Hideo Kojima’s studio, Kojima Productions, is considering legal action after the games author was wrongly linked to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. For those who are not interested in video games, Hideo Kojima is the video game developer responsible for the beloved Metal Gear Solid series. It is one of the most popular gaming franchises and has allowed him to build a name for himself, similar to that of a respected film director. He then had the opportunity to make a new game in the Silent Hill franchise, but it was canceled after the developer started conflicting with publisher Konami while developing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. went to make death stranda successful PlayStation game, one of the most respected names in the gaming industry, even popular with big Hollywood names like George Miller and Kanye West.
With all that said, Hideo Kojima has been wrongly linked to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe earlier this week. On July 8th, Abby was giving a speech when someone fired a homemade pistol at him. It was claimed on social media and even some news networks that Hideo Kojima was responsible for the assassination. The accusation began on 4Chan (via PCGamer) as a racist joke and then circulated via a now-deleted tweet from French politician Damien Rio and Greek news network. Police arrested suspect Tetsuya Yamagami, who confessed to shooting Abe. Ryo has apologized, but Hideo Kojima’s studio, Kojima Productions, has stated that it condemns false news and does not tolerate defamation. The developer also stated that it was considering legal action, but did not specify who would specifically be against it.
#kojima Strongly condemns the spread of false news and rumors that transmit false information. We do not tolerate such defamation and will consider legal action in some cases. pic.twitter.com/fDi0FR9kB0
– Kojima Products (Engineer) (@KojiPro2015_EN) July 9, 2022
In a now-deleted tweet, French far-right politician Damien Rio accused the far left of killing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and used images of game developer Hideo Kojima in place of those of current suspect Tetsuya Yamagami. pic.twitter.com/2zpmL5kVnD
– Nox Dawn 🐸 (NoxDawn) July 8, 2022
Hideo Kojima is usually very active on Twitter, but he has not commented on the matter on any of his social media profiles. The beloved game developer is currently working on a new untitled game with Xbox. He is also believed to be working on a sequel to Death Stranding with actor Norman Reedus, but it has yet to be confirmed.
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