Konami will be holding a pre-E3 press conference on June 6th, and will be streaming it live.

Konami have announced a partnership with independent game developer Kung Fu Factory to publish multiple mobile games throughout 2013.

New LovePlus producer Akira Uchida and LovePlus artist Mino Taro have a new project in the pipeline. A teaser site says the two LovePlus creators bring new heroines to life in early spring.

Konami opened two video game studios in southern California this year – Kojima Productions in Los Angeles and an Orange County development studio.

This year is Metal Gear’s 25th anniversary, which means Konami has even more Metal Gear Solid stuff to sell. Stuff like this collection of rubber Metal Gear Solid keychains.

Konami had a Metal Gear booth at the Tokyo Game Show, and we took a few quick snaps of the area.

Konami put together a special collection of Metal Gear Solid books for the 25th anniversary of the series and unlike other “collector’s items” this will be truly limited.

Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency has declared the compu gacha model of monetization in games an illegal offense.

For each 1,000 yen ($12.50) you spend with the card you get 1 point. 200 points (or a 200,000 yen / US$2,500 balance) nets Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side super fans three sheets of stickers.

Kojima Productions is looking for new staff, a lot of new staff to work in Japan or California, to make a new entry in the Metal Gear Solid series.

If you go by the title character and selection of puzzles, you’d think Doctor Lautrec a sure Professor Layton clone. However, the Treasure Animatus battling and collecting is more Pokémon.

“What’s the story behind the Konami Code, anyway,” Shigeharu Umezaki asks. “There isn’t one, really,” Kazuhisa Hashimoto answered. “Because I was the one who was going to be using it, I made sure it was easy to remember. “

Well, it’s probably not Zone of Enders 3.

“It looks like the market is shrinking, right? But the total number of sales are not really shrinking. Metal Gear is still a multi-million selling title,” Tak Fujii said to Siliconera.