Kotaku: Akira Yamaoka

Does Evangelion Have Much of a Sound Impact?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:00:00 EDT

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Venerated anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is being reborn on the PSP as Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact. More »

Buy a Shadows of the Damned CD, Get an Autograph

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EDT

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Grasshopper Manufacuture's Akira Yamaoka, who cut his teeth on Silent Hill, is one of gaming's most famous composers-slash-games developers. You can get his autograph. His music, too. More »

Does This Make Up for the Delay, Japan?

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Shadows of the Damned is out in the West. Kotaku's Game Club has been playing it. Japan hasn't. More »

You Can Now Buy Play for Japan

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:00:00 EDT

In the wake of the March 11 earthquake in Japan, Grasshopper Manufacture's Akira Yamaoka put together a charity album. That album is now available in selected territories on iTunes. More »

Snatcher Inspires a Radio Drama

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:30:00 EDT

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Hideo Kojima is making a Snatcher inspired radio drama called Suda51's Sdatcher. It will be overseen by Kojima, written by Goichi Suda (No More Heroes) and scored by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill). That's...neat? More »

I Don't Know About This Neon Genesis Evangelion Game...

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:00:00 EDT

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Grasshopper Manufacture is making a Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Akira Yamaoka, best known for Silent Hill, is handling the sound and remixing. Cool! More »

No More Heroes Creator Takes on Neon Genesis Evangelion

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:00:00 EDT

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Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes and the upcoming Shadows of the Damned, is working on a Neon Genesis Evangelion game for the PSP. It's not your typical Eva game. More »

No More Heroes Developer Gets More Heroes

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:00:00 EDT

Earlier this year, Tokyo-based Grasshopper Manufacture snagged Akira Yamaoka of Silent Hill fame from Konami. This month, it also signed two more "name" developers. More »

First Shadows Of The Damned Screens And Concept Art

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:34:00 EDT

Shadows of the Damned is the upcoming collaboration between Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and No More Heroes designer Goichi Suda of Grasshopper Manufacture. More »

What Do Game Developers Know About Real Guns?

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EDT

In game after game, there they are: guns. Weapons are a common trope. They are a catalyst for action and an instrument for destruction. In-game guns and, well, guns are different. What do game developers know about the real deal? More »

Silent Hill Music Man Akira Yamaoka's Favorite Songs

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:40:00 EDT

Composer Akira Yamaoka, perhaps best known for his moody musical contributions to Konami's Silent Hill series, wants his own funeral to be scored by Ennio Morricone's "Ecstasy of Gold," one of the game composer's five favorite songs. More »

Ten Unforgettable Video Game Songs

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:00:00 EDT

Video games aren't just about the games, the story or the graphics. Oh, no. Music is so incredibly important. And often, long after you have finished playing, it sticks around, lingers in the back of your brain. More »

A New Silent Hill Coming From A Brand New Developer

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:20:00 EDT

There's a new Silent Hill game in the works at a new developer and it's coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation and PC. Beyond that details on the next entry in Konami's psychological horror series are hazy. Wait, foggy. More »

Inside Grasshopper with Silent Hill and Doshin the Giant Developers

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:30:00 EST

In early February, Grasshopper Manufacture had a surprising announcement: Silent Hill composer and producer Akira Yamaoka and Doshin the Giant designer Kazutoshi Iida joining the studio. More »

Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Finds New Home At Grasshopper Manufacture

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:40:59 EST

Akira Yamaoka, famous for his musical and directorial contributions to Silent Hill, recently ended his longtime employment at Konami. That publisher's loss is quirky developer Grasshopper Manufacture's gain, as Yamaoka has signed on with Goichi Suda's studio, according to Famitsu. More »

Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:40:00 EST

Earlier this week, gaming site Aeropause reported that Silent Hill musician and producer Akira Yamaoka had parted ways with Konami, his employer for nearly two decades. While Konami hasn't yet chimed in, it appears Yamaoka has. More »

Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:00:00 EST

According to game site Aeropause Games, Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka has apparently left Konami. He has worked at the company for the past 16 years. More »

"Not Just Western Developers Making This by Themselves."

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:00:00 EDT

For upcoming Silent Hill title Silent Hill: Homecoming, Konami had Western studio Foundation 9 do the developing duties. How does the original Japanese team feel about that? Series composer and producer Akira Yamaoka states: More »

Japanese Game Developers In Trouble

Mike Fahey — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:20:59 EST

As someone who has as-of-yet not visited Japan, I still imagine it is a place where cutting-edge game development technology is lurking around every corner - stuff so far beyond what we have in the U.S. that we look like cavemen in comparison. Apparently my imagination is a little bit off, as according to Konami sound director Akira Yamaoka, Japan is falling behind. In an interview with Gamasutra (originally printed in expurgated form in Game Developer Magazine), Yamaoka touches on the differences he's noticed while working with California's The Collective on Silent Hill 5. More »

Akira Yamaoka Talks Silent Hill 5

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:20:59 EST

Konami and series producer/music man Akira Yamaoka have been silent on the next-gen chapter of the groundbreaking horror franchise. But recently, according to fansite Silent Hill Origins, Yamaoka spoke to Famitsu, spilling some psychologically frightening beans. More »