It looks like Kojima is here to stay in the games industry.

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Speaking today at Develop: Brighton , game developer Hideo Kojima discussed the reason he has stayed in game development for so long in an interview with Mark Cerny."Every game brings me closer and closer to making what I imagine," Kojima told Cerny. "That’s why I could never stop making games."Comments like these come after Kojima's moves through the industry, including a tumultuous separation from Konami, publisher of the Metal Gear Solid series. Kojima now runs his own studio, Kojima Productions unveiled the studio's newest project Death Stranding live during Sony's E3 2016 press conference. Kojima recently discussed about how he was very concerned this latest project would leak before its E3 reveal Kojima said in the interview that he did not want to be in games originally, but he found difficulty pursuing his original passion of filmmaking."30 years ago, I wanted to make movies but in Japan and in the Kansai region where I grew up it was very difficult to do so,” Kojima told Cerny. "Games were a very interesting medium for storytelling so that’s why I jumped in."Are you happy Kojima ended up in games? Excited to see what projects his new studio has in store? Let us know in the comments!

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