Now the rumors say that Hideo Kojima has been contacted by the Chinese media mogule Tencent, who have an entire social community platform built, and also have stakes in bigger known companies such as Activision Blizzard, Riot Games and Epic Games. It seems that the negotiations have already begun between the two parties, but it’s really weird to see that after Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, there’s still no info on where Kojima is heading to. (It might just be a huge hoax by him, who knows…?)
Tencent would hire him in order to create new IPs for them. As this wasn’t confirmed by nor Tencent, neither Kojima, this rumour might just exist to get more people hear the Chinese company’s name. It can be very likely!
As Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’s release is less than two weeks away (and someone already plans to stream the game starting this weekend – Konami should do something about that…), this entire situation is entirely weird. But, with Kojima working for them, Tencent might get to be taken much more seriously!
![However, an anonymous GOG employee paints an even darker tone of the internal situation: „We were told it’s a financial decision. GOG’s revenue couldn’t keep up with growth, the fact that we’re dangerously close to being in the red has come up in the past few months, and the market’s move towards higher [developer] revenue shares have, or will, affect the bottom line as well.](https://thegeek.games/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-gog-1-302x180.jpg)
R.I.P. Konami… :/