Caboose The Ace Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Herro one and all and welcome to the seventh news wrapup! Article One: Hideo Kojima leaves Konami Its been talked about for quite some time but on October 9th 2015 Hideo Kojima finally left the Tokyo offices of Konami, the company where he had worked since 1986. But before he left he hosted a departure ceremony where around a hundred people attended. This information comes from a presumably Konami employee who got in touch with NewYorker who called the ceremony the “Rather cheerful but also emotional goodbye" The source who did not wish to be named also said that he did not see Konami’s president, Hideki Hayakawa, or its C.E.O, Sadaaki Kaneyoshi, at the party, but some of Kojima’s colleagues from other studios showed up to pay their respects, as did many other people who worked on Metal Gear Solid V. Konami eventually responded to this article stating that Kojima was still an employee at Konami and was actually on vacation, though its hard to deny the evidence. http://343i.org/37o< Evidence. (Personal note: It was leaked a while ago that Kojima's contract ends in December so Konami have to keep him on their payroll until then. So they probably put him on Gardeners leave. Gardeners leave is when the chosen employee is told to stay away from work during the notice period, while still remaining on the payroll. So that's why he is still registered as an employee yet he held a goodbye ceremony. Because that is the last time he is going to be in Konami offices but he has to be on their records for a few weeks longer) Article Two: Sony stops PS Vita first party development Recently Sony Senior Vice President Masayasu Ito confirmed that Sony has ceased making first party games for the PS Vita. With third parties now being responsible for the handhelds upcoming lineup. "Currently, first-party studios have no titles in development for PS Vita. Since third parties are working very hard on PS Vita, SCE's own strategy is to focus on PS4, which is a new platform." Ito said in an interview with the Japanese Gaming site, 4Gamer.He then went onto say. "At the beginning, the PS Vita did not resonate with age targets under 20, but now the situation is changing and the popularity with younger demographics is increasing. Minecraft: PS Vita Edition has provided a boost. In addition to that, a variety of third-party games are also planned for the future, and in order to further accelerate that flow, we decided to release new colors for the PS Vita this fall." Article Three: Kings Fall Hard Mode already beaten Only recently was the new hard mode from the Destiny expansion the Taken King released. Yet it has already been beaten by a team of enduring Guardians. The current record set was 1 hour, 17 minutes for clan Forever LivE. But come on, I bet you guys here (Looking at you Azaxx) Can do better! Annnnd that's a wrap! Thanks for reading! Source one: http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/why-did-hideo-kojima-leave-konamiSource two: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-doesnt-have-any-vita-games-of-its-own-in-deve/1100-6431679/Source three: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/10/23/destinys-kings-fall-raid-falls-in-just-over-an-hour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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