As part of the Metal Gear franchise’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Kojima Productions is hosting a special event in Tokyo on August 30. Although nominally a celebration of the franchise’s history, the latest episode of the Kojima Report podcast teases a reveal of its future, too. Presenters made mention of “a lot of exciting announcements” and “things to look forward to”.

“Not just for fans, but I think the industry’s gonna be shook by what we’re going to be able to present here,” Kojipro’s Chris Johns said.

Studio lead and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has promised to give some information about his next game, mysteriously only known for a central premise of “connecting people”, and also to demonstrate the power of the new Fox Engine. The developer is rumoured to have a new Metal Gear game and possibly a Zone of the Enders sequel in the works as well as the mysterious Project Ogre. It’s not clear which if any of these projects will be the focus of tomorrow’s reveals.

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Metal Gear franchise creator Hideo Kojima is hard at work on a new bit of game development tech, the FOX Engine. From what we’ve seen so far, it looks pretty amazing, and will be put to use in the next Metal Gear game as well as Project Ogre and probably a rumoured Zone of the Enders game. But Kojima doesn’t seem averse to the idea of sharing the engine around with other Konami teams.

“It would be a scary game if we make Silent Hill game on FOX engine,” he said on Twitter. “Silent Hill is in closed room setting and doesn’t require full action so that we can focus on the graphic quality. Enemy doesn’t have to be a lot or move fast. It only requires scariness by graphics and presentation. As being a creator making action game in open world, such game is very enviously attractive. Wish someone could create this on FOX engine.”

Me too, Kojima. Me too. The last Silent Hill release was Vatra’s Downpour, which launched earlier this year to underwhelming critical response.

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