Guillermo Del Toro will never work on a video game again

Acclaimed movie director Guillermo Del Toro has vowed never to work on a video game again following the cancellation of Silent Hills.

Silent Hills was cancelled amidst the Konami/Hideo Kojima debacle, which has seen the developer’s name scrubbed from all products, included Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

Following the cancellation of Silent Hills, it emerged that Kojima and Del Toro were still eager to work together, but based on Del Toro’s recent quotes in an interview with shaknews, it’s unlikely they’ll work together on a game.

“I have proven to be the albatross of video games,” he said. “I joined THQ, and THQ goes broke. I join Kojima, and Kojima leaves Konami. I have decided, in order not to destroy anyone else’s life, I have decided I will never again get involved in video games. Otherwise, I’ll join someone and his house will explode, or something.”

Del Toro goes on to note he learned a lot from Kojima, but further warns of his hesitancy to jump onboard any game project, through fear of the hell that could break loose. “I was in an apprenticeship. I learned a lot from Kojima-san, of course, and I learned a lot from my experience at THQ. I did. It changed the way I see narrative.

“We put two years of work in THQ. Insane. We mapped it out, we did the viable, we did the outlines, we did the screenplay. We did a bunch of stuff. I know some of the tricks, or the stuff that I wanted to learn, I learned. Then I went to the side of Kojima-san, because he’s a master, and I can gladly say that we are friends and I love his work and I will continue learning from him as a friend. But I am not… if I join another video game, World War III will start.”

Del Toro is, however, open to allowing others to work on games relating to projects he’s involved with, and believes his video game education puts him in a better position to help anyone taking on such a title.

Source: Shacknews