Hideo Kojima is infamously known for his lengthy cutscenes these days, but once upon a time he was a lot more cautious of them.
]]>Netflix has a new alternative history anime on the way, Leviathan, and it has some incredibly strong talent behind it.
]]>I'd start placing your bets on a Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2, as a datamine in the first volume certainly points to a follow up.
]]>The Metal Gear series might be 36 years old, but it's still doing alright for itself, as it recently hit 60 million copies sold.
]]>Sony has announced the games PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive in February, along with a major bump in cloud storage space for members.
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]]>Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be heading to the PlayStation Store later this month, Konami has announced.
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]]>Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection will arrive on PS3 in North America on July 9, and to get you excited over it, Konami has released a trailer for it. Head below for a watch. Each title in the collection will be available in a single box, from 1998′s Metal Gear Solid to 2008′s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. 2011′s Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is also included, and the entire set will run you $49.99. Thanks, AGB.
]]>Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection will arrive on PS3 in North America on July 9, Konami has announced.
]]>Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection isn't being released for Xbox 360 because one of the contents, Metal Gear Solid 4, isn't available for the system.
]]>Metal Gear Solid 4: 25th Anniversary Edition has been listed for Xbox 360 by New Zealand retailer MightyApe, along with pack art. But as it turns out, it's all bollocks. Get Konami's response below.
]]>Metal Gear Solid 4 25th Anniversary Edition has shown up via online retail shops Zavvi and ShopTo, with both stating the title is set for a November 30 release. The packshot, posted below, was shown along with pricing ranging from £37.45 to £15.85 reduced from £19.99, respectively. A budget release was made available in Japan earlier this year alongside the MGS 4 trophies patch. Thanks, OPM.
]]>Metal Gear Solid 4 has finally received trophy support, but what what took Kojima Productions so long to implement them? Producer Yuji Korekado has shed some light on the matter during a Metal Gear Rising interview.
]]>Metal Gear Solid 4's long overdue trophy patch is now live on PS3, and will take up a mere 516mb of your hard drive space, Konami has confirmed.
]]>Metal Gear Solid 4 long-overdue trophy patch is hitting PS3 in Japan this coming Monday August 6, Andriasang reports.
]]>Konami has confirmed the Trophy support patch for Metal Gear Solid 4 will be available next month as part of the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary celebrations. if that weren't enough for you, the game is also getting a full install option with the new budget-priced version. No more data installs at the beginning of each chapter? Count us in. However, Konami didn't mention whether an install option would be available alongside the Trophy patch for existing Metal Gear Solid 4 copies. A special 25th Anniversary event for the series will be held in Tokyo on August 30. Via Eurogamer.
]]>It's not to late to get into one of the PlayStation 3's first bestsellers, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - especially as doing so will soon add to your e-peen.
]]>Just a reminder that Metal Gear Online, the optional multiplayer component of 2008 release Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, is closing down forever today. The third-person team shooter fills us with fond memories of ridiculously long download times, irritating registration requirements and being shouted at by player character drill sergeants before you were allowed to actually play, and will be sorely missed. Possibly. Visit Konami's announcement page for more information, and while you're there, notice the mention of "this iteration of Metal Gear Online". Hello, imminent Metal Gear Online 2 announce?
]]>Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D will include select features culled from Metal Gear Solid 4 and Peace Walker.
]]>Hideo Kojima has dashed all hope of a Metal Gear Solid 5 reveal at E3, saying it won't be in LA in a week-and-a-half's time.
]]>Japan-hosted multiplayer servers are being shut down to conserve power in the wake of the earthquake and associated nuclear power plant damage.
]]>Konami's released a new update for Metal Gear Online that'll stop "fraudulent network connections."
]]>Earlier this morning, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima appeared at Sony's unveiling of its NGP system to show off a demo of Metal Gear Solid 4 running on the hardware.
The demo is a cut-scene in the opening section of Guns of the Patriots, where Old Snake is introduced to the Mk. II via Otacon. It's also where he gets his Solid Eye. Watch the video below, via GameSpot.
NGP releases this year in Japan. Kojima said at the event he will announce his new game for the system at E3 in June.
