Games

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima believes games and movies will ‘meld together’

0 155

Humanity Hallows Issue 5 Out Now
Pick up your copy on campus or read online


By Adnan Riaz


Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has said that video games and movies will ‘meld together’ in the near future.

Speaking to Glixel, the 53-year-old Japanese director believes the way in which games and movies are now created has made them ‘basically interchangeable’.

‘The main difference is that a movie is not interactive, whereas a game is,’ he said. ‘It’s almost like industrial design, where you need to think about the way many people will interact with a product, and design it around that.

‘That’s a big difference between movies and games’.

Kojima identified that virtual reality (VR) will play a big part in bringing both mediums into the same type of entrainment.

‘But if we move to what we were just talking about — VR and breaking out of the frame — that’ll happen with movies,’ he explained. So now with movies people will be able to look anywhere, so you’ll need to design assets, you’ll need to design the movie with the same mentality as designing a game to service the viewer, to cover all those bases.

‘So in that respect they’ll become the same type of entertainment’.

Kojima established his own independent studio, Kojima Productions, after leaving publisher Konami in 2015.

He is currently working on his new open-world action title, Death Stranding, in collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Death Stranding stars The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus, Hannibal actor Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.

Kojima Productions is yet to announce an official release date for Death Stranding, though it will be exclusively released on PlayStation 4.

About the author / 

Adnan Riaz

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

More News Stories:

  • What’s On: Halloween and Bonfire Night in Manchester

    Featured image: Designecologist via Pexels As Halloween approaches and fireworks start exploding around Manchester, aAh! rounds up some exciting events for you and your friends. Find out exactly where you can celebrate horror and firework week in Manchester with fun and budget-friendly events. Film Fear Festival at HOME@homemcr22/10-2/11/2023 Film Fear is returning with their strange…

  • Creative Writing: Ballet Season By Lowri Simmons

    By Lowri Simmons. Featured image: Pexels Ballet Season Has Commenced; exploring how creativity speaks to us all and how it can bring us together, as one.  I immerse myself into the movement-       long, long  short , short                 and flow, breathe. In, Out, Around       And through. I immerse myself into the movement. Slowly,   slowly,     slowly- and…

  • MTV EMAs: aAh! Magazine’s guide to MTV Music Week

    Manchester is gearing up for an unmissable week-long music takeover, as the MTV EMAs land in the city. MTV Music Week will take place across a wide array of Manchester’s most beloved local venues between November 5-9, with artists from across the nation coming together to celebrate this monumental date in the music calendar. The…