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Konami is something of an enigma, sometimes it almost seems as if the company doesn't want to sell games at all. This week is an exciting time for Metal Gear Solid fans, after the final chapter in the long-running series released on Monday. So as with any big game launch, fan art started popping up, unfortunately, it seems that Konami doesn't appreciate its more creative fans, as it issued a DMCA notice for a fan image found on Twitter.
The fan art likely caught the attention of Konami after Hideo Kojima retweeted it. As a result of the copyright claim, Twitter has removed the image from public view, though you can still see the original tweet itself.
Copyright claims against fan art is pretty rare, usually publishers and developers are happy to see fans of a series produce something creative. However, as we have learned over the last few months, Konami is far from being a normal games publisher.
In other news, Konami is also failing to properly update people on Metal Gear Solid V server issues. The company is currently only pushing updates to its Japanese social media channels, neglecting its US and UK accounts entirely.
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KitGuru Says: I think many would agree that this is a pretty bad move from Konami. The company's public image is already bad enough following the Kojima fallout…
Not so much shooting themselves in the foot more like nuking themselves into orbit
Now that MGSV is done, and silent hill is effectively dead i think i’m gonna start my konami boycott along with the ubisoft one until one of the companies shapes up
EA’s gone to shit, Activision has gone to shit, Ubisoft has gone to shit, Konami has gone to shit, Bethesda is probably on it’s way with their new aim for a yearly triple-A game…
Welp, it was fun while it lasted guys
It’s Japanese created entertainment product what do you expect? Not any different to cr@p like their anime and people want to be buy this? Serves them right, the buyers.
WTF are you talking about?!
LMAO you up-voted your own comment? Thanks for indirectly letting me know in advance that a worthy response isn’t warranted, which is why you will get none.