]]>Konami's officially detailed the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle previously confirmed for Japan.
]]>A Japanese retailer's outed a special new PS3 hardware bundle that'll feature Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and another title from the collaborator of the former: Metal Gear Solid 4.
]]>A Trophies, 3D and Move-enabled version of Metal Gear Solid 4? Sounds like the sweet life, huh? Too bad you're most likely not going to be getting it now.
]]>Konami revealed earlier tonight the first story details regarding Metal Gear Solid: Rising during its press conference.
]]>The latest Kojima Productions Report has confirmed the development team that worked on MGS4 and MGS: Peace Walker are now working on Metal Gear Solid: Rising.
]]>According to a report from Digital Battle, Grand Theft Auto IV is the most expensive game ever made.
]]>Konami announced today that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has joined the PS3 Greatest Hits Collection.
On June 16, the game will be made available at retail for the new price of $29.99.
Press release is after the break.
]]>The full version of Metal Gear Solid Touch is now available on the Apple App Store.
Set in the world of MGS4, the extra part of the game introduces eight additional gameplay levels to the original release.
The story unfolds in five chapters over 20 stages, and the characters featured in the latter eight stages feature new abilities.
Once all 20 stages have been cleared, a Survival Mode is unlocked, and lets players skip the story images and play stages consecutively without replenishing their life gauge.
Players who have already installed the initial game can update to the complete version for free.
Press release after the break.
]]>Hideo Kojima was given "Person of the Year" honors at the Famitsu Awards in Japan today.
Solid Snake was given "Character of the Year," and Metal Gear Solid 4 won the "High Quality" prize.
Other winners included Capcom for "Company of the Year," as well as "Game of the Year" and "Best Seller" awards for Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G.
The annual Famitsu Awards recognize the year's top performers.
Full list follows the break.
Via 1UP.
]]>Konami's announced that Metal Gear Online has more than 1 million "members" worldwide.
To commemorate the milestone, the company is to launch the imaginatively titled, Metal Gear Online: Commemorative Campaign.
Beginning on November 25, those who access the game will receive award points, which can be used to buy new online gear from the "in-game reward shop."
Press release after the break.
]]>Ex-Metal Gear 4 associate producer Ryan Payton - and all his hats - has been confirmed as a hire to the internal Microsoft Halo team by Phil Spencer, Edge reports.
]]>Ryan Payton, formerly of Kojima Productions, now unemployed in Seattle, thinks the sun is setting on high-end game development in The Land Of The Rising Sun.
]]>Speaking to Eurogamer at Games Convention, Hideo Kojima said he's had enough of people asking about MGS4 on 360. Not entirely surprising, really.
"I've been doing a lot of interviews and stage shows, and half the questions are like 'Will MGS4 be coming out on 360 or other formats?', and in the near future I hope they'll ask me about Metal Gear, about us, about our future projects, and will stop caring about the hardware," he said.
]]>Speaking to Kikizo at E3, Konami creative legend Hideo Kojima admitted that he may well end up producing a fifth Metal Gear game. Never saw that coming.
]]>We all expected Snake’s final adventure to be a smash hit, but now we have numbers, kinda. According to PSU, by way of a Konami sales report, Metal Gear Solid 4 has shipped 3.94 million units worldwide.
]]>According to this NintendoEverything piece, Metal Gear dev star Hideo Kojima will return to Germany for Games Convention this year, after demoing MGS4 to press at the event in 2007.
]]>Surprisingly no one, NPD data for JUne has shown that Metal Gear Solid 4 was by far the bestselling game in the US last month, but a shock comes with Guitar Hero On Tour at number two with over 400,000 units sold. There's no accounting for taste. Figures below.
]]>Missed this in the rush last night. SCEA boss Jack Tretton said in the Sony E3 press conference that MGS4 would not be possible on any other machine than PS3, partly because of the console's Blu-ray drive.
]]>Konami's put out two new camo suits for Snake in MGS4, according to this PS3F piece, namely "Laughing Camo" and "Raging Camo".
]]>Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots has taken pole in the Spanish and German software charts for week ending June 22, GI reports.
