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 March 2020 / 3,407 Views
Developer Kojima Productions is headed by Hideo Kojima who parted ways with Konami following controversy around Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Looking at the credits for Kojima Productions first game, Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima was not the only developer who left Konami. 67 of the 120 people on the core development staff previously worked at Konami. Most of the lead design and artists previously worked on the Metal Gear franchise.
Death Stranding is available now for the PlayStation 4.
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Oh, so THAT'S why Konami hasn't made anything good in years.
I'll say I expected the team to be even bigger. But yes considering the connections and who Kojima would trust more or synergy in work I expected most of the team to be colleagues from Konami, maybe even more will join after Death Stranding make good sales.
I mean it's not like they CAN work anywhere else, with Konami blacklisting them in the industry.
I seriously doubt many studios give a damn about Konami blacklisting anyone, they are after all an even bigger laughing stock than EA, Activision, Blizzard, Ubisoft, Epic, Tencent.
