US EditionThe Wachowskis Asked Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima to Make a Matrix Video Game, but Konami Reportedly Turned Them Down
Konami declined the Matrix game proposal around 2000 to prioritize Metal Gear Solid 2 development despite Kojima's strong interest, sources said.
- 25 years ago the Wachowskis asked Hideo Kojima and his team to create a Matrix video game, but Konami Digital Entertainment ultimately declined the proposal.
- Konami executives preferred Kojima to focus on Metal Gear Solid 2, early production, with Kasumi Kitaue favoring keeping him on the series rather than diverting him.
- Kojima showed `strong interest` in making the Matrix game, while Kojima's development team experienced `immense disappointment` after Konami declined the project.
- Christopher Bergstresser told Time Extension about the meeting, but an unnamed former Konami employee disputed parts of the account.
- The Matrix was adapted into games by other studios, and Kojima remains active, revealing a trailer for his new project OD last month.
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The Wachowskis Asked Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima to Make a Matrix Video Game, but Konami Reportedly Turned Them Down
The Wachowskis, the writers and directors behind the Matrix movies, once asked Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to design a Matrix video game, but publisher Konami reportedly turned it down.That's according to Time Extension, which said that while a December 1999 edition of NextGen magazine stated Kojima was apparently in the running to develop a game based on the blockbuster movie, Konami exec Kasumi Kitaue shot down discussions in favor of keep…
"We were robbed": How Konami Ended Hideo Kojima’s Vision for The Matrix Video Game
The Wachowskis wanted none other than Hideo Kojima to make their Matrix video game in 1999. Konami’s response? A flat “no” that killed the collaboration before it could even begin. Time Extension recently uncovered this story through Christopher Bergstresser, former vice president of licensing at Konami Digital Entertainment, and yes, you’re allowed to feel robbed learning about this 26 years later: Comment byu/ChiefLeef22 from discussion inGami…
News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. I think we all know that The Matrix is a perfect franchise for the gamer world, but unfortunately, in more than two decades, it only received a few adaptations that were not the big deal. Since its debut in cinemas 26 years ago, we barely had Enter the Matrix (2003) and The Matrix Online (2005), in addition to the brief experiment The Matrix Awakens in 2021, which was more…
Hideo Kojima is considered an absolute developer genius. At the end of the 90s he was probably about to make a game of Matrix films.
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