Massive Entertainment’s David Polfeld said that Hideo Kojima, the legendary creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, was delighted with the shooter The Division. In particular, he shared a revealing story that happened last year at E3.

“Two minutes after the opening of E3, Hideo Kojima himself came to our pavilion and announced that he wanted to see The Division. The press service guy tactfully asked if he would mind looking at other Ubisoft games. But Kojima replied that he was only and exclusively interested in The Division. The first show of the game we made specifically for Kojima and his translator. After what he saw, he praised us and said that only such a game could force him to leave his current job for her sake. Then we had guys from DICE, Bungie – they were all interested to see the fruits of our work live, ”said Polfeld in his new interview.