Kojima Productions, beautiful ain’t it?
It is finally official, Hideo Kojima is the head of the new independent studio, Kojima Productions. Yesterday we reported that Kojima has officially left Konami and now Sony has officially announced their new formed partnership with Kojima. Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) President Andrew House released a video to the PlayStation YouTube with Hideo Kojima announcing their full support behind Kojima and that the first game Kojima Productions make will be console exclusive to Ps4.
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) December 16, 2015
Along with the above tweet, Kojima has wrote a personal letter to his fans across the world.
We are Homo Ludens (Those who play).
From the moment we enter this world, we instinctively invent ways to have “fun,” and share our inventions with those around us. We are not asked to do this, nor do we need reasons to create. It is simply who we are.
We find one another and compete with one another. We laugh together and cry together; all while playing together. Our experiences bind us and liberate us. To share our most valuable experiences, we create stories, invent tools, and evolve the art of play. Play has been our ally since the dawn of civilisation.
“Playing” is not simply a pastime, it is the primordial basis of imagination and creation. Truth be told, Homo Ludens (Those who Play) are simultaneously Homo Faber (Those who Create).
Even if the earth were stripped of life and reduced to a barren wasteland, our imagination and desire to create would survive–beyond survival, it would provide hope that flowers may one day bloom again. Through the invention of play, our new evolution awaits.
Kojima Productions — We are Homo Ludens. We are those who play.
Hideo Kojima