develop a new franchise for PlayStation 4. Kojima stated that he "will be taking on a new challenge by establishing my own independent studio, and I am thrilled to be able to embark on this journey with PlayStation, who I have continued to work with all these past years". At E3 2016, Kojima unveiled a trailer to Death Stranding during Sony's pre-E3 conference. It was released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2019, and a PC version was released by 505 Games on Windows in July 2020. In November 2019, the studio announced their plans to make films. Kojima modeled the philosophy of Media Molecule when reforming the studio. After visiting the company in 2016, he simultaneously modeled his own, wanting "a small, intimate type of studio". Kojima praised their high number of female employees and relaxed atmosphere, which he compared to that of a family. He set a limit of one hundred employees for the studio, similar to Media Molecule. Imaizumi left the company in 2019. In April 2020, the office was temporarily closed after an employee contracted COVID-19. In October 2020, it was confirmed the company is working on the next game in development. In November 2021, it was announced that it would open a new business division for films and television series in Los Angeles. On June 12, 2022, during Microsoft's digital presentation, Kojima announced that it had partnered with Xbox Game Studios to develop a new game featuring a "never before-seen concept" and leveraging Microsoft's "cutting-edge cloud technology". In December 2022, it was announced that Kojima Productions will produce a film based on Death Stranding with Hammerstone Studios. Games Though Kojima had been working on games at Konami, the production team was not officially formed until 2005. However, Konami retroactively referred to his past games as belonging to the studio. His games for Konami were released until 2015. Pre-KCEJ/Kojima Productions Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (KCEJ) Kojima Productions (Konami production team) Kojima Productions (independent studio) Filmography Notes References External links Kojima Productions in Japanese Wikipedia (Konami development team) Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. in Japanese Wikipedia Amusement companies of Japan Privately held companies of Japan Re-established companies Software companies based in Tokyo Video game companies established in 2005 Video game companies established in 2015 Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Japanese companies established in 2005 Japanese companies established in 2015 Konami Hideo Kojima