[Loudninja]

Fox Engine

Hideo Kojima: The Fox Engine is nearly finished, but the only way to be sure it works is to create a game at the same time and improve the engine with our tools as we go along. Originally we were going to do this for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, but a lot happened along the way and instead it is being made with the engine they have at Platinum Games. Production studios in Japan are nearly extinct, a fact that we have recognized for nearly 10 years, and although the Fox Engine is not finished we are ready to show what it can do… on August 30th in Japan to be more specific.

Metal Gear — 1987 (MSX2)

Hideo Kojima: This is the year I began working in the video game industry, as a game designer and planner. I was very young — among the first generation in the industry in Japan. I had already built up a certain reputation when I started as an employee, but the first game on which I worked for half a year was cancelled. We didn’t know when we were going to finish it, and one day my superiors called me to inform me they we cancelling it. I thought about leaving the company and looking for other work, but they offered me the chance to develop a combat game for the MSX. The result of this offer was the first Metal Gear. It was launched exactly 25 years ago. It is well known that the MSX had many technical limitations, and I didn’t want to make war games. So I decided to create something similar to The Great Escape — something involving an escape — and in the end I made an espionage game. Metal Gear received good reviews, and as the planner I had to create some drawings for the game. I didn’t have many tools, so I had to go to the programmers and tell them exactly what I had in mind and what I wanted them to do. Back then, programmers made the final decisions, rather than the planners, which bothered me a lot. I wanted to have the final say on the games I was creating, so I asked for a script system to be made so I could input sounds and animations whenever I liked. This is how Snatcher was born.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — 2008 (PlayStation 3)

Hideo Kojima: The PlayStation 3 was quite a complex system; games had to be developed in three levels. By the end of the Metal Gear Solid 4 project we had nearly 200 people working on it, with three directors (although often they were directors in name only, and I ended up doing a lot). This is why the game was delayed. We made MGS4 according to a very Japanese method. At the time, the trend was for open-world games, but we decided to pay no attention to this and take another path. I already felt the need to create something similar to what we are doing with the Fox Engine. In order to develop the Fox Engine, I had to understand how things worked elsewhere, so for a year and a half I visited studios around the world, and since we are Japanese people we were able to see the way others worked and recognize that in many respects their methods were better than ours. Since the Fox Engine was going to take a lot of time to create, at the same time we began working on Peace Walker.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/...of-metal-gear/

[SMT]

So a brief glimpse of Metal Gear Solid 5: Tech Demo to be unveiled.

Sweet.

[OmegaZero]

Fox Engine on the 30th of August?
Megaton.

[jett]

So a brief glimpse of Metal Gear Solid 5: Tech Demo to be unveiled. Sweet.

That's the real news here. I wonder if they're planning on licensing the Fox Engine at all.

[SolidsnackooFoxhound]

30th of fucking August. It begins guys.

[Loudninja]

A mod can change the title if they wish.

[funkystudent]

That's the real news here. I wonder if they're planning on licensing the Fox Engine at all.

Other studios in Konami will be using it.

Wasnt it already confirmed that the Pro Evo guys will be using it for future games? (next gen)

[Anth0ny]

on August 30th in Japan to be more specific.

Calender marked.

[Sora_N]

Can't wait !

[Jarmel]

He obviously wants to celebrate my birthday early by announcing MGS5.

It's his way of saying "fuck you" to me.

[Risk Breaker]

Fucking hell, the very same day I'm moving to a place with no internet. DAMN YOU KOJIMA, DAMN YOU. :(

[RoboPlato]

Let's get the hype train all packed up. It's arriving in the station on August 30th.

[DieH@rd]

MGS5, believe!

[Criminal Upper]

25 years of metal gear = robot dinosaurs are bad for the earth, yo

[Partial Gamification]

Let's get the hype train all packed up. It's arriving in the station on August 30th.

I'm on-board!

[BibiMaghoo]

since we are Japanese people we were able to see the way others worked

Whhaaaat?

Does that mean because I am British, I cannot?
I never knew such a handicap existed.

