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Konami opens Los Angeles game development studio

Video game developer/publisher Konami is expanding its North American physical presence with the opening of a new development studio in Los Angeles.

Batzi3878d ago

It's more like Kojima Productions studio

andrewsqual3877d ago

Lol let the Americanisation (americanisation development I mean) of Metal Gear begin. Resident Evil and Silent Hill are already dead. Lets kill another iconic series.

Gimmemorebubblez3877d ago

I think Kojima will keep mainline entries in the series under his DIRECT super-vision. Their’s no reason to worry yet...

EdoubleD3877d ago

It isn't being westernized though. Quit yer bitching.

Ratty3877d ago

How does opening a LA studio "Americanize" Metal Gear? You do know they're only working on Metal Gear Online, right? Kojima even said they'd work on separate projects.

NarooN3877d ago

Don't be such a little weeaboo.

There's nothing being "Americanized" here. And apparently you forgot MGS4, where Kojima and Ryan Payton made it a point to change the controls a bit to more suit modern times (especially so for the multiplayer component), but I guess you forgot about that.

It was a good thing, because while the MGS series is pretty awesome, it has had shitty controls for a long time. They got better as the series went on, but still.

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DeadlyFire3877d ago (Edited 3877d ago )

LA home for the best talent? I am doubtful of that.

I can't name 5 games I have played that I have loved that are from a LA studio.

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thejigisup3877d ago (Edited 3877d ago )

Amercanisation awesome were are still locking ourselves into regionalism? Racism? Who cares as long as something good comes from it. A single minded look at things never beats getting fresh ideas and what's wrong with LA. Don't really answer that bc there's a lot wrong with la

DEEBO3877d ago

it is always good news when a gaming studio is opening.what we don't need is gaming studio's closing down. congratulations kojima.

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Since The Contra Revival Shows Konami Still Cares, How About A New Castlevania?

Hanzala from eXputer: "Contra: Operation Galuga is a classic revival done right, but why hasn't Konami done the same yet for the bigger and more popular Castlevania?"

shinoff218316d ago

Slowdown. Let them get these suikoden games done first. Alot of us are still waiting for those

XiNatsuDragnel15d ago

Castlevania fighting game for wii needs to be remade plz

Aphrodia15d ago

well, the new C ontra was made by Wayforward, who have been taking sooooo many of these classic franchises and making new iterations of them. Imo they aren't very good at it. And I don't see operation galuga being a large enough success to possibly give them Castlevania.

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The 15 Best Retro Video Games of All Time

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Agent7531d ago

I’d have taken a few of those out. Prefer Sonic over Sonic 2. Outrun should be in there. Maybe even Pong as millions of people had fun with that even if it was repetitive. Final Fight pipped any Streets of Rage game, although Streets of Rage had the better soundtrack. Too many to list l guess. To me, retro gaming is the 1980s, maybe going into early 1990s.

Popsicle31d ago

Agree that the generational gap is too broad to really make a strong list. Need to tighten the years a bit. Hard to compare Pac Man with N64 games.