Earlier this year, Konami said it would subsume its subsidiary Hudson Soft, closing the company’s American offices and bringing its stable of franchises like Bonk’s Adventure and Bomberman into the Konami brand. In this week’s edition of the Japanese magazine Famitsu, Hudson’s upcoming lineup of games has reportedly been scratched from the magazine’s listing of release dates.
The internet is therefore exploding this morning with news that Bomberman 3DS and the like have been canceled, but Konami said to Wired.com this morning that this is not the case.
“If (the announcement) didn’t come from us, it’s not true,” a Konami spokesperson said. “We have not distributed any official list of Hudson products yet.”
The spokesperson said that Konami hopes to release an official product list in time for the E3 Expo this June.
Chris says: If we may indulge in some light speculation, it’s most likely that Famitsu simply erased all of the Hudson games from its lineup since the company will soon cease to be a discrete entity. Konami will have to re-announce any games it will publish as part of its own lineup. It’s possible that some of these games may never see the light of day, but it’s extremely unlikely that the company’s entire lineup of major franchises has been given the axe.
