After the announcement that Platinum Games has taken over Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, many were curious at how the team up came to be. Hideo Kojima attempts to answer that as well as divulge the truth behind the failed Metal Gear Solid: Rising in a new behind the scenes tell-all.

The video explains that for all intents and purposes, Metal Gear Solid: Rising was dead before Kojima asked Platinum Games to step in and take over the project to try and resurrect it. The team at Kojima Productions did not have a solid vision for the game and the development process was a mess.

Check out the video for yourself below.