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[Jimmyfenix]

Here's a fun little thing. Looks like we know who is at Kojima productions right now by the special thanks section in the credits of Horizon

Kenichiro Imaizumi (MGS4/PW/R/V producer)
Ayako Terashima (Kojima’s PA)
Aiko Sakamoto (MGSW lead programmer)
Daizoburo Nakamura (MGSV lead programmer)
Yuta Hoshino (MGSV FX engineer)
Nozomu Takeuchi (MGSV art / programmer)
Hideki Sasaki (MGS series art director / character modeler)
Yasuhiro Ikoma (MGS3-V / ZOE2 / PT effects artist)
Ludvig Forssell (MGSV / PT music composition)
Jorge Ken Hashimoto (Kojima’s translator)
Takaaki Ishikawa (MGSV graphics engineer)
Fumito Miyauchi (MGSV Fox Engineer / UI programmer)
Hiroyuki Nakayama (MGSV sound designer)
Akira Inamura (MGSV character artist)
Kohei Ishiyama (MGSV effects programmer)
Makoto Abe (MGSV UI programmer)
Kazuya Adachi (MGSV Fox Engine tech director)
Satoshi Matsuno (MGS3-V level design / artist)
Satoshi Matsuno (MGS3-V programming)
Takayuki Uchida (MGS4-V environment design / artist)
Hiroaki Arai (MGSV programmer / lead tech artist)

http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=29502

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

Hugs my PS4 Pro

 

[BadWolf]

Death Stranding is going to be so good.

 

[Icolin]

Try to steal some ex-Team Silent staff too while you're at it, Kojima.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Yoji Shinkawa?

 

[Ray Down]

Kojima fultoned alot of people from Konami

 

[dracula_x]

Konami like

 

[Slythe]

Kojima fultoned alot of people from Konami

Love it

 

[Oneself]

Kojima fultoned alot of people from Konami

Indeed.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Kojima fultoned alot of people from Konami

Too bad he can't do it with their IP as well

 

[BadWolf]

Yoji Shinkawa?

He came too.

 

[sugarhigh4242]

Kojima fultoned alot of people from Konami

lol

MGS5 with Horizon tech would be so fucking sweet.

 

[royalroyal]

Yoji Shinkawa?

thats Hideo's right hand man.

 

[dc89]

Hideki Sasaki!
The MGS character Jonny Sasaki is named after him, iirc it was because he was always telling jokes or pulling pranks during development.

 

[adamsapple]

Horizon Zero Dawn credits reveal more ex-Metal Gear staff working at Kojima Pro

Good. They deserve to work with Kojima and not locked in Konami's bullshit cages.

 

[TetraGenesis]

Kojima fultoned alot of people from Konami

"He's coming too?"

 

[sn00zer]

Interesting no folks from story stuff came over.

 

[SMG]

Too bad he can't do it with their IP as well

MGS... Had a hard life.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

thats Hideo's right hand man.

Thats why I was wondering why he wasn't on there.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

Forsell Loved his score in MGS V.... very Sicario-esque (interestingly both composers are Scandinavian... maybe share some same dark, industrial influence).

 

[killatopak]

MGS... Had a hard life.

Lmao

 

[Toparaman]

MGSV's plot becoming reality. They are Diamond Dogs.

 

[Servbot24]

Thats why I was wondering why he wasn't on there.

I doubt he had anything to do with the tech for the engine.

 

[NYR]

Can someone explain why these people are in the credits for a Guerilla game?

 

[torre_avenue]

Can someone explain why these people are in the credits for a Guerilla game?

If I had to make an educated guess, they must have helped collaborate with Guerilla make the engine a bit easier to use or provided some insight into what they want out of the engine or added features they liked from Fox Engine to this.

It's likely just feedback because both companies are using the engine, and KojiPro wanted to help make the engine better for "Death Stranding."

 

[killatopak]

Can someone explain why these people are in the credits for a Guerilla game?

Koji pro is using the same engine as HZD which is the decima engine on their upcoming game Death Stranding.

Before the HZD got released they were working side by side to improve the engine.

 

[FusedAtoms]

Can someone explain why these people are in the credits for a Guerilla game?

The decima engine which both Horizon and Death Stranding use was worked on by both studios. They seem to have a really tight relationship and are helping each other build up the engine to be the best it can be. There was a thread about the full details of this collab, let me see if I can find it.

Edit: more info on DS and there relationship with GG can be found here http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1346760

 

[Alucrid]

Can someone explain why these people are in the credits for a Guerilla game?

kojima studios and gg are tight. there's even a death stranding easter egg in horizon

 

[Jeronimo Jones]

Nice find. I'm so far from the ending credits and I don't even care.

 

[Falchion]

So did Kojima straight up go around Konami's offices, using his binoculars to check the grades of various developers, and then Fulton the A+ staff back to Kojima Productions?

 

[Killthee]

So did Kojima straight up go around Konami's offices, using his binoculars to check the grades of various developers, and then Fulton the A+ staff back to Kojima Productions?

That's exactly what happened! Here's a pic of the op:

 

[j0hnnix]

Konami like

Rofl

 

[AAMARMO]

Ctrl+F "Tomokazu Fukushima"

 

[opricnik]

I have no idea why gg has kojima listed as special thanks but whatever he is cool

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

MGSV's plot becoming reality. They are Diamond Dogs.

Konami is Skull Face... trying to take credit for MGS3 and destroy Big Boss.

But after 9 years, and a phantom pain, they will rebuild Mother Base...they will return, as Diamond Dogs.

 

[Aggelos]

Where is Murata Shuyo?
http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Shuyo_Murata

 

[meerak]

In the recent Hideo TV series, they talked about how KojiPro and Geurrilla colloborated on the engine once the Koji team got their hands on it. Some of that work clearly made its way into Horizon.

From Geurrilla handing over the engine on a stick with no strings attached to these Thank Yous, its clear the mutual respect is above ordinary. Really cool to see and bodes very well for Death Stranding.

 

[Ray Down]

Ctrl+F "Tomokazu Fukushima"

Is that shocking he hasn't been attached to anything in the series since MGS3 subsistence.

 

[ChaosZeroX]

I have no idea why gg has kojima listed as special thanks but whatever he is cool

I think Koji pro helped with their engine.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Kojima fultoned alot of people from Konami

That's a lot of GMP right there.