Joakim Mogren



Joakim Mogren was the supposed head of Moby Dick Studio, which was developing the video game The Phantom Pain. In interviews, his face was completely adorned in bandages, mimicking the appearance of the character Ishmael in The Phantom Pain trailer.

On March 12, 2013, video game journalist Geoff Keighley tweeted that he was headed off for the GDC 2013 session to interview Joakim Mogren, and claimed that it would be "interesting." A day later, Hideo Kojima made a twitlonger post revealing that he was going to attend GDC 2013 to not only present a Fox Engine demo, but to make an announcement as well. During said interview, which was shown on the March 14, 2013 episode of GameTrailers TV, the supposed Mogren (who had a large amount of bandages on his face due to an "accident") stated that a new trailer will be revealed at GDC 2013. Later in the interview, Mogren showed several new screenshots and concept art of the game, in which the Fox Engine logo could clearly be seen. When questioned about this, Mogren expressed shock and the interview abruptly ended.

It was later revealed that Mogren and Moby Dick Studio were fictional creations, used to generate interest on social media, prior to the announcement of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. "Joakim" is an anagram of "Kojima," while "Mogren" contains the word "ogre," referencing to Hideo Kojima's Project Ogre.