It's no longer news that popular Metal Gear Solid Series creator, Hideo Kojima, broke off with Konami, along with some former teammates, to setup Kojima productions. The studio has revealed its new logo, which was designed by Metal Gear character artist Yoji Shinkawa, suggesting he is part of the new studio. Take a look at it above.
The new studio has also launched its official website, which prominently features a message from Kojima addressing the gaming community and laying out a mission statement for the new Kojima Productions. Read it in full below
We are Homo Ludens (Those who play).Currently, the website has a number of job opportunities, ranging from character, weapons, and environment artists to lead programmer, game designer, music composer, and concept artist.
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 civilisation.
"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 desire 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
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