Following the release of an updated PlayStation Studios updated banner, which included Death Stranding alongside other titles developed by Sony-owned development studios, Hideo Kojima clarified on Twitter that his studio has been and will continue to be an independent production studio.

— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) April 15, 2022 Kojima Productions has been originally founded in 2005 as a subsidiary of Konami and has been reformed as an independent studio in 2015. The first game by the studio, Death Stranding, has been released on PC and PlayStation 4, while its updated version, the Director’s Cut, has been released on PC and PlayStation 5. You can learn more about the Director’s Cut by checking out Kai’s review. Kojima Productions is currently working on multiple projects. Among the projects in the works is an AAA game that everyone will want to play that has yet to be announced.

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