TL;DR: In the early 2000s, the Wachowski sisters approached Konami to develop a Hideo Kojima-directed Matrix game, but then-CEO Kasumi Kitaue canceled the project to prioritize Metal Gear Solid.

Konami turned down a Matrix game, and Hideo Kojima didn't even know. The news only came to light decades later. As it turns out, Kojima didn’t even know the offer existed. It was the Konami CEO who ...

For as video gamey a series as The Matrix is, it is a touch surprising there have only been a handful of actual games. Obviously the one that makes most sense is The Matrix Online, what other genre ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Between the original Matrix and its first sequel, The Matrix Reloaded, Lana and Lilly Wachowski had the ambitious idea to tie in the story to a video ...

According to Time Extension, the Wachowskis approached Hideo Kojima about developing a game in late 1999, and, according to rumors that followed, he was interested. The Wachowskis loved his work and ...

The Wachowskis, the writers and directors behind the Matrix movies, once asked Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to design a Matrix video game, but publisher Konami reportedly turned it down. That's ...

„No.” One word from Konami's CEO killed the dream of a Matrix game from the Metal Gear Solid creator Source: Warner Bros. In 1999, the idea for a very interesting collaboration was born. As part of it ...

A journalist with more than eight years of experience in the gaming segment (she blames The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you were already alive and kicking it in the 1990s, you ...

The Wachowskis, the creators of The Matrix, reportedly asked Konami for Hideo Kojima to develop a video game based on the IP in the late 1990's, according to former vice president of licensing at ...

The Matrix entered pop culture in 1999 just as Hollywood and gaming were starting to overlap creatively, especially in storytelling. That’s around the time the Wachowskis, still riding the breakout ...