Following reports that Hideo Kojima has left Konami, the games publisher is asserting the developer is still an employee of the company.
“Currently, Kojima is listed as a company employee,” a Konami spokesperson affirmed with Tokyo Sports (translated by Kotaku).
Reports of Kojima’s departure were based on a farewell party hosted at Kojima Productions, but Konami insisted it’s not aware of such a function.
“We’re not sure what kind of thing this was,” Konami’s spokesperson said of the party.
Following Konami’s response, a photo of the party was tweeted by Simon Parkin, the journalist who originally reported on the matter:
Here is a photograph of Kojima's farewell party on October 9th at Konami, which Konami claims no knowledge of: pic.twitter.com/xgRUoYs5qt
— Simon Parkin (@SimonParkin) October 20, 2015
Oddly enough, Kojima himself has yet to comment on the issue.
We’ll keep you posted.
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