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Hideo Kojima Joins Naughty Dog [April Fools]

After the shocking news last month that Hideo Kojima was to leave Konami, it appears that the legendary Metal Gear Solid director has found a new home with fellow creatives over at legendary Santa Monica-based studio Naughty Dog.

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xHeavYx3312d ago

Even if it's a joke, Kojima joining ND would be great. Having Sony's liberty to do whatever he wants and have the ND talent behind him? Doesn't get any better.

Jalva3312d ago (Edited 3312d ago )

@xHeavYx

"Having Sony's liberty to do whatever he wants"

Except owning the rights to his creations, big cuddly Sony isn't as friendly as you think.

Did you know that From Software originally wanted to develop Demon's Souls 2 but Sony wouldn't let them because they thought Demon's Souls was 'crap'?

Although as a result they instead created Dark Souls which became an instant hit and Sony later admitted they regretted their decision, thanks to From Software's perseverance we now have a franchise with one of the most dedicated fanbases in gaming.

http://www.psnation.com/201...

Sony also wouldn't let Insomniac release Sunset Overdrive on PS4 unless they owned the rights to the IP, Insomniac had obviously had enough of Sony's monopolistic business policies and sided with Microsoft instead, who let them own the rights to their own creation.

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

Such liberty...

masterfox3312d ago

nice!, now they need to put Hayter in Uncharted!! (MINDBLOWN!!!)

miyamoto3312d ago

They look like a happy bunch up there! The best of the best!

goldwyncq3312d ago

What's the point of this if you're going to put [April Fools] in the title?

Christopher3312d ago

We're not in the job of tricking people, only sharing news. Doesn't change the joke, only prevents people from posting "This isn't real, is it???" and the like.

It also doesn't detract from real news through inflated heat.

creeping judas3312d ago

But it's surprising how many people don't read up to the [April Fools] tag, and make actual comments?

Christopher3312d ago

@creeping judas: No kidding.... I've seen tons of people overreact to one item or another. Even completely obvious April Fools items.

Timesplitter143312d ago (Edited 3312d ago )

Video game news aren't THAT important. Who cares if some crybaby was fooled by a joke article and couldn't stomach it? It's not like learning where Kojima heads next will profoundly affect anyone's life.

What the hell, N4G?

Christopher3312d ago (Edited 3312d ago )

If video game news isn't that important, then why is it so important that we not label April Fools items?

TFJWM3312d ago

But the comments are so much better without the April Fools tag =\

goldwyncq3312d ago

That's like the equivalent of explaining a joke before you even tell it.

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum8h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.