It looks like Kojima's starting his own studio, here's what we know

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Metal Gear Solid boss Hideo Kojima has departed Konami to start his own studio as of December 15, according to a report from Japanese newspaper Nikkei (translated by Polygon). The paper reports that Kojima is in talks with Sony Computer Entertainment, though it doesn't go into any more detail from there.

Rumors of difficulties between Kojima and Konami began circulating before the release of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. One report put the celebrated game maker's last day with his longstanding employer in October, though Konami denied it. Geoff Keighley, producer of The Game Awards, said Konami legally barred Kojima from attending the event to accept awards for MGS5 earlier this month.

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.