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NEWS: Konami Confirms Silent Hills Cancellation


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jmfsilenthill



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:38 am Reply with quote
Fml.
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Dameonstarflame



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:47 am Reply with quote
Not surprised. The moment Kojima and Konami were fighting, I knew this game would be a victim. It's sad that Konami is such a petty child-like company. Speak ill of them? Boom! Blacklisted from receiving anything for reviewing. Choose to leave the company to do new things? Boom! There goes all your credits from the games you worked so hard on AND kiss goodbye any projects you had in development. Konami are a bunch of children sitting in the corner hugging the best toy in the kindergarten. It's sad. They're signing their own death warrant at this rate.
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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:47 am Reply with quote
Well, at least we know for sure now.


Dameonstarflame wrote:
Boom! Blacklisted from receiving anything for reviewing. Choose to leave the company to do new things? Boom! There goes all your credits from the games you worked so hard on AND kiss goodbye any projects you had in development.


That tends to be a problem for the industry as a whole. The credits that roll on the screen are almost always just the people that were there when the game was finished. From what I've read, this makes getting fired all the more painful because your name won't appear on the official credits and the employer might not be very good about letting you have a portfolio of the material you've worked on.
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Aura Ichadora



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:00 pm Reply with quote
Well, my husband will likely be slightly disappointed in this news. However, since likely whenever this game did come out it would've been for new gen systems only (which we currently don't own), he probably won't be too disappointed. :p
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the-antihero



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:27 pm Reply with quote
Guillermo del Toro, the guy who made Pacific Rim? Now I'm glad it's canceled.
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veemonjosh



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:32 pm Reply with quote
the-antihero wrote:
Guillermo del Toro, the guy who made Pacific Rim? Now I'm glad it's canceled.


Hey now, just because one of his films didn't live up to the hype it generated doesn't mean del Toro hasn't made some great films. Both the Hellboy movies were great, and Pan's Labyrinth is a classic.
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:39 pm Reply with quote
the-antihero wrote:
Guillermo del Toro, the guy who made Pacific Rim? Now I'm glad it's canceled.

Guillermo del Toro, the guy who made The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth. Because it's strange to call his action-blockbuster (and what's wrong with Pacific Rim?), when he has directed at least two movies which can be associated with Silent Hill style.
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Nosehair



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:52 pm Reply with quote
kojima, del toro, and deryl? that would have been great. welp look like another hype-train wreck.
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Apollo-kun



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:02 pm Reply with quote
Dameonstarflame wrote:
Not surprised. The moment Kojima and Konami were fighting, I knew this game would be a victim. It's sad that Konami is such a petty child-like company. Speak ill of them? Boom! Blacklisted from receiving anything for reviewing. Choose to leave the company to do new things? Boom! There goes all your credits from the games you worked so hard on AND kiss goodbye any projects you had in development. Konami are a bunch of children sitting in the corner hugging the best toy in the kindergarten. It's sad. They're signing their own death warrant at this rate.
Not only was he blacklisted from review copies, but Jim Sterling had been actively turned away from their booths at conventions just because he's (rightfully) criticized them in the past. Even if Phantom Pain sells decently, I really can't see them lasting more than a decade or so more. They keep shooting themselves in the foot with a twelve gauge... Repeatedly.
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Break Xerxes



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:18 pm Reply with quote
Knowing whats been going on between Kojima and Konami, I'm not surprised. My sister will be upset when she finds out, she loves Silent hill.

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Shenl742



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:18 pm Reply with quote
It looks like this whole thing may be even bigger then Silent Hill or Kojima. Konami just removed itself from the New York stock exchange
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BGMaxie



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:29 pm Reply with quote
With this power struggle going on I'm not surprised that anything that has "Kojima's" name on it is in danger.

I can understand why these fights happen in the business world, but God are they stupid.
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IchigoKurosakiHollowfi



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:43 pm Reply with quote
Wtf. Evil or Very Mad
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:46 pm Reply with quote
Well, the Smash Bros. DLC character survey indicates that people still want Snake in it.

In any case, the best thing for Kojima to do now is to make his own company or join up with his colleagues. His life is far from over. He's got plenty of choices.
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Somer-_-



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:59 pm Reply with quote
^Probably doesn't work like that. Konami owns Metal Gear Solid.

Hugely disappointed. I was looking forward to it too. Sad
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