Yesterday, George Broussard had tweeted that he had gotten word from anonymous sources that Konami had closed down Kojami Productions LA, the developers of Metal Gear Online.
Konami has issued a statement that has confirmed the rumor. The statement reads:
”Konami has made the decision to close its Los Angeles Studio, effective immediately, due to the product development resources being restructured into a more centralized unit. This facility contributed to the recent Metal Gear Solid games. Konami will continue its operations to support all Metal Gear Solid titles, including the recently launched Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Online. Metal Gear Online is still scheduled to release for PC Steam in January 2016.”
It will be interesting to see how Metal Gear Online is supported without any involvement from its developer. Will some members of the original team be retained to aid the income developers, or will the people who maintain the online-only game come in cold?
Stay tuned.
