Konami has ceased all triple-A console game production on everything but Pro Evolution Soccer and there are currently no plans for a big new Metal Gear game, while worldwide technology director Julien Merceron has left the company. That's according to a pair of reports on French site Gameblog. Eurogamer understands both reports to be true.
Further problems at Konami were highlighted when respected financial Japanese newspaper Nikkei ran an article about a deteriorating company culture at Konami's game division. Employees "deemed useless" were apparently given menial and degrading tasks, and communication with outsiders was restricted and lunch breaks monitored.
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They really messed the bed when they let Kojima go, between the Phantom Pain and his Silent Hills game it would've been two critically acclaimed blockbusters to come out of there and boost sales. Between things deteriorating on the inside AND losing their best developer, they deserve to crumble now.
