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Konami halts production on all non-mobile games except for Pro Evolution Soccer

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Konami halts production on all non-mobile games except for Pro Evolution Soccer
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Konami said it would "pursue mobile games aggressively" in May earlier this year and that seems to have certainly been the case.

French website GameBlog reports that its sources revealed Konami has no AAA games in development for PC or consoles, apart from Pro Evolution Soccer.

This comes a day after GameBlog found out that Julien Merceron, the worldwide tech director and overseer of the Fox Engine (which Metal Gear Solid V runs on) has left Konami.

Not to mention that Konami ceased production on big AAA games like Silent Hills earlier this year. That was just before Metal Gear Solid series director Hideo Kojima also left the company.

If these reports are true, and it seems they are, then Konami has essentially been transforming into a mobile game development house. Everything to do with PC and console games cut off.

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