Half the Death Stranding Developer Team Turns Out Former Konami Employees!

Exactly a few days ago, Hideo Kojima's creator game, Death Stranding, was officially released exclusively on PlayStation 4.

This is the first game after officially leaving from Konami a few years ago. Though Hideo Kojima himself is known to have served Konami for more than a decade. He had served as vice president of Konami.

Even the games made by him like Metal Gears to P.T Silent Hill are quite successful in the market. For those of you who play these games made by these ambitious creators, it must be familiar that a lot of credit in the game mentions that "By Hideo Kojima" in almost all aspects.

Hideo Kojima Credit in the Game Industry

Even though in the gaming industry this is very rare. But credit like this is almost inevitable in films by famous directors. This actually proves the loyalty of those who had worked under Hideo Kojima. That they are ready to follow this one figure, wherever he goes.

The proof is there are a lot of very interesting credits appearing in Death Stranding. Where is known that not only Guerrilla is actively helping to develop this game. But Insomniac Games and Sony Bend Studios also received thanks from Hideo Kojima.

Half of Ex-Konami Employees join in developing this game!

But what really caught the attention was that the former Konami employee also worked on the game. Based on the analysis of the Chronicle, more than half the dev team. Death Stranding turned out to be a former employee of Konami.

Of the 120 names of the team members mentioned, 67 of them had worked at Konami and decided to come out to re-stand under the leadership of Hideo Kojima. In fact, of the 67 employees, 62 of them had worked on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

President Kojima Productions also namely Shinji Hirano is a former Executive and Division President at Konami. Almost all work related to Design and Art also came from talents who had handled Metal Gear in the past.

What do you think Kojima is doing to make his employees not hesitate to follow him? Please respond below.