So I am really curious about what the current state of the Fox Engine is.
Kojima Productions are the ones who produced it, but they produced it for Konami.
I found an article from late 2013 (found linked below) about how Kojima has no plans to license the Fox Engine to small developers. The article itself really doesn't pertain to the question at hand other than imply that Kojima Productions had the final say in whether or not they would be licensing the Fox Engine.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ko...-fox-engine-to-small-developers/1100-6414313/
I haven't been following the news regarding Konami v. Kojima very well so I do not know if this is a topic that has already been discussed or not. So sorry if it already has.
But if Kojima owns the rights to the Fox Engine, most of the games Konami produces uses it, such as Pro Evolution Soccer. So what would that mean for Konami?
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On a semi-related note. Whoever owns the rights to the Fox Engine should totally licence the shit out of it, ESPECIALLY IF ITS KONAMI. I bet they'd love the money and good rep they could get from it right now.
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Also if you don't know what the Fox Engine is:
Kojima Productions are the ones who produced it, but they produced it for Konami.
I found an article from late 2013 (found linked below) about how Kojima has no plans to license the Fox Engine to small developers. The article itself really doesn't pertain to the question at hand other than imply that Kojima Productions had the final say in whether or not they would be licensing the Fox Engine.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ko...-fox-engine-to-small-developers/1100-6414313/
I haven't been following the news regarding Konami v. Kojima very well so I do not know if this is a topic that has already been discussed or not. So sorry if it already has.
But if Kojima owns the rights to the Fox Engine, most of the games Konami produces uses it, such as Pro Evolution Soccer. So what would that mean for Konami?
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On a semi-related note. Whoever owns the rights to the Fox Engine should totally licence the shit out of it, ESPECIALLY IF ITS KONAMI. I bet they'd love the money and good rep they could get from it right now.
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Also if you don't know what the Fox Engine is:
The Fox Engine is a proprietary cross-platform, cross-generational game engine built by Kojima Productions for use in many Konami games.[1] The engine's development began after the completion of 2008's Metal Gear Solid 4, with the goal of making the "best engine in the world."[2] The first title to use the Fox Engine was Pro Evolution Soccer 2014.
The engine makes it possible for Kojima Productions to develop multiplatform games with a significantly shortened development time[2] and has been described as the first step for the developer to move away from development for a single platform.[3] The engine is named after FOX, a fictional military unit from the Metal Gear series, wherein is also a reflection of Kojima Productions itself, which based its company logo on FOX's fox emblem.