Continue to get details on the intervention of Julien Merceron conference of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris. Currently, the developer is technology director at Namco Bandai, but previously worked, among others, also by Konami and Kojima Productions for the creation of FOX Engine. If, then, a few days ago they had arrived details on divorce between the publisher andHideo Kojima, in this part of the conference Merceron wanted to concentrate on the meeting with the author of Metal Gear, and on the working methods used by him, reciting some curious aneddoto.Secondo his story, met for the first time Kojima in 2001 at GDC. The game designers had problems with its programmers, and asked Merceron, then engaged with Ubisoft, to join his team. Of course, the coach had to give up to its commitments, but differentlater he invited the same Kojima to visit the studios at Ubisoft Montreal. It was here that Hideo fell in love with Assassin's Creed, to the point of entering, as you will recall, the custom of Altair in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.Anche then, Merceron was invited to join Kojima Productions, but He had just been hired even by Eidos, and had yet declinare.I two met again at GDC 2013: Kojima said that he had some problems with Metal GearV Solid: Ground Zeroes, while Merceron was busy with the Luminous Engine. Kojima then declared that he could help him from October onwards, when he would be freed from the burden of his impegnato.A that point, Merceron came to Yoichi Wada, at the time CEO of Square-Enix, and discussed with him the possibility to work for other companies. Eventually, Wada agreed, and Merceron could work with Kojima Productions in October 2013. However, the producer Kenichiro Imaizumi thesent word that Wada wanted to dine with them, and Merceron literally went into a panic, fearing that he had misunderstood his consent, and that he then caused a big problem between the two aziende.In reality, Wada simply wanted to dine with Kojima and his companions, and recommended to the game designers "take care of Julien." The picture accompanying this news was taken precisely that sera.Parlando of the work with Kojima, Merceron said he did not know what to expect from him,because they knew him as a friend, but not as a professional. He thought, however, that, since it has always been involved in marketing and public relations, Hideo could count on many personalities who, behind his shadow, in fact doing the work of game design and writing fiction. Remained so surprised when he discovered that it was not così.A it gave was that, Kojima takes care of everything in the first person, is the marketing of creative works. He did everything "byA to Z "for PT, and did the same with Metal Gear, dealing with both the script that the design of the game. Merceron also reports that Kojima was one of those who worked out the technology behind FOX Engine: according to him, the game designer It is in fact a great lover of technology, and it also struck by the fact that, to interact with him, there was no need to limit or simplify the technical language, since even Kojima was able topadroneggiarlo.Merceron believes that Hideo Kojima has gone beyond his expectations in all aspects – the ideas, the passion, the knowledge to technology. He also declares that he has never met another professional who is able to see so clearly mentally as will his game, before they can view it realizzato.Fonte: DualShockersRelease Date: Founded in 2005 – Independent study by December 16, 2015