Konami Reportedly Has Massive E3 Planned With Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid
According to a new report, Konami will make an appearance at this year’s E3, and it is looking to make a huge splash. Konami has a long, rich history of games published dating back to the late 1970s. E3 was once the premier destination for the biggest game and console reveals of the past 30 years but has run into a series of troubles, including data leaks involving the personal information of over 2,000 media attendees.
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic made in-person conventions an impossibility, big names were already dropping out of their usual annual participation in what was formally the biggest event on the gaming calendar. It's gotten to the point where Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony will not participate in E3 2023.
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Konami has seen its fair share of dramas over the years, primarily with its fraught relationship with its star game designer Hideo Kojima, the mastermind of the Metal Gear series. According to the VGC podcast, Konami is planning to reveal the long-rumored remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater at E3. It is also supposedly showing off a revival of the Castlevania series and at least some of the Silent Hill games the studio has in the works.
The last Metal Gear game of any kind released by Konami was 2018’s Metal Gear Survive, which was generally viewed unfavorably by fans and critics. It was the first and most recent Metal Gear game released after Kojima severed ties with Konami in 2015. Kojima Productions released Death Stranding as a fully independent developer in 2019 and work is already well underway on Death Stranding 2. The voice actor who plays Raiden in the Metal Gear series recently suggested that he may be
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