At this year's Develop: Brighton Conference, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima will be receiving the 2016 Industry Legend Award.

Hideo Kojima.

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The Conference takes place between Tuesday July 12 - July 14. with the Develop Industry Excellence Awards taking place on July 13.In addition, Kojima will be keynote speaker at the conference, in a session entitled Industry Legends Discuss the Future: A Conversation with Hideo Kojima. He will be joined by Mark Cerny, who is currently lead system architect on the PlayStation 4.Cerny in fact received the same award Kojima is about to be given at Develop: Brighton in 2014. Their keynote will take place on July 13 at 10am.Managing director of Tandem Events Andy Lane announced Kojima as keynote speaker. "Known the world over as someone who’s at the forefront of what’s possible within video games, he continually pushes the boundaries," said Lane in the announcement . "Alongside his good friend, Mark Cerny, these gaming legends have an amazing history within the games industry and I’m looking forward to hearing more."Kojima was a keynote speaker at this year's DICE Summit too, alongside director Guillermo Del Toro . Kojima was also inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame there.

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