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June 2nd, 2009, 10:58 GMT · By

E3: Metal Gear Solid: Rising Arrives in 2010, Features Raiden

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Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that the much hyped new Metal Gear videogame is set to be released for the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony. The game has officially been named Metal Gear Solid: Rising (although the Solid moniker was said to be retired after the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots) and will feature Raiden as the main character.

Anthony Crouts, who is the vice president of marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, stated that “The Metal Gear Solid series is one of the most highly acclaimed video game franchises of all time. With Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the Xbox 360 community will finally get a chance to enjoy the action and excitement that this popular franchise is known to offer.”

Hideo Kojima even made an appearance at the Microsoft presentation at E3 to tell the world that the game he was creating was multiplatform, but did not offer more information. Probably the Sony presentation will be the venue used to show off a trailer related to the videogame and more details about it. It's still interesting to note that, after Final Fantasy XIII, Microsoft has managed to snag another of the series traditionally exclusive to the PlayStation 3.

Raiden was initially introduced in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and some fans of the series have hated him since, as the release, without any forewarning, made gamers invest emotionally in him rather than in Solid Snake.

The character returned in Metal Gear Solid 4 and he will be the star of Rising, although there is rampant speculation that players will also get to guide Big Boss around. The next installment in the Metal Gear saga will probably function as a prequel or as a parallel story as Kojima said that Solid Snake would not be featured in any more videogames.

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Comment #1 by: jm on 02 Jun 2009, 14:42 UTC reply to this comment

this game wont be any better than the metal gears with solid snake although this shall be fun to play on the x box 360 for a change these games never get tiring and i hope this one will be the same way. i should know i played all of solid snakes games 1000 times over and over again and they will remain timeless lets hope that this installment of metal gear solid games with its new main character raiden ends up being better than the 2 one


Comment #2 by: Jack on 03 Jun 2009, 13:26 UTC reply to this comment

Raiden ?!, come on nobody will buy the game if snake isnt the main character come on snake is the main character and has always been i have all mgs games and i want snake and for the x360 please dont 360 sucks

Comment #2.1 by: Julian on 19 Nov 2009, 20:00 GMT

What do you mean Jack Raiden is One of the most coolest charecters in MGS. MGS 4 got famous becuas of him. I know Snake is the most importent charecter in MGS but come on give Raiden a chance. If you like Snake so much then send me a list of things you like about him.


Comment #3 by: vik on 30 Jul 2009, 17:50 UTC reply to this comment

UNLESS HALO COMES OUT FOR THE PS3 KONAMI SHOULD KEEP MGS EXCLUSIVLY FOR PS3...OUT..


Comment #4 by: Coco on 31 Oct 2009, 22:32 UTC reply to this comment

Oh god Multiplatform? Its official this game is going to suck if theyve had to tone down its power to be played on the * 360.


Comment #5 by: Pazzo on 02 Nov 2009, 11:04 UTC reply to this comment

It's also on the PC, so you should have said: "Oh God, Multiplatform? It's official this game is going to suck if they've had to tone down its power to be played on consoles"


Comment #6 by: Julian on 19 Nov 2009, 19:49 UTC reply to this comment

I'am not sure about how metal gear solid rising wiil be but i hope it will be good. I've played metal gear solid 4 on my PS3 and I'm now bored of it ,so all i need now is an awsome game including my favorite charecter "Raiden" . So please Hideo Kojima make this MGS series good.


Comment #7 by: Mike on 07 Jan 2010, 03:47 UTC reply to this comment

Haha, fanboy much? What do you mean tone down the power...? The 360 could handle MGS4 it just was exculsive to Sony so it didn't come to 360. You Fanboys crack me up thinking one system has more... "power"... than the other. Haha

Comment #7.1 by: undertaker on 18 Mar 2011, 13:46 GMT

it does


Comment #8 by: jacob on 15 Mar 2010, 05:04 UTC reply to this comment

actually, mike. the sony playstation 3 actually does have more power than the xbox 360. it has about two or three more times the power. the processor has 7 more components that the xbox 360 and it uses next gen hardware. including blue ray laser. the xbox has discs that can olny hold 15 gigs. that's why they had to shrink gta4 and the elder scrolls four oblivion. the playstaion disc can hold 50 gigs on each blue ray disc. the xbox uses original last gen lasers and an additionion "fake" HDR effect. While the sony uses all real and anti aliasing whick make seemless and anti frayed lines on the game.


Comment #9 by: jmzb on 14 Jun 2010, 11:01 UTC reply to this comment

to be fair "Solid Snake" has only really been the main character in 2.3 of the 4 games and they have all been pro, changing the characters a few times is keeping this series fresh if you ask me.


Comment #10 by: Casey on 15 Jun 2010, 08:03 UTC reply to this comment

i personally think that its good. i own a ps3 and i have no problems with 360 owners getting ps3 exclusives as long as they are still on ps3. the more ppl that play mgs the better, that would just push konami to create better mgs games in the future.


Comment #11 by: snake eater on 25 Jul 2010, 21:53 UTC reply to this comment

:) i hate u kojima
seriously
i missed the way we used to play in snake eater...im not saying mgs 5 is bad.. but it was all about movies ..like 85% movies :) and 15% game play
WTF!
and now we r going to play by sword!!!!
guns was the best thing!! snake should be the main charecter.... !!ridien should have a seperated video game :)
MGS is about snake!


Comment #12 by: Brian on 28 Jul 2010, 06:58 UTC reply to this comment

Julian you give Raiden a poor argument. Both characters have their fair share of importance to the saga, or Hideo wouldn't have put him in the game. He was excellent in two, and while over done in 4, played a fantastic role. Metal Gear Solid 2 was the first of the franchise that I played, and is my favorite still, not because of Raiden, but because of the precedence that it set for the entire series as a tactical espionage game.


Comment #13 by: so sad on 09 Sep 2010, 04:21 UTC reply to this comment

well they have to make it easier for the Xbox crowd any real gamer knows that the best games ever are the MGS games. I hope it was worth it Kojima! whats next guitar hero to MGS music?


Comment #14 by: ShadoWulf113 on 23 Dec 2010, 09:21 UTC reply to this comment

Raiden looks like a * . A man in womans clothing, I mean really, come on. Even if it were on 360, it wouldnt matter. The only real advantages that a PS3 has over a 360 is free internet, atleast your money is worth the connection on XboxLive. But to stay on point, Raiden is not a fitting main character; he is almost looked at like a view of the "overall player".

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