]]>After the link. This 152-minute video shows someone earning the Big Boss Emblem in Metal Gear Solid 4, which involves beating the game on the highest difficulty with no deaths, no alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit and no special items in under 5 hours. Needless to say, watching this will ruin the game for you. Obviously.
Thanks, Joystiq.
]]>IGN's reporting that MGS4 has shipped a total of 3 million units worldwide.
]]>That's the problem with these clones warriors. No staying power. Last week's chart here. Data for the week ending June 22.
]]>Konami's announced that there's going to be Tokyo dates in the Kojima World Tour added for this weekend, June 28 and 29.
]]>Konami's just confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 4 has sold more than 1 million copies in Europe in one week on sale.
“The Metal Gear Solid series has again proved its huge potential, and we are delighted with the fantastic response the game has enjoyed at retail,” said Konami Germany's Martin Schneider.
MGS4 is nothing short of a masterpiece – an epic conclusion to the Solid Snake story. We are extremely pleased with the positive feedback we have received from retail and consumers alike, and will keep satisfying their needs with updates to the game’s ‘Extra’ option, and via new content to Metal Gear Online.”
Press release after the link.
]]>According to this GameRush report, SCEA's promised that more MGS4 bundles are on the way to the States, a move necessary as the pack is much sought-after.
]]>Konami confirmed that the Metal Gear Solid 4 Database - already released in Japan and the US - will hit Europe on June 26.
Press release after the link.
]]>There's a good article on the New York Times on the themes of Metal Gear Solid 4. It never reaches any conclusion, obviously.
]]>As Metacritic shows, Metal Gear Solid 4 is now the seconf-highest scoring console exclusive this generation, next only to Mario Galaxy.
]]>Speaking to 1UP, MGS4 associate producer Ryan Payton has admitted that running up to the game's launch was more than a little taxing.
]]>Eurogamer reports that the MGS4 Database hasn't appeared in today's European PSN update.
]]>Theexplodingbarrel has meticulously trawled through this twenty-page Gamespot forum thread and listed every Metal Gear Solid 4 Easter egg uncovered by the community.
]]>Says so on N4G. The Database was announced overnight for inclusion in today's PSN update, but it wasn't clear which regions would get it. It looks as though the US definitely will in addition to Japan, so keep everything crossed the pack will turn up in in the PAL release later today.
]]>Sony's announced on the US PlayStation blog that today's PSN update will include an app called the MGS4 Database. From the site:
]]>As you can see from this GameStation page, Konami's going to release a limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 watch later this year, for the bargain price of £100.
]]>GI's reporting that MGS4 has had a mere 7 percent impact on PS3 sales in the past week, despite a massive increase in hardware moved in Japan.
]]>UBS analyst Ben Schachter has called for higher profile third party titles for the Nintendo Wii following the May NPD software numbers.
]]>We'll let IGN speak for itself:
]]>Gamesradar is reporting that EEDAR's Jesse Divnich reckons MGS IV will drive PS3 hardware sales harder than GTA IV.
]]>According to Media Create first day data, Metal Gear Solid 4 sold approximately 300,000 units on its first day on sale in Japan.
]]>Thank f**k for that. Gametrailers has posted the sixth and final part to its Metal Gear Solid retrospective, wrapping everything up with an attempt to actually explain away the game's ludicrous plot. After the link. Find all the other bits here.
]]>According to this eu.playstation.com thread, the MGS4 in-game podcast says that you can play music stored on your HDD on your iPod - although this isn't currently possible in the game.
]]>Konami's put out a press release saying Metal Gear 4's been delayed in Spain thanks to industrial action over fuel costs. No lorries, no transport, no Snake.
Statement after the link. Thanks, Kotaku.
]]>It's a Snake photo overtron. Kotaku's posted some photos from the MGS4 launch in San Francisco. These are your classic "men in a line" variety, but there is a picture of a man in a white coat with a knife, which kind of saves the say.
]]>Konami's just sent through some photos from the London midnight Zavvi opening for MGS4's launch. Looks jolly, doesn't it?
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