In 1986, he was hired by Konami, for which he designed and wrote Metal Gear (1987) for the MSX2, a game that laid the foundations for stealth games and the Metal Gear series, his best known and most appreciated works. Regarded as an auteur of video games, he developed a strong passion for action/adventure cinema and literature during his childhood and adolescence.
Hideo Kojima ( 小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo, born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer and writer. Metal Gear, Snatcher, Policenauts, Zone of the Enders, Death Stranding