Silent Hill developer and pachinko machine producer Konami has opened up a brand new studio in Osaka, Japan.
The developer and Yu-Gi-Oh writer only in the near past celebrated its fiftieth institution anniversary final month, and in a press launch final week it introduced that it has simply opened up one other studio, Konami Osaka Studio (thanks, GamesRadar). According to the press launch, Konami Osaka Studio is a “developmental relocation of the prevailing studio and comes with the idea of ‘Creators First,'” explaining that it’s “characterised by a well-developed setting the place creators can reveal their full potential.”
The press launch did not clarify what it means by “Creators First” exterior of that, and whether or not it means internally or externally, so we’ll have to attend and see what comes from that. It did additionally be aware that Konami’s “next-generation [Research & Development] centre, ‘Konami Creative Front Tokyo Bay,’ is within the technique of building,” so it seems like the corporate goes all in on its future after fairly just a few quiet years. There’s additionally a constructive level for workers, as Konami has “considerably,” raised its base-salary. Always good to listen to devs are getting paid extra!
Wrapping issues up, the press launch famous that “with a purpose to obtain additional sustainable progress within the considerably increasing ‘leisure’ area, Konami Group will strengthen its product growth capabilities and proceed to supply services for the following era.” Outside of revitalising the Silent Hill sequence with a remake of the second sport and additional new entries, there’s additionally a movie in growth (which not too long ago forged its essential characters), which may very well be what Konami means by eager to broaden inside the leisure area.
A Silent Hill dwell occasion is ready to happen this yr too, clearly one thing a bit totally different from both movie or video video games, so evidently Konami is attempting to broaden its horizons in various methods.
