Kojima Productions

Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game development studio founded in 2005 by video game designer Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series. It was established as a subsidiary of Konami. The studio had around 100 employees, but grew to over 200 for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. After leaving Konami and ending the contract, Kojima reformed the company as an independent studio in Shinagawa.

Kojima Productions was formed on April 1, 2005, after Konami merged several subsidiaries including Kojima's team at Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. Kojima said the merger relieved him of business management and administrative burdens he had as KCEJ's vice president, and that as head of Kojima Productions he could focus on creating games. According to Kojima, while he now held a position on the Konami board, he still had to persuade staff to invest in his game ideas: "That's my challenge, and my satisfaction when I present to them, saying I want to create this new thing ... If they say, 'No! We don't know what you're talking about!' then this is actually the fun part."

The first Kojima Productions release was Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in 2011, a compilation of Metal Gear games. They released Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D for Nintendo 3DS as a port for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The company produced two final video games for Konami, including Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.