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- Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)Konami released Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation in 1998. The game directed by Hideo Kojima required players to navigate a nuclear weapons facility…
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1992 video game)The Nintendo Entertainment System version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back arrived in 1992, two years after the original film and one year after its NES…
- Star Wars (1991 video game)Victor Musical Industries released the game for the Family Computer in Japan on the 15th of November 1991. JVC Musical Industries brought it to North America…
- Street Fighter X Mega ManMega Man lies back to relax on the 25th anniversary of his franchise. Ryu and other Street Fighters interrupt this peace with a final battle request.
- Silent Hill HD CollectionHijinx Studios spent more than two years building the Silent Hill HD Collection. The team received incomplete source code from Konami because the original…
- Suikoden TacticsKonami released Suikoden Tactics in Japan and North America during late 2005. The game arrived in Europe and the PAL region shortly after, in early 2006.
- Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera OmniaSquare Enix and Team Ninja joined forces to create Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia. The project targeted mobile platforms for iOS and Android devices.
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant WingsSquare Enix announced Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings in September 2006. This announcement marked the beginning of a new chapter for the franchise.
- Final Fantasy XV: Pocket EditionSquare Enix rebuilt Final Fantasy XV using the Unity engine to fit mobile devices. The original game relied on the in-house Luminous Engine for its complex…
- Mitsumete KnightKonami and Red Company joined forces to create Mitsumete Knight in 1998. The project began as a modification of Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with You, but the…
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred HeroesYoshitaka Murayama directed the original Suikoden games while working at Konami. He left that company in 2002 just before Suikoden III arrived on shelves.
- Metal Gear Solid: Master CollectionKonami announced the first volume of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection in May 2023. This announcement came during a PlayStation Showcase event, occurring…
- Silent Hill: OriginsTravis Grady swerves his truck to avoid hitting a spirit manifestation of Alessa in the foggy streets of Silent Hill. The year is 1992, and the town waits…
- Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no TokiPlayers control a party of up to six characters out of 108 possible recruits. These characters come from three distinct time periods within the game world.
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesNintendo of America announced the remake in 2003. Silicon Knights would develop the game under guidance from Hideo Kojima and Shigeru Miyamoto.
- Silent Hill 2 (2024 video game)Bloober Team announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Konami in June 2021. This deal involved jointly developing selected contents and exchanging…
- Suikoden IVKonami Computer Entertainment Tokyo developed Suikoden IV for the PlayStation 2 console. The game arrived in Japan during August of 2004.
- Star Wars: X-Wing (video game)Until 1992, Broderbund held the license for Star Wars computer games. When that license reverted to LucasArts in early 1993, designer Lawrence Holland…
- Silent Hill 3In September 2001, the development team at Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo began work on a project that would eventually become Silent Hill 3.
- Final Fantasy XIIISquare Enix began work on Final Fantasy XIII in February 2004, shortly after releasing Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission.
- Silent HillsKonami's president approached Hideo Kojima in September 2012 to direct the next Silent Hill installment. Kojima accepted the offer with enthusiasm and began…
- Final Fantasy Mystic QuestSquare released Final Fantasy Mystic Quest in North America during 1992 as a simplified role-playing game designed for entry-level players.
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VIISeven years before the events of 1997, a young man named Zack Fair stood in the ruins of Wutai. He wore the blue uniform of SOLDIER and carried a heavy…
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (video game)Late 1994 marked the start of work on Shadows of the Empire, a project designed to tell a side story between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985 video game)Atari Games released Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1985 as a conversion kit for their existing arcade cabinet. This strategy allowed the company to…
- Metal Gear (video game)Hideo Kojima took over the Metal Gear project in 1987 after a senior associate had already begun work on it. The original concept was a straightforward…
- Final Fantasy Legend IIIProduction began in 1990 within Square's newly formed Osaka studio. Series creator Akitoshi Kawazu did not participate because he was busy developing…
- Silent Hill: HomecomingMasashi Tsuboyama announced the game's development in a 2004 interview with Eurogamer. He stated that the project would appear on next-generation consoles…
- Star Wars (1987 video game)Namco released Star Wars for the Family Computer in 1987. This title stands as one of only two games in the entire franchise to remain exclusive to Japan.
- Snake's RevengeIn 1990, Konami released Snake's Revenge for the Nintendo Entertainment System under the Ultra Games brand. This title appeared in North America and PAL…
- Gensō SuikogaidenKonami released the first volume of Gensō Suikogaiden in the autumn of 1999. This title marked a sharp departure from the role-playing mechanics that defined…
- The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimBethesda Game Studios began work on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2006 after finishing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Full development started following…
- Super Star WarsLuke Skywalker leaps from a moving conveyor belt inside the dark interior of a Jawa sandcrawler. The player must fight his way to the top while avoiding…
- Final Fantasy VIIIn 1994, Square began planning a new entry for its flagship role-playing series. The team initially targeted the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as their…
- Dragon Age: OriginsIn the kingdom of Ferelden, savage creatures called Darkspawn dwell within the Deep Roads. These underground highways were created by dwarves long ago…
- Final Fantasy VII RemakeSquare Enix announced Final Fantasy VII Remake during Sony's conference at E3 2015. This announcement followed years of speculation and fan requests that…
- Final Fantasy VII RebirthSquare Enix announced the Final Fantasy VII Remake project in June 2022 during a livestream celebrating the original game's twenty-fifth anniversary.
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD RemasterTidus stands atop a cliff overlooking the city of Zanarkand, watching the sky turn from blue to gray as Sin approaches. The creature known as Sin has been…
- Final Fantasy XIII-2Production began in March 2010 and concluded roughly one and a half years later. Square Enix's 1st Production Department led the project, with Motomu…
- Final Fantasy XVIIn the fictional world of Valisthea, two continents named Ash and Storm stretch across a landscape dominated by colossal magical crystals.
- Silent Hill 2In June 1999, Team Silent began work on a project that would become the second installment of the Silent Hill series. The team operated within Konami…
- Silent Hill: Shattered MemoriesIn a quiet room, Dr. Michael Kaufmann sits across from Harry Mason. The walls are plain and the air feels heavy with unspoken history.
- Star Wars (1983 video game)Atari released the Star Wars arcade cabinet in 1983 using a unique hardware design that rendered 3D color vector graphics.
- Star Wars: Dark ForcesIn September 1993, Daron Stinnett began writing code for a game engine that would change how players saw the Star Wars universe.
- Tokimeki Memorial (video game)Players controlling a male freshman at Kirameki High School face a unique mechanic called the bomb. Neglected girls who are not dated frequently become angry…
- Final Fantasy XVDevelopment began in 2006 as a PlayStation 3 spin-off titled Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Tetsuya Nomura served as the original director and character designer…
- Final Fantasy X-2Square began work on Final Fantasy X-2 in late 2001. The team size shrank to one third of the original game's staff. This reduction happened because…
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIIISquare Enix began developing Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII in May 2012, shortly after releasing the final downloadable content for its predecessor.
- Silent Hill (video game)The year 1996 marked the start of development for a project that would change video game history. Team Silent, a group within Konami Computer Entertainment…
- Suikoden (video game)Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo spent roughly two years crafting the first Suikoden game. Scenario writer Yoshitaka Murayama drew inspiration from…