Hideo Kojima continues to pilfer talent from Konami and bring them over to his own studio

The Kojima-Konami saga still appears to be on-going as the legendary game developer, Hideo Kojima has recently acquired the services of former Konami Game Designers, Masaki Saito, and Jackie Tan as well as cinematic artist, Yasuhiro Kawakami, senior character designer, Chihoko Uchiyama, and Akio Sakamoto, who is known for developing the heart of the FOX Engine. Suffice it to say; there's an exodus happening at Konami.

What more is there to say about Hideo Kojima and his departure from Konami? By now we all know the story or at least a part of it. The big bad corporation has cleaned house for seemingly unknown reasons, likely revolving around being pure evil (according to the idealistically-driven internet), resulting in the incredibly bizarre layoff of one of gaming's icons, Hideo Kojima. Konami has since made questionable decisions on the future of Metal Gear Solid seemingly for even more unknown reasons, while the internet has proceeded to praise Kojima's every move.

It's the set up for the classic revenge/redemption tale, and Kojima is leveraging the crap out of his position to acquire as much talent as he can from his former employer so that he can stick it to them with a game that (hopefully) doesn't suck. This could also blow up in his face if the hype for Death Stranding gets out of control, but for now, we will hope for the former.

Source: [Gaming Bolt via Crunchy Roll]