Major Japanese publisher Konami is reportedly making a comeback next year with some of its biggest franchises
According to VGC, Konami is set to make a huge return into the gaming industry with major franchises that have been dormant for a good few years.
The Japanese publisher is one of the largest in the gaming industry, however, has been lacking some new releases for their biggest titles, such as Castlevania, Silent Hill, and Metal Gear Solid, but that is set to change thanks to an anonymous source that spoke to the UK based gaming news source.
Konami’s Return
Over the past few years, Konami has decreased its output of console games and turned its attention to Pachinko gambling games in Japan (something very fun and very very addicting so kudos for them). However, the company has stated it has had a recent restructure and is set to bring back its biggest franchises in various ways.
The first in the lineup is a new Castlevania game, described as a “reimagining” of the series. Castlevania has already made a comeback recently with the Castlevania Advanced Collection for the Nintendo Switch (and soon to be other consoles), yet the last, new Castlevania game that was released by Konami was in 2014 with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Castlevania has always been a popular title, yet since then, the vampire hunting franchise has gotten bigger thanks to the Netflix animated series first released in 2017. The new game is stated to already be in development at Konami, with the support of external studios.
It is also said multiple games for the Silent Hill franchise are currently in development at various external development studios. The last game from the main series published by Konami was Silent Hill Downpour, released back in 2012. The news of this project came earlier in the year, but also carried a lot of speculation since the team at the independent studio Bloober did not deny nor confirm what the team was working on. There was also another rumour that Japanese video game designer Kojima could be working on one of the many new games, yet it has been confirmed to be false.
Another franchise Konami has a new game in development for is Metal Gear Solid. Metal Gear Solid has also not received a new game for some time, with the last title being Metal Gear Solid: Survive, released back in 2018. It is said that gaming developer Virtuos is working with Konami to bring the project to life, along with the remasters of the Metal Gear Solid games for modern consoles. The developer has recently worked on the Switch ports for franchises such as Dark Souls, BioShock, and Battlefield. It is said that the new project will be centred around Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, which will go down well with fans of that particular instalment.
So, a busy year is in store for Konami. The Japanese publisher has told VGC that we can expect to see all of these publically showcased in major shows next year- the company had to pull out of E3 2021 due to timing issues, but it seems it’s ready to come back swinging into the industry with all these hefty instalments lined up.
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