The breakup of Hideo Kojima and Konami — the creator and the publisher of the action-espionage video game franchise Metal Gear — was long, messy, and complicated. A year later, both parties are busy with their own new projects, but that hasn’t stopped the occasional Kojima supporter from taking a shot at the studio that let him go.
Kojima’s squad — which includes The Walking Dead actor and would-be Silent Hills star Norman Reedus — rolls deep. Today on Twitter, following last night’s annual Game Awards ceremony, filmmaker and Kojima co-conspirator Guillermo del Toro offered his opinions about Konami succinctly:
FUCK KONAMI https://t.co/YRl5uXQlO6
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) December 2, 2016
Del Toro, who worked with Kojima and Konami on the now-canceled Silent Hills game, had a few words to spare on that subject, too:
Konami cancelling SH after PT is one of the most moronic things I’ve ever witnessed.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) December 2, 2016
Del Toro’s public burn isn’t the first from Kojima’s people, and it’s unlikely to be the last. After the Death Stranding reveal (featuring none other than Reedus front and center, literally), Reedus posted a photoshopped picture of Kojima drinking out of a mug labeled “Konami tears.”