Konami Reportedly Shot Down Hideo Kojima Making a Matrix Game
The Wachowskis, creators of The Matrix, asked Konami for Hideo Kojima to develop a video game based on the IP in the late 1990s.
According to Christopher Bergstresser, former vice president of licensing at Konami Digital Entertainment, The Matrix released in theaters in 1999 and became a huge success.
There were suggestions that Konami's Metal Gear Solid team was among the studios in discussion to develop a Matrix game.
The Wachowskis were big fans of Kojima
Konami higher-up Kasumi Kitaue shut down discussions to focus on the Metal Gear Solid series.
Author summary: Konami denied Kojima to make a Matrix game.
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