Konami Holdings Company has introduced its plan to alter the corporate’s commerce identify to Konami Group Company.
The board of administrators at Konami agreed on the choice to alter the commerce identify of the corporate to Konami Group Company final Thursday. This choice has then been topic to shareholder approval.
The subsequent basic shareholders assembly is scheduled to happen in late June this yr, and if this choice is accepted, the identify change is predicted to take impact on July 1, 2022.
The present fiscal yr marks Konami’s fiftieth anniversary because the firm was based in March 1973.
Konami has made an official assertion saying that because the firm was established, it has expanded its enterprise as a pioneer within the Japanese leisure trade and now operates in 4 enterprise segments: Digital Leisure, Amusement, Gaming & Programs, and Sports activities.
The corporate continued the assertion by saying that in marking Konami’s fiftieth anniversary since its institution, the corporate will change the commerce identify in order that it together with its group firms will proceed to tackle new challenges and attempt for additional development as a sustainable firm.
In response to a VGC report from final October, Konami supposed to ramp up its premium sport improvement with quite a few new installments in addition to remakes of a few of its greatest franchises amongst that are Metallic Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill.
The primary of the brand new titles was speculated to be a brand new Castlevania installment which in line with publishing sources was described as a reimagining of the collection. The sport is at present in inside improvement at Konami in Japan receiving assist from different native exterior studious.
VGC additionally reported that Virtuos, an exterior studio, was concerned within the improvement of a Metallic Gear Strong title. In response to experiences, the title is in early improvement phases and quite a few sources are suggesting that the sport will probably be revolving round Metallic Gear Strong 3: Snake Eater.
Konami is desiring to launch a remastered model of the unique Metallic Gear Strong video games for the fashionable consoles previous to releasing the brand new sport. New Silent Hill video games additionally appear to be in improvement at a number of exterior studios.
