One of Japan's oldest video game development and publishing houses will be no more in a matter of weeks. Hudson Soft — the developer publisher best known for creating Bomberman and Bonk, as well aiding the NEC Corporation in bringing the Turbografx-16 to market — will be closed on March 1 as its parent company Konami will dissolve and internalize Hudson.

While Konami has owned a Hudson shares for over a decade and a majority of shares for well over a half-decade, Hudson Soft was not completely taken over by Konami until April 1 of last year. Hudson will become a part of Konami Digital Entertainment as a result of the absorption. Hudson Soft's Xbox games history includes 2006's Bomberman: Act Zero, 2007's Microsoft Games Studio–commissioned Fuzion Frenzy 2, the Kinect's Deca Sports Freedom, as well as XBLA revivals for Bomberman and Military Madness.

What do you think of this move? If Konami obtains Hudson's classic properties, which are you hoping to see revived on the Xbox?

SOURCE: Hudson Ceases to Exist on March 1 [Andriasang]