Kojima Productions expands to film, TV and music

The Death Stranding studio is branding off to other avenues of entertainment.

Kojima Productions, the studio behind Death Stranding, launched a new music, movie and TV division.

The studio that Hideo Kojima built has a new office operating out of Los Angeles, CA, dedicated to other areas of entertainment outside of video games. Rily Russel, who is coming off of nearly three decades working at PlayStation, will oversee operations at this new division. 

“The new division will be tasked with working with creative and talented professionals in television, music and film, as well as the more familiar games industry,” Russel said  via Gamesindustry.biz. “The team has as its charter, the goal of expanding the reach and awareness of the properties now under development at Kojima Productions, and to make them even more a part of our popular culture. Although we are a global organization, the new business development team will be centred in Los Angeles, CA. We are truly excited and looking forward to working with the very best entertainment talent we can, across all of the entertainment industries.”

#KojimaProductions are proud to announce that a new business division will be opening in California, USA.
This will explore opportunities beyond game development into film, television and other forms of entertainment.
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— KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) November 22, 2021

While there’s no formal announcement on what this branch of Kojima Productions will work on, development manager Yoshiko Fukuda gave some insight.

“Finding new ways to entertain, engage and offer value to our fans is essential in a fast-moving, ever changing storytelling world,” Fukuda said  via Gamesindustry.biz. “Our new division will take the studio into even more areas that present our creative narratives beyond videogames and to open up ways for our fans to communicate and immerse themselves in these spaces.”

Interesting that Fukuda mentions Kojima Productions “narratives,” as thus far Death Stranding  is the only game under the company’s belt. Hopefully, it’s not something that will  give Kojima motion sickness.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.