Konami has sued in California over the leaked Metal Gear Solid 2 source code that surfaced on 4chan. The real target: the anonymous leaker. We break down what leaked—9/11-era cut scenes, a phantom Wii port—why Konami is suing, and how it stacks up against past game-industry leak responses.
M2, the studio beloved by retro shoot 'em up fans, has cancelled Ubusuna, a shmup it spent 12 years building. The reason: the departure of Hiroshi Iuchi, the creator of Ikaruga and Radiant Silvergun. Here is what the cancellation means, and what it says about Japan's shrinking shmup scene.
Esports expands to a record 11 disciplines and 13 titles at September's Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. With KONAMI just signed as an official supplier, here's the full lineup—Pokémon UNITE, eFootball, Gran Turismo 7, the SF6/Tekken/KOF team event—plus why the IOC's 2027 Olympic Esports Games just unraveled.
Konami Group reports record-breaking FY2026 results—revenue ¥493.6B, net income ¥100B, third consecutive year of record highs—and unveils a stacked 2026 lineup: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Silent Hill Townfall, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2, Suikoden revival, and aggressive Switch 2 deployment.
On April 25, 1986, a forgotten debug shortcut hidden inside NES Gradius quietly became the most famous cheat code in video game history. Forty years later, Konami is celebrating the Konami Code with a special site, 98 remastered tracks across 6 retro titles, commemorative T-shirts, and crossover manga. Here's how Kazuhisa Hashimoto's accidental legacy went from Contra's 30-lives lifeline to a global pop-culture touchstone referenced by Wreck-It Ralph, Family Guy, Facebook, and Juice WRLD.