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Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D is one of the most anticipated titles coming to 3DS next year, and for good reason too. The third game in the Metal Gear Solid series is considered by many to be the best, featuring innovative gameplay mechanics (such as camouflage) and a compelling storyline set during the Cold War.
The Metal Gear Solid series has earned a special place in the hearts of millions of gamers from all corners of the world since its debut in 1998. Now Kojima Productions is inviting you to share your fondest memories of this five-game franchise on the Metal Gear Solid Interactive Timeline.
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…
If you’re itching to engage in some excellent stealth action on your 3DS then be sure to keep March 2012 free. Today Konami announced a final release date for Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D during a press event in Tokyo. The event was organised to commemorate the imminent launch of Metal Gear Solid HD Edition in Japan.
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.
[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:
Were you expecting to ‘cut and take’ in 2011 with Kojima Productions’ next Metal Gear action game, Metal Gear Solid: Rising?
According to a report on Kotaku, you’ll have to wait until 2012 to slash robots in half with an impossibly sharp sword, and snatch out their delicious energy-soaked innards.
Someone mail Merriam-Webster, quick! After watching this latest Tokyo Game Show trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, they’re going to need to update the meaning of the word ‘epic.’
I am not joking!
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.
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.
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!
Gamers enjoy being rewarded for their in-game actions over and above the joy they get from actually playing the game, as the Xbox 360’s Achievement system has ably demonstrated, providing an incentive to continue playing with a ‘ding’ sound, an on-screen graphic, and a sprinkle of points added to an ever increasing total.
This same longevity trick found its way onto the PS3 and its library of games in the form of the Trophy system, officially, in July last year, now required to be included in any game released for the system.
Metal Gear Solid 4 for the PS3 released in June last year, however, and as a result doesn’t have support for the superficial Trophy reward system. Fans of the game have been grumbling about its inclusion since Trophies went live, though, which has grown into an audible protest, asking developers Kojima Productions to retrofit Trophies into the game by way of a patch, as other developers have done with their games.
During a recent Kojima Productions Report podcast, Sean Eyestone addressed fans’ comments on the lack of Trophy support for Metal Gear Solid 4:
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:
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