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Hideo Kojima is Forming a New Studio
Hideo Kojima has officially separated from the formerly loved and respected video game publisher that is Konami, according to a recent report from Japan’s Nikkei (via Polygon).
Kojima’s contract with Konami was expected to end this month, and it seems it finally has. Now, the famed game designer and almost-collaborator on the prematurely canned Silent Hills is free to use his mad genius to bring us something new. I imagine it will be a gorgeous, cinematic experience that’s as ambitious as it is ridiculous. I can’t wait.
This also means I can write less about Konami. That’s fantastic.
We may already have an idea of where his next game is headed. Kojima is reportedly in talks with Sony, and while that doesn’t necessarily mean his next project will be a PS4 exclusive, there’s a chance it’ll have something to do with virtual reality. Sony’s pushing the tech hard next year, starting with the launch of the PlayStation VR headset that’s scheduled to arrive by the end of March.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.
Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)
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