Hideo Kojima's newly formed Kojima Productions studio has a very odd looking logo. To our eyes, the logo looks like a skull surrounded by a medieval knight's helmet, a Spartan helmet's Mohawk and some sci-fi circuitry.
The logo is so obscure, Hideo Kojima himself made a point of asking Twitter users to guess what it meant.
LUDENCE, the iconic figure of Kojima Productions has his body setting. Guess what's looks like! pic.twitter.com/m1SK8il2Yt
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) May 16, 2016
And the internet responded by attaching the logo to various bodies.
@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN Like this? pic.twitter.com/6XuwgHjjA8
— Totally not Skeleon (@GoddamnSkeleon) May 16, 2016
@Kojima_Hideo 想像したら変なことになりましたw pic.twitter.com/DiBFDoxxbv
— ルビバレ@ジリ音 (@ruby_bullet) May 16, 2016
.@Kojima_Hideo pic.twitter.com/TNBOOOHSIQ
— アンノウンソルジャー9865 (@UnkSold9865) May 16, 2016
@Kojima_Hideo コレかなぁと…V8!V8!V8!ry pic.twitter.com/ySYaZeYigM
— m͙g⃕m͙g⃕ (@sha_re_PS4) May 16, 2016
Finally, Kojima decided unravel the mystery by unveiling LUDENS, the studio's mascot whose head was used as the studio's logo.
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LUDENS, the icon of Kojima Productions. pic.twitter.com/brM16iFgNi— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) May 17, 2016
Kojima then explained that the studio "will deliver THE NEW PLAY in THE NEW FUTURE with the cutting-edge equipment, technology, & the frontier spirit." and that the gear LUDENS wears is the "extra-vehicular activity (EVA) creative suit."