Producer of Konami’s Metal Gear series says it would be a ‘dream’ to work with Hideo Kojima again

Hideo Kojima left Konami and the Metal Gear series he created nine years ago, but for the person producing the franchise today, it would be a “dream” to have the legendary developer back in their ranks .

As reported by VGC, Konami’s Metal Gear series producer Noriaki Okamura said during a recent livestream posted to YouTube that, personally speaking, he would love to work with Kojima again on Metal Gear.

“But speaking personally, I would like nothing better than to work with Mr. Kojima and the rest of the team again,” Okamura said. “If that could happen, it would be a dream.

“But people have moved on to new things and new commitments, and that’s just our current reality. We can’t assume that everyone will work with us again or that we’ll be completely dependent on them.”

Of course, it seems extremely unlikely that Hideo Kojima will work on Metal Gear again after his highly publicized departure from Konami around the time of Metal Gear Solid 5’s launch in September 2015. Kojima then took his studio, Kojima Productions, into new IP territory with the release of Death Stranding, and is now working on a sequel among several other projects. There’s even a Death Stranding movie in the works.

Perhaps aware of this, Okamura said that it was up to Konami’s internal Metal Gear team to do a good job with the new entries in the series, including the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 3 remake, which was in the center of the livestream.

Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, as it’s called, is meant to be a faithful remake of 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3, so much so that Konami isn’t I even plan to record new vocal lines for it. Despite this, the Delta symbol in the remake’s name is intended to highlight “change or difference without changing structure.” Konami has already explained.

Meanwhile, Okamura confirmed that Kojima and the original staff will be credited in the Unreal Engine 5-powered remake, as they were in last year’s Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1.

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