
This likely means no more instalments - at least for now - of Silent Hill or Metal Gear Solid, and throws some possible light on the peculiarly abrupt departure of star producer Hideo Kojima.
And this is a real big shame, because Konami has been responsible for some of the finest, most singular, games ever. Indeed, fairly early on in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain players are confronted with the sight of a burning blue whale eating a helicopter - one of the most absurd and brilliant images ever featured in a video game. "Now we've seen it all," we thought to ourselves.
And yet... it turns out that we haven't. We haven't seen it all. We've searched high and low to find ten things we - and you - have never seen in a video game. And we found them. Here are the ten most absurd, over-the-top, images yet to feature in a game. Get ready to have your minds blown...