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Konami feels the ‘winds of change,’ as Silent Hill is just the beginning

Konami has been through a strong internal restructuring over the last ten years or so, with the publisher often looking less and less interested in gaming. That’s been painful for many fans around the world, as they’ve been with Konami for the better part of their childhoods, or spent dozens of hours on PS1 masterpieces such as Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid.

Now that eFootball is finally leaving behind its troubled kick-off, and that the pandemic has convinced Konami that gaming could still be a viable business, people can clearly see winds of change at the Japanese publisher.

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CrimsonWing69502d ago

Let’s hope so. I really want Silent Hill 2 Remake to be good and if it is, I’m hoping Konami can make a come back. They have such great franchises under their umbrellas.

Nyxus502d ago

Bring back Metal Gear (at the very least port the games to current gen systems).

Chocoburger502d ago

I don't trust them with a new game, except for maybe AC!D 3 (which I would love to see get made). I've put in a lot of hours into MG Survive, and while I enjoyed the online CO-OP, the single player campaign is one of the worst in recent gaming history (no hyperbole). A complete embarrassment especially with the fact that they had the top-tier Fox Engine to work with. Its like they went out of their way to make the worst, most boring, redundant filler campaign they possibly could.

In regards to ports, sure. MGS 4 needs it the most, a 60 FPS version of that (outside of emulation), would be great. But that game is packed with so much licensing, I don't know if Konami would attempt to bother porting it.

If Konami wants to make a new game, it needs to be a reboot, leave the current story alone, and start fresh. Don't make the game world too big, don't need or want it to be open-world, instead have it take place on a small island. No grinding, no equipment upgrading, no skill tree, no endlessly scouring for the same resources that spawn in the same spots on the game. No micro-trash-actions.

Is it truly too much to ask for a game that simply wants to be a focused single player adventure? A game that once it runs out of new ideas, knows that its time to wrap up? The entire industry is trending away from the quality of gaming's past.

Einhander1971502d ago

Konami have an amazing back catalogue of arcade and console games that are screaming out for reboots. Hopefully they might be waking up at last.

jznrpg502d ago

Give me some 2D Castlevania , MGS collection PS5 to start. They have a lot of good IP that’s been dormant . Hopefully Silent Hill remake turns out well but I wish they get started out with the first game ? Maybe it could be next who knows

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An Update on This Year’s BlizzCon and Blizzard’s 2024 Live Events

Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."

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PRIMORDUS2h ago

How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers14h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

just_looken42m ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g10h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing9h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H910h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola6h ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn6699h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle8h ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors: "I deserve a lot of criticism."

Embracer CEO demonstrates a masterclass in mental gymnastics in latest interview.
"I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism, but I don't think my team or companies deserve all the criticism. I could take a lot of that blame myself. But ultimately I need to believe in the mission," he said.

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on_line_forever12h ago

OK give us Kingdoms of Amalur 2 with AAA budget and we will accept your excuse

kaos8910h ago(Edited 10h ago)

The king of the studio asset flip scheme that failed.