Konami has announced that it will raise the base salary for its Japanese employees for the third consecutive year.
In a press release (which is in Japanese; we're using machine translation), Konami reveals that starting from March next year, basic salary will increase by 5,000 yen (around $32) per month, or 60,000 yen (about $400) per year.
Additionally, new graduate salaries will rise from 295,000 yen per month to 300,000 yen, which works out at around $2000. The studio says this is the third year in a row in which this salary increase is being implemented.
There is, however, a proviso in Konami's press release which states that some employees won't be eligible for this increase. However, most full-time Konami staffers in Japan should be in for a salary boost.
These salary increases come at a time when Konami has a relatively stacked slate in terms of upcoming releases. The company is currently working alongside Bloober Team on a remake of landmark survival horror game Silent Hill 2, which still doesn't have a release date.
In November last year, however, Bloober Team assured fans that production is "progressing smoothly", so hopefully, we should see that game launch sooner rather than later.
That's not the only remake on Konami's horizon, either; a remake of classic stealth-'em-up Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is also in the works, although again, we don't yet know when we'll be able to get our hands on that.
Konami also isn't the only Japanese studio to raise its base salary in recent months. Back in March, Capcom revealed that it would also raise its Japanese employees' average salary, as well as graduate salaries.
Other Japanese studios to increase salaries for their employees (relatively) recently include Persona studio Atlus and its parent company Sega, both of which implemented salary boosts last year.
