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Kojima Productions Has Been Disbanded Confirms Metal Gear Voice Actor

The whole Konami vs Hideo Kojima mess has thus far been one of the stories of the year in games. The way the company has distanced itself from the prolific game designer is pretty much unheard of. I've never seen a name so synonumous with a brand erased so quickly and thoroughly before.

Through all of this though, Konami has been largely quiet on their official stance to the creator and his development studio, Kojima Productions. According to the Japanese voice actor for Snake, Akio Otsuka, though, the studio no longer exists formally. On his Twitter account (via Gematsu), he said:

Kojima Productions was forced to disband, but it appears that the work that the team has been putting their utmost effort into is nearly complete. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I expect it will become their greatest masterpiece.

But even if this is the end, Metal Gear Solid is immortal

So not even the development team could survive the scorched earth approach Konami have adopted towards Kojima. They may well get folded into other areas of the company as a different name, but still. It is hardly encouraging.

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