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Hideo Kojima visits Infinity Ward, spurs rumors of FPS game

Posted Dec 13, 2008 at 2:53AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: EGM, Hideo Kojima, Infinity Ward, Quartermann, Robert Bowling

Hideo Kojima recently visited the offices of Call of Duty studio, Infinity Ward. This was revealed by an anonymous poster in the 4chan board, of all places.

While the source is a mite questionable, the poster did submit this photo as proof of the visit. The poster also said that Kojima was there "to learn" about first-person shooters.

This caused a bit of ruckus in the rumor mill, with people taking this as a sign that Kojima's next game really is a first-person shooter.

The rumors started when EGM gave unconfirmed reports that Kojima was visiting FPS studios, allegedly to learn more about FPSs. Then there was the Engrish ad suggesting that "a next Metal Gear" is coming to the 360.

Robert Bowling of Infinity Ward gave some clarifications on the matter. While he confirms that the photo is legit, he also says that Kojima being there "to learn" from the developer is just BS:

We're massive fans of Kojima's work, with MGS4 ranking up as one of my personal favorite games of all time. To presume Kojima and company has anything 'to learn' from us regarding game design is re-donku-lous.

As fans of his team's work, we invited them to the studio for lunch and to check out what we currently have in the works while they were in Los Angeles. It's fairly typical for us to meet up with fellow developers whom we admire. Whether it be Kojima, Blizzard, or otherwise.

So there you go. I'm sure this won't kill off rumors that Kojima's working on an FPS though. And "a next Metal Gear" is yet to be explained. Personally I'm hoping for a new Zone of the Enders game. Hmmm.... a Zone of the Enders FPS? ... nah.

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if it wasnt confirmed for the 360 why would you suggest that? does 360 have enough power to run a metal gear? will it(they) fit on DvD9(s)?.... i read the comments to that post and the most legit one was something like iPHONE+AC!D.... yes the iPhone has less power but QJ said more developers were going to iphone(and now its a console?)

# #2 — DrDeath91 2008-12-13 08:44

ok your opinon was 360, mine will stay with the iPHONE... if hideo did make a FPS or if he helped with the CoD that be awsome 9 didnt eave the studio for MGS?>?

# Just wow. — NarooN 2008-12-13 12:36

Firstly, the guy from IW pwned everyone. Kojima is a genius in my opinion. He doesn't need to "learn" how FPS games work. What do you think, he just makes a game, then goes back to his home and sits there, doing nothing? I'm pretty sure he's a gamer just as we are.

And WHEN was it confirmed that that Engrish ad confirmed a 360 Metal Gear? It was just a few vague symbols with a green tint. That last symbol wasn't 360-like, it was the damn symbol for "Power" on almost ALL electronics!

Get real people. Rumors really do annoy the hell out of me sometimes.

Rumor =/= FACT.

# Well, you could.. — ShinFuYux 2008-12-13 17:11

play mgs4 in First Person Mode.

:|

# stupid — Rhyl 2008-12-13 23:23

The source of this "news" says this:

" Robert Bowling from Infinity Ward helps to clarify the details of Kojima's visit, saying the photo is "legit" but calling the quote that the Metal Gear director was there "to learn" from the developer "bull*****" and "re-donku-lous."

Bowling writes: "We're massive fans of Kojima's work, with MGS4 ranking up as one of my personal favorite games of all time. To presume Kojima and company has anything 'to learn' from us regarding game design is re-donku-lous. As fans of his team's work, we invited them to the studio for lunch and to check out what we currently have in the works while they were in Los Angeles. It's fairly typical for us to meet up with fellow developers whom we admire. Whether it be Kojima, Blizzard, or otherwise." "

So wtf is the point of this?

And a next mg -ad suggests xbox only if you think so by yourself, ad itself doesn't tell anything sure(it's just mind playing teaser like KP has been doing all the time) and nothing is confirmed so it's even useless to try to think one is correct with random guesses.

# haha... — Shatterdome 2008-12-14 00:06

Excatlly....

MGS4 was already an FPS, sure you ran around 3rd person, but anytime you needed to do any type of accurate shooting, you switched to FPS....and always for sniping....so ya...wtf...

# MGS SUXS — melty3219 2008-12-14 04:14

LISTEN U *****ING ***** FANBOIS STUPID BASTARD. THE PS3 IS BLACK AND ***** U MODER *****ERS. GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SOMARLIAN SKULLS THAT PS3 IS DYING BECAUSE IT IS *****. HOW CAN A GOOD CONSOLE DIE? IT CANT U BASTARDS. A BAD CONSOLE CAN JUST LIKE DA SOMALIAN COLOURED PS3 YOU *****ERS. WHY DONT U GO SHAG THE MAKER OF PS3 U *****IN G ***** FAN BOIS VIRGIN BASTARDS.

# ROFL — Musachi 2008-12-14 06:29

I think your in need of some anger management dude... you need to get a life too. If slaggin off consoles in CAPS with lots of swearing wihtout any good reason is your life then I pitty you...

Normally i would defend my console against idiots like u but I fear the argument will be pointless & u'll only go out & shoot a school full of kids like every sick angry american *****.... The PS3 is a great console, ur just too far up Micro*****'s arse to notice anything else...

Anyways back to the real reson I posted here....

I'd love for a Metal Gear ACID game to come to the iPhone.... That would probably push me toward buying one as I have always had an un-healthy attraction to Apple products. I've just needed a good reason to buy one, this might be it....

# i thought fps — StingBlah 2008-12-14 08:31

made kojima physically ill? lol

If i were that IW guy I would kick Kojima out soo fast...what if he learns about First Person Shooters while he's there, and then makes one which owns everything else (including CoD)??

# WUT — NarooN 2008-12-14 10:50

You could also use the First-Person mode back in MGS2. And MGS3. And MPO.

Oh, and I remember reading in PlayStation Magazine (R.I.P., sort of) back in 2003 when they did an interview with Kojima. This was at a time when people knew about Metal Gear Online, but it existed.

He revealed that his entire team that was working on MGO were huge fans of Counter-Strike. Yes, they are. It's pretty evident too. I noticed it through many gameplay elements even in the final version.

I could make a big list, but uh..yeah... Just throwin that out there...

# Zone Of The Enders — GUNBEHINDTHESUN 2008-12-15 02:54

I'm hoping for a huge epic Zone Of The Enders too!

# Lol — UltimaXIX 2008-12-29 01:36

That guy's 50 times Kojimas height.

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