Fox Engine (early version is sometimes referred to as a proprietary Kojima Productions engine)
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Fox Engine is a high-end, in-house game development engine created by Kojima Productions for producing visually advanced, large-scale titles in the Metal Gear series and other Konami projects.
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| Fox Engine (early version is sometimes referred to as a proprietary Kojima Productions engine) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Fox Engine (early version is sometimes referred to as a proprietary Kojima Productions engine) Context triple: [Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, usesGameEngine, Fox Engine (early version is sometimes referred to as a proprietary Kojima Productions engine)]
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Naughty Dog Game Engine
Naughty Dog Game Engine is the proprietary in-house game development engine used by Naughty Dog to power its cinematic, narrative-driven PlayStation titles.
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Quantic Dream engine
Quantic Dream engine is a proprietary game engine developed by Quantic Dream, known for powering their cinematic, narrative-driven titles with advanced performance capture and realistic facial animation.
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Source engine
Source engine is a game engine developed by Valve, known for powering titles like Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal 2 with advanced physics and mod support.
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D.
Aurora Engine
Aurora Engine is a role-playing game engine developed by BioWare, best known for powering classic titles like Neverwinter Nights.
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E.
Frostbite Engine
Frostbite Engine is a proprietary game engine developed by DICE and widely used across Electronic Arts titles for high-fidelity graphics, physics, and large-scale environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fox Engine (early version is sometimes referred to as a proprietary Kojima Productions engine) Target entity description: Fox Engine is a high-end, in-house game development engine created by Kojima Productions for producing visually advanced, large-scale titles in the Metal Gear series and other Konami projects.
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A.
Naughty Dog Game Engine
Naughty Dog Game Engine is the proprietary in-house game development engine used by Naughty Dog to power its cinematic, narrative-driven PlayStation titles.
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B.
Quantic Dream engine
Quantic Dream engine is a proprietary game engine developed by Quantic Dream, known for powering their cinematic, narrative-driven titles with advanced performance capture and realistic facial animation.
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C.
Source engine
Source engine is a game engine developed by Valve, known for powering titles like Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal 2 with advanced physics and mod support.
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D.
Aurora Engine
Aurora Engine is a role-playing game engine developed by BioWare, best known for powering classic titles like Neverwinter Nights.
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E.
Frostbite Engine
Frostbite Engine is a proprietary game engine developed by DICE and widely used across Electronic Arts titles for high-fidelity graphics, physics, and large-scale environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
game engine
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proprietary software ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Hideo Kojima ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Hideo Kojima ⓘ |
| designedFor |
cross-platform development
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high-end graphics ⓘ large-scale titles ⓘ |
| developer | Kojima Productions ⓘ |
| firstRevealedAt |
Konami pre-E3 2011 event
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linked to:
Electronic Entertainment Expo
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| genre | game development engine ⓘ |
| graphicsAPI |
DirectX
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OpenGL ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named after FOX unit from Metal Gear series ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
advanced facial animation
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cross-generation support ⓘ open-world streaming system ⓘ realistic lighting and shadows ⓘ |
| owner | Konami ⓘ |
| platform |
Microsoft Windows
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linked to:
Windows
Nintendo 3DS ⓘ PlayStation 3 ⓘ
linked to:
Sony PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4 ⓘ PlayStation Vita ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ Xbox One ⓘ |
| predecessor | Kojima Productions proprietary engine (Metal Gear Solid 4 engine) ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
Metal Gear series development
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linked to:
Metal Gear series
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| publisher | Konami ⓘ |
| status | proprietary in-house technology ⓘ |
| supports |
advanced shaders
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high-fidelity character models ⓘ large-scale environments ⓘ open world games ⓘ physically based rendering ⓘ real-time lighting ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kojima Productions
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Konami Digital Entertainment ⓘ
linked to:
Konami
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| usedFor | video game development ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ⓘ P.T. ⓘ Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 ⓘ
linked to:
Pro Evolution Soccer
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 ⓘ
linked to:
Pro Evolution Soccer
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 ⓘ
linked to:
Pro Evolution Soccer
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 ⓘ
linked to:
Pro Evolution Soccer
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 ⓘ
linked to:
Pro Evolution Soccer
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 ⓘ
linked to:
Pro Evolution Soccer
Silent Hills (cancelled) ⓘ
linked to:
Silent Hills (cancelled video game)
eFootball PES 2020 ⓘ
linked to:
eFootball
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Subject: Fox Engine (early version is sometimes referred to as a proprietary Kojima Productions engine) Description of subject: Fox Engine is a high-end, in-house game development engine created by Kojima Productions for producing visually advanced, large-scale titles in the Metal Gear series and other Konami projects.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
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usesGameEngine
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Fox Engine (early version is sometimes referred to as a proprietary Kojima Productions engine)
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