Kojima makes a comeback into gaming with a statement

Kojima Productions is the name of the game development studio, video game visionary Hideo Kojima has formed after his departure from Konami. Lead by the award-winning game designer himeself, the studio aims to focus its efforts into "developing products that will push the boundaries in innovation and ignite consumer interest worldwide". The game development legend has personally addressed his fans via a message on the official Website, which can be read below -

"We are Homo Ludens(Those who play).

From the moment we enter this world,

we instinctively invent ways to have "fun",

and share our inventions with those around us.

We are not asked to do this,

nor do we need reasons to create. It is simply who we are.

We find one another

and compete with one another.

We laugh together and cry together all while playing together.

Our experiences bind us and liberate us.

To share our most valuable experiences,

we create stories, invent tools, and evolve the art of play.

Play has been our ally since the dawn of civilization.

"Playing" is not simply a pastime,

it is the primordial basis of imagination and creation.

Truth be told, Homo Ludens(Those who Play) are

simultaneously Homo Faber(Those who Create).

Even if the earth were stripped

of life and reduced to a barren wasteland, our imagination and de

to create would survive beyond survival,

it would provide hope that flowers may one day bloom again.

Through the invention of play, our new evolution awaits.

KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS We are Homo Ludens.

We are those who play."

- Hideo Kojima

The studio is now hiring for their upcoming game which will be developed in partnership with Sony. The official announcement can be watched below -

For more information, visit - www.kojimaproductions.jp