Comments on: A Twisty Maze of Konami Computer Entertainment Studios

By: develin

develin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:34:37 +0000

One thing one can add is that Konami in the end moved their offices in Tokyo again to an even newer and more luxurious office in “Midtown” where they have now their own tower. Quite fun to see the Konami logo there .

By: brandon

brandon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:08:01 +0000

I am also confused, especially re: kobe/osaka.

also, didn’t kobe do circle of the mooooon?

By: ferricide

ferricide — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:41:07 +0000

i’ve heard that the konami divisions were not in the cities they were named for. this post sort of says yes and sort of says no. can you clarify?

By: Nich

Nich — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:06:46 +0000

All I remember about Enthusia from the carefully stage managed debut presentation I was given at Konami’s US offices is that 1) it had some kind of vibrational feedback thing built into the HUD, which was lost on me because I’m not a car guy, and 2) part of the presentation involved them hauling out lots of official, approved logo variants to show how carefully they were approaching the game’s branding, and how that was the moment I was pretty sure this game was doomed.

By: Esteban

Esteban — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:24:02 +0000

So, what precisely is the relationship between Hudson and Konami these days? I remember sifting through press releases back in 2001 when figuring some of the details, but it seemed as if Hudson’s management answers to Konami…