Konami kills off Hudson Soft this March
Sad news all around as Konami puts the final nail in the Hudson coffin.
When Konami bought Hudson in April last year things weren’t looking good. Konami dumped most of the games in development with the company and instead focused the legendary developer on making social games. That plan hasn’t worked out it seems, as the Konami has today announced that the company will be closing completely on March 1st.
Hudson has been not only a developer of popular titles such as the Bomberman series but also had their hand in helping create the Mario Party series for Nintendo amongst others. Hudson also created hardware, with the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 systems under its belt.
Never going to happen.
It’s not certain what will happen to Hudson’s IP; will Konami keep it for themselves or could another developer be allowed to step up to the plate? Perhaps someone could even make the next big Bomberman title.
Source: NintendoLife
