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A limited edition of the PS4 will launch alongside Metal Gear Solid V this September. Previously announced for release in Japan, the 500GB machine is split with a black and crimson colour scheme, and includes a gun metal grey DualShock 4 controller. Both console and pad are branded with the …
Read More »Konami launches PES Club Manager on iOS and Android
There’s another PES game available for smartphones. Konami has launched PES Club Manager on iOS and Android. The in-game engine itself is the same one found in the console version of PES 2015. The aim of the title is, in the publisher’s words, to create and develop a small club …
Read More »Yu-Gi-Oh to make its next-gen debut this summer
Konami has announced a new entry in the Yu-Gi-Oh series that is heading to PS4 and Xbox One. Yu-Gi-Oh Legacy of the Duelist will be a digital release on PSN and Xbox Live. Konami says that the game offers fans a nostalgic journey to the memorable world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Metal Gear Solid V merchandise
Konami’s iconic stealth series returns in September with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. MCVchecks out the new merchandise hitting retail ahead of the anticipated title The 1980s: a decade of neon, sweatshirts, jackets and various other fashion-defining trends. It’s also the Cold War era during which Metal Gear …
Read More »Konami: We are not at all focusing purely on mobile games
Konami will be doing more in the mobile games market, but it is not abandoning its console business. This comes from a fully translated version of the Nikkei interview with Konami president Hideki Hayakawa. A summary of the interview had already been translated earlier this month, and it seemed to …
Read More »Guillermo del Toro discusses Silent Hills cancellation
The filmmaker describes Konami's removal of playable teaser as a "scorched earth approach"
Read More »Guillermo del Toro speaks out on Konami’s ‘scorched earth’ approach to PT cancellation
Film maker Guillermo del Toro has said he was surprised at the lengths Konami has gone to to remove PT from PSN. Speaking to IGN, delToro described the publisher’s attempts to remove the game from PSN, and preventing consumers from re-downloading the demo if they already owned it as a …
Read More »Konami to focus on mobile games
Japanese publisher says smart devices will be its main platform from here on out
Read More »Konami: Our main platform will be mobiles
Fears that Konami may be eying a withdrawal from the console market appear to be accurate. "We will pursue mobile games aggressively," Konami CEO Hayakawa told Nikkei, as per a Neogaf translation which seems to loosely be backed up by Google’s own translation. Our main platform will be mobiles. "Gaming …
Read More »Konami profits are up year-on-year
Publisher Konami has reported a 147 per cent increase in net profit for the year ending March. The numbers don’t quite fit the wider narrative of a company in decline, what with the recent fallout with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and the cancellation of Silent Hills – both of …
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