[jondabomb]

We made MGS4 according to a very Japanese method. At the time, the trend was for open-world games, but we decided to pay no attention to this and take another path. I already felt the need to create something similar to what we are doing with the Fox Engine.

He pretty much confirms his next game on the fox engine is open world

[Fried Food]

In order to develop the Fox Engine, I had to understand how things worked elsewhere, so for a year and a half I visited studios around the world, and since we are Japanese people we were able to see the way others worked and recognize that in many respects their methods were better than ours.

That's an interesting quote. Poor translation or Kojima's pride in his people?

[Vyse The Legend]

He pretty much confirms MGS5 on the fox engine is open world

Fixed that for you.

[BosSin]

Whhaaaat? Does that mean because I am British, I cannot? I never knew such a handicap existed.

The quote is kinda messed up but it's along the lines of, "we recognised that practises undertaken by foreign (western) developers are better"

[Epcott]

So exactly what platforms has Fox been confirmed for?

Only next gen? Current gen PS3 & 360? Wii U included? Vita and 3DS included??

[blackseedboy]

30 August



Can't Wait

[jondabomb]

Why can't all developers be as open to outside influences as Kojima is.

[Catalix]

August 30th? Sufficiently hyped.

Whhaaaat? Does that mean because I am British, I cannot? I never knew such a handicap existed.

Sounds like a wonky translation.

Why can't all developers be as open to outside influences as Kojima is.

Wish I knew. I find it refreshing.

[SJRB]

Nothing gets me more excited than Kojima showing something new.

It's been too long.

[BlueTsunami]

Bubububu isn't Peace Walker MGS5? haha

[The Praiseworthy]

The wait is already killing me!!!

[haikira]

Did i miss something? Where in the link, does it specifically mention Metal Gear Solid 5?

[AndrewDean84xX]

30 August Can't Wait

I've got my ticket.

[legacyzero]

A new metal gear reveal would be amazing!

[Drencrom]

Soon.

[Canis lupus]

So open world MGS5? Not sure how that would work out.

[disappeared]

Looking forward to it.

So open world MGS5? Not sure how that would work out.

War has changed.

[Wishmaster92]

Finally!!! August 30th here we go!

[itxaka]

nanomachines

[Axispowers]

Snake!?

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Man, please go back to a jungle setting like in MGS3. God I loved the stealth and blending into the environment.

[BlueTsunami]

Just use nanomachines to allow Snake to regenerate to some younger form of himself so we can get another modern Metal Gear with Snake. Fuck it.

[RockAction]

Very interesting news. Hope its MGS5 or some continuation of the series, I have all the games ready to go for a play through, i'll probably get around to it just before this reveal

Anyone else pick up on the ''PS3 was quite a complex system" could be reading into it as he's talking about the development of MGS4 but its interesting he wouldn't use the present tense - could be a reveal like Watch Dogs etc game intended for next gen I can't imagine it would make much sense to release MGS5 so late in the cycle

[Cramoss]

I'm ready for another main Metal Gear game.

[Anteater]

Fuck yeah, kojima, fuck yeah.

[Nemo]

So open world MGS5? Not sure how that would work out.

Stealth playing would probably be terrible then

[disappeared]

I'm ready for another main Metal Gear game.

Indeed. People talked so much shit about MGS4, but it was a very competent game. I enjoyed it thoroughly. It's been over over four years now, and not a peep about the next installment, save for it using the Fox engine. Makes you wonder how far along it is.

[Loudninja]

Thanks Kagari :)

[8byte]

Really hoping it isn't just "FoxEngine" and we actually see it working within a game. I don't really care if it's a cutscene, just something!

[SappYoda]

Metal Gear Remake announcement is coming!

[DieH@rd]

Stealth playing would probably be terrible then

It will probably not have "tactical espionage action" tagline.

[Mr. RHC]

Sounds like they will showcase the Fox Engine with a bang! Whatever it will be, it should be interesting!

[Desmond]

OPEN GROUND RECONAiSSANCE ENDEAVOUR ;)

[jondabomb]

Sounds like mgs5 will be radically different than the previous iterations. I'm curious to see how he approaches the storytelling aspect of the game.