The Wachowskis Asked Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima to Make a Matrix Video Game, but Konami Reportedly Turned Them Down

The Wachowskis, the writers and directors down the Matrix movies, erstwhile asked Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to plan a Matrix video game, but steadfast Konami reportedly turned it down.

That's according to Time Extension, which said that portion a December 1999 variation of NextGen mag stated Kojima was seemingly successful the moving to make a crippled based connected the blockbuster movie, Konami exec Kasumi Kitaue changeable down discussions successful favour of keeping Kojima focused connected the Metal Gear bid instead.

"The Wachowskis were large fans of Kojima," Konami Digital Entertainment VP of licensing, Christopher Bergstresser, told Time Extension. "So Kazumi Kitaue, Kojima, Aki Saito (who inactive works with Kojima), and I were astatine the Konami HQ, and we got a telephone from the Wachowskis, who wanted to travel successful and conscionable with Kojima. So they did!

"The 2 of them came successful with their conception artist, and efficaciously they said to Kojima, ‘We truly privation you to bash the Matrix game. Can you bash that?’ Aki translated this into Japanese for Mr. Kitaue, and Kitaue conscionable looked astatine them and told them plainly, ‘No.' We did inactive get to bask the Matrix Japanese premiere and afterparty, though."

Interestingly, that's not rather however everyone recalls events. Another erstwhile Konami employee, this 1 unwilling to spell connected record, claimed Konami had really shown "strong interest" successful the game, and determination was "immense disappointment" erstwhile the task didn't spell ahead.

The Matrix franchise was adapted into a bid of games nonetheless, starting with Shiny Entertainment's Enter the Matrix successful 2003, travel up The Matrix: Path of Neo successful 2005, and Monolith Production's The Matrix Online successful the aforesaid year. We were besides treated to a Matrix-themed tech demo successful 2021, The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience, successful which Epic Games showed america what Unreal Engine 5 was susceptible of.

It didn't crook retired excessively severely for Kojima oregon Konami, either; aft 1998's Metal Gear Solid, Kojima and his squad past concentrated connected the critically-acclaimed and award-winning Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which was released successful 2001.

And Kojima is arsenic engaged now, of course. With Death Stranding 2 retired the door, Kojima is moving connected a fig of caller projects, including fearfulness crippled OD for Xbox Game Studios. He revealed the archetypal trailer for it past month, sparking speculation that it is connected to P.T. successful immoderate way. Certainly, determination are striking similarities. The mysterious crippled volition prima Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Sophia Lillis, Hunters' Udo Kier, and Euphoria's Hunter Schafer, with the trailer showcasing Lillis' quality successful a spooky house, lighting candles earlier gathering a malevolent figure.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.