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Hideo Kojima wants to create a transmedia franchise

Hideo Kojima would like to impact the world beyond video games, and incidentally probably make a lot of money.

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Whatever the Metal Gear Solid creator is working on now that's he's gone indie and signed a deal with Sony, he's hoping it'll go mega.

"With Sony, we are working on a project that will be a new IP," Kojima told Gamespot in an extract from a lengthy interview.

"Of course, and I have no idea if it’s going to be a series or not, but I want to make something that will have a big enough impact to become a series."

Kojima explained that by "impact" he means that he'd like the game's characters and world to lead into projects beyond gaming - "such as anime, manga, figures".

Kojima's fascination with cinema, anime and action figures is well-documented, so it makes sense that he'd want his own works to generate a similar level of interest among fans. I wonder whether he wanted Metal Gear Solid to spin off more transmedia and merchandise than Konami licensed?

Well, he can do whatever he wants now. During a DICE Summit 2016 presentation with pal Guillermo del Toro, Kojima said he feels "very free right now", unconstrained by the dictates of executive purse strings.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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