Kojima Productions

Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game development studio founded in 1985 by video game designer Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series. The company was originally established as a subsidiary of Konami, located in Roppongi Hills in Roppongi, Tokyo. The studio had just under 100 employees in 2005, but had grown to over 200 people for the development of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Solid Snake, The FOX (Force Operation X) emblem, Ludens, Gillian Seed, and Jonathan Ingram are the mascots of Kojima Productions.

Games
Though Kojima had been designing games at Konami since 1987, the studio was not officially formed until 2005. However, Konami retroactively referred to Kojima's earlier productions as belonging to the studio. All Kojima Productions games released until 2015 were published by Konami.


 * Pre-KCEJ/Kojima Productions


 * Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (KCEJ)


 * Kojima Productions (Konami subsidiary)


 * Kojima Productions (independent studio)