In 2005, Kojima founded Kojima Productions, a software house controlled by Konami, and by 2011, he was appointed vice president of Konami Digital Entertainment. In 2015, Kojima Productions split from Konami, becoming an independent studio. Their first game was "Death Stranding", which released in 2019. Kojima has also contributed to "Rolling Stone", writing columns about the similarities and differences between films and video games. On November 10, 2019, Kojima was awarded two Guinness World Records for most followed video game director on Twitter and Instagram.