The official statement reads:
This closure takes away 35 jobs, some commenting upon ill-timing with Christmas right around the corner.
It is worth noting that Kojima Productions Los Angeles focused primarily on the development of Metal Gear Solid Online. Although, the responsibility for the online multiplayer was switched over to the Japan branch right before the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
The news of the closure shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, however. Rumors about the studio’s closing have been circulating since March when Hideo Kojima’s name and Kojima’s Productions’ logo was removed from Konami’s Metal Gear Solid website, the LA studio’s listing, social accounts and marketing material.
In July, Akio Otsuka, the Japanese voice actor for Solid Snake, tweeted that the office would disband after the completion of Metal Gear Solid V. The tweet was translated by Gematsu.
Kojima Production’s final game was Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
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