Donna Burke, voice actor on three Metal Gear Solid games, has claimed on Twitter that Konami has indeed fired Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, seemingly confirming months of speculation.
@AaronDavidAshby yes but it's been out in the media for weeks..but it's true
— Donna Burke ドナ・バーク (@TheDonnaBurke) April 9, 2015
Burke, who provided the vocals for the song Heavens Divide from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and voiced the iDroid in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, had earlier tweeted a link to an article in which Akio Otsuka, the Japanese voice actor for Snake, implored fans not to cancel pre-orders of the game over the Kojima debacle:
Snake's Japanese voice actor encourages people not to cancel pre-orders for MGSV http://t.co/KFfc1XCZZk via @examinercom
— Donna Burke ドナ・バーク (@TheDonnaBurke) April 9, 2015
However, Konami told VideoGamer.com that Burke’s claims are “categorically untrue”. The company released a vague statement last month, citing “change[s] in production organization of all of Konami” for Kojima being removed as a Konami Executive.
Source: VideoGamer
