Kojima officially leaves Konami

As of December 15, 2015, it was officially announced that, according to Nikkei, Metal Gear mastermind Hideo Kojima has left Konami to form his own video game studio. He is currently working with Sony to release his games on the PlayStation 4.

This is following his original studio, Kojima Productions, being disbanded, as well as Konami denying rumors of his departure, claiming that he was "on vacation".