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Hideo Kojima and Konami’s sword-slashing action title Metal Gear Rising has finally re-emerged into the world with an barnstormingly insane ‘revengeance’ trailer, showcasing Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden as he slices, dices and chops enemies into bits with lightning-quick katana attacks.
There may or may not be slow motion sequences and Raiden may or may not hurl a building-sized robot into the air and then proceed to destroy said robot a kilometre above ground. Who can say for sure?
But if that action is in the latest trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, it’s not the craziest thing to happen…
It’s been over three years since Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots convinced a legion of gamers to leave their PlayStation 2s behind and invest in a shiny new PS3. Since then the man behind the iconic stealth series - Hideo Kojima - has remained silent on the next numbered entry in the series.
However, that’s all about to change according to a teaser for the Christmas issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine UK.
The Metal Gear Solid series has been one of the best reasons to own a PlayStation system ever since the first game made its debut back in 1998. Although various entries in the franchise were released on PC and Xbox, games like Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker remained exclusive to the PS2 and PSP respectively.
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is an upcoming compilation for Xbox 360 and PS3 which includes HD remastered versions of MGS: Peace Walker, MGS2: Sons of Liberty and MGS3: Snake Eater.
We saw Peace Walker in action at E3, but the two PS2 games have not been shown in motion until now. Thankfully Konami has released a gamescom trailer which shows Kojima Productions Assistant Producer Sean Eyestone playing through the opening section of MGS3.
The ‘Tactical Espionage Action’ of the Metal Gear Solid franchise has been confirmed to be coming to Nintendo 3DS in the form of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, a re-imagining of “one of the most popular Metal Gear Solid titles from the past.”
[Update] Hideo Kojima has additionally revealed that he won’t be attending E3 2011 in person. Details below. [End of Update]
Hideo ‘Metal Gear Solid’ Kojima is always a busy game developer, and if he’s not thinking about the future of his most beloved franchise, working on a project for a year only to have it seemingly scrapped, or dreaming up new ways to thrill us with new technology, then he’s tweeting about his many and varied eating habits.
What about when he’s not doing any of that? He’s answering questions about Metal Gear Solid, and telling us about mysterious voice recording sessions (with pictures, to boot!).
What does the maestro have to say about MGS? Taken from a recent edition of the Kojima Productions Report podcast (in Japanese, translated by Andriasang.com), here are some answers:
A new Metal Gear Solid stealth action title from Kojima Productions may well be making its way to the Nintendo 3DS sometime soon, following the reveal of a technical demonstration from the team called Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D - “The Naked Sample.”
According to Twitter activity from studio head Hideo Kojima, Naked Sample is a prototype used to experiment with the stereoscopic 3D technology offered with the 3DS, especially created for E3 2010, and also used to test what kind of stealth game can be made with the technology.
Zan-Datsu, according to Hideo Kojima, means ‘to cut and to take,’ and in these screenshots for the developer’s next title, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, we can see the results of protagonist Raiden’s ‘cutting,’ as pillars, people, vans and cyborgs are shown lying in ruins, sliced clean in half.
There isn’t a whole lot of ‘taking’ in the screenshots, though, but we’re told that Raiden (who’s become a cyborg himself during events that take place between Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4) will require sustenance (i.e. health) from energy ‘taken’ from defeated enemies.
To see Metal Gear Solid: Rising in motion, you can watch the debut trailer over here, but there are also a few stills for you to peruse below:
Do you live in or around London, England? Will you be near London around the time of mid-June this year? And lastly, are you looking forward to the release of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PSP, specifically in the UK on June 18th?
Well, if you answered yes to some or all of the above questions, you’re in luck, because Kojima Productions luminaries Yoji Shinkawa (art director) and Hideo Kojima himself will be visiting London as part of their promotional tour for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, visiting two retail outlets to meet with fans and sign “exclusive inlays” for the game.
Hideo Kojima, head of Kojima Productions and creator of the incredibly successful Metal Gear series of games (amongst others) has thrown down a gauntlet to himself, saying that if the next videogame project that he’s involved with is a failure, he will “have to the leave the industry.”
It seems Kojima wants to tackle a particular theme or subject matter in his next game – one that sounds quite risky and may turn certain audience members away if it’s not handled just right.
In a Twitter tweet (translated by AndriaSang) Kojima wrote:
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is Konami’s next attempt at a fully 3D Castlevania action/platformer, and by the looks of the released screenshots and previously released trailer, the developers (with the help of Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima) are going to be able to deliver a game that fans of the long-running franchise have been asking for.
In a video interview included below, the game’s producer, Dave Cox, also tries to assuage the masses, ensuring us that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will be very much a Castlevania game at its heart, but with modern amenities to bring it onto the Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year ‘the right way’:
April Fool’s Day is usually a torrid, confusing time for Mother Internet and her children, and for those that can afford to do so, it’s a good opportunity to stay away from the craziness and nonsense that gets passed around.
Sometimes, however, little gems will emerge on April 1st that otherwise may not have come to be - little projects that are days, weeks and sometimes even months in the making come to light to bring a smile to your face.
This latest video, a collaboration between Ubisoft and Kojima Productions, is such a gem, and should be watched by all fans of Assassin’s Creed and Metal Gear Solid - it’s truly awesome and properly hilarious!
Videogame industry legend, programming technology guru and id Software (DOOM, Quake) co-founder John Carmack is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Game Developers Choice Awards for his outstanding contributions to the art and science of games, following in the footsteps of prolific industry stars Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima and Richard Garriott.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises “the career and achievements of developers who have made an indelible impact on the craft of game development,” and with Carmack’s more than two decade history of making games, working on breakthrough technology and his contributions to popularising the first-person shooter genre with titles such as Wolfenstein, DOOM and Quake, as well as his efforts in continually pushing the bounds of graphics technology, you could say he’s made an “indelible impact” on game development.
Event Director of the Game Developers Conference Meggan Scavio said of Carmack and the award:
Konami have been kind enough to release an extensive transcript of a controlled question and answer session with Metal Gear Solid and Kojima Productions boss, Hideo Kojima.
The Q&A discusses various aspects of the upcoming PSP game, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, as well the meaning behind that Metal Gear themed countdown to E3.
Enjoy all of that below:
At the Konami press conference yesterday, Hideo Kojima (he of Metal Gear Solid fame) confirmed that he and the team at Kojima Productions will indeed be providing production support to Madrid-based developer, MercurySteam, as they work on a next-generation Castlevania game, Lords of Shadow.
Additionally, Kojima announced development work on something called Metal Gear Arcade, which is essentially Metal Gear Online repurposed for coin-op arcade play and using 3D goggles. Metal Gear Arcade will be out in Japan later this year.
These two announced games then take the tally of Kojima’s current projects up to four, with Metal Gear Solid: Rising (for home consoles) and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (for the PSP).
Also commenting on the series of teasers found on the Kojima Productions website over the last few weeks, Kojima said that the clouds represent “what the current status nowadays [is] in our real lives,” continuing on to say that the entertainment business is “here to clear up this storm, and we need to work together.”
Inspiring words, Kojima! Watch the debut trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow below:
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