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Kingdoms of Amalur Takes United Kingdom Number One from Final Fantasy XIII-2

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the open-world action title from publisher Electronic Arts and developers at 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, has managed to take the number one position in the United Kingdom video game chart for the week that ended on February 11, ahead of Final Fantasy XIII-2. The new mix between acti...

14 February 2012
09:37 GMT

Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D Launch Date Set for February 21 on the 3DS

Video game publisher Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that its Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D video game now has a clear launch date of February 21 on the new Nintendo 3DS handheld, with the company showing off the packshot for the game for the first time.Snake Eater was a huge hit when it originally launc...

11 January 2012
21:11 GMT

Shooter and Sequels Stifle Innovation, Says Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima, the man behind the well known Metal Gear Solid franchise, has said that one of the big problems with video game design is that sequels and AAA shooters are taking most of the audience and tend to limit innovation.Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine the Japanese developer has stated, “It&...

5 January 2012
14:21 GMT

Kojima Promises Full Stealth Metal Gear Solid Announcement Soon

Fans of the Metal Gear Solid franchise might have been disappointed to see the new direction for Rising, unveiled as part of the new trailer that was shown at the VGA show, but the main developer behind the franchise, Hideo Kojima, assures them that a stealth focused game designed specifically for them will be announ...

14 December 2011
05:50 GMT

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D Is Full, from the Ground Up Remake

Hideo Kojima, the main man behind the success of the Metal Gear Solid series, has told the Japanese press that the upcoming Snake Eater 3D title that will be launched on the Nintendo 3DS is much more than a simple graphics update paired with some 3D elements.The developer says that the entire game has been remade fro...

1 December 2011
12:21 GMT

Kojima Talks Unannounced Project Ogre, Subdued Experience

Kojima Productions is a very busy developer but it seems that there might be more projects in development than previously thought, with the leader of the company offering a little information on the still secret Project Ogre.Speaking as part of a bigger interview with the United Kingdom based official PlayStation Mag...

29 November 2011
15:11 GMT

Kojima Says Rising Might Not Be for Long Term Metal Gear Fans

Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be the most action oriented game launched in the long running Konami series and the leading developer working on it believes that this represents both an opportunity and a risk for the franchise.Hideo Kojima, who is the man behind the success of Metal Gear Solid, has told the Official Pl...

24 November 2011
08:53 GMT

Metal Gear Solid: Rising Producer Resigns from Project

Shigenobu Matsuyama, who is a producer working on Metal Gear Solid: Rising, has stepped down from the project, replaced by Yuji Korekado, who had also previously worked in a senior role inside the development team.Matsuyama has apparently moved to another division inside the Hideo Kojima lead development studio.The c...

17 November 2011
08:40 GMT

Watch the English Language Trailer for Peace Walker HD

Video game publisher Konami has launched a new trailer for the High Definition remake of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, one which last for nine minutes and allows players to see an English translation.The game was originally launched on the PlayStation Portable and garnered good reviews on launch.Players are able to...

10 November 2011
05:22 GMT

New Alan Wake, New BioWare Game, And MGS: Rising Details Arrive at 2011 Video Game Awards

The first actual details about the 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards have finally been revealed to the world, and it's safe to say that although many great games will compete for prizes, the real treats are the massive reveals that are scheduled to happen throughout the show.The 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards wil...

4 November 2011
08:01 GMT

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Out Next Month in America, February in Europe

Konami has brought forth new details concerning its upcoming Metal Gear Solid HD collection that includes some of the most important games in the company's long running series, like the fact that the first two Metal Gear games for the MSX will be included withing.Fans of Konami and Japanese games creator Hideo K...

27 October 2011
15:31 GMT

Kojima Ready to Create Metal Gear Series in Afterlife

The creator of the Metal Gear Solid series has admitted that as long as the fan base asks for them he is ready to continue creating titles for it, despite at one point saying that Guns of the Patriots would be the final game to bear that name.Speaking at the University of Southern California Hideo Kojima, who is lead...

11 October 2011
13:31 GMT

Metal Gear Solid 3DS Arrives Early During 2012

Legendary video games developer Hideo Kojima has announced at the Tokyo Games Show event that the launch for Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater will be launched early in 2012 in all territories, although the developer could not mention a specific date.The game will use the new handheld from Nintendo to deliver the sam...

20 September 2011
08:51 GMT

Final Fantasy X HD, Metal Gear Solid HD and More Coming to PS Vita

Sony has just wrapped up its traditional press conference before the start of the Tokyo Games Show, and has confirmed quite a lot of impressive games for its PlayStation Vita handheld console, as well as some that will be arriving on the PlayStation 3 as well.Sony's TGS 2011 lineup includes a massive number of g...

14 September 2011
04:17 GMT

Ninja Gaiden 3 Has Stealth Elements, Won't Be Like Metal Gear

The upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3 is set to really highlight the ninja nature of its protagonist, Ryu Hayabusa, through stealth sections which, even if they'll require players to stop from all the traditional dismembering the franchise is known for, won't turn it into some sort of Metal Gear Solid clone. The N...

7 July 2011
15:51 GMT

Hideo Kojima Likes L.A. Noire Face Capture Tech, Won't Use It Yet

L.A. Noire might not have been perfect as a game, but the motion capture technology it has used, especially when applied to the faces of the characters, has been a real revelation and has pushed the character interaction in the game to new levels. And now Hideo Kojima, the father of the cinematically inclined Meta...

6 July 2011
10:06 GMT

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Gets New Details

Konami has released a few more details about its upcoming Metal Gear Solid HD collection, which is set to encompass three of the most recent games in its long-running series, all remastered for current-generation platforms.Konami surprised plenty of its fans before the start of last week's E3 2011 conference, wh...

13 June 2011
02:40 GMT

Metal Gear Solid and Zone of Enders HD Collections Confirmed

Konami decided not to wait until the start of the E3 2011 conference and has just confirmed to the world that it will be release two high definition collections for its Metal Gear Solid and Zone of Enders franchises.Konami is hopping on the recent high definition remake trend, and has confirmed at its pre-E3 conferen...

3 June 2011
15:21 GMT

Hideo Kojima Will Not Come to E3

Veteran video game developer Hideo Kojima has announced that he will not be making any appearance at the upcoming E3 trade show, which means that no new huge Kojima Productions video games will be announced at the Sony or the Microsoft press conferences. Still Konami, the company that funds the Hideo Kojima lead s...

31 May 2011
03:25 GMT

Kojima Is Hiring for Next Gen Metal Gear Solid Game

Kojima Productions, the video game development company headed by legendary designer Hideo Kojima, has announced that it is aiming to staff up in order to create yet another title in the long-running Metal Gear Solid series of games. The company is talking about “Next Generation Metal Gear Solid” and th...

18 January 2011
15:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Metal Gear Solid Rising Could Arrive on June 3, 2011

A listing on the site of specialist retailer GameStop suggests that Metal Gear Solid Rising, the next video game in the popular series created by Hideo Kojima, could be released as soon as June 3, 2011 in North America, with Japanese players presumably getting access to it somewhat earlier. Publisher Konami has re...

20 December 2010
09:29 GMT

Rumor Mill: Metal Gear Solid Rising Delayed to 2012

Rumors from development sources have suggested that Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the new video game in the long running series of tactical combat titles, has been delayed into 2012 after initially being announced by Konami as being set to come out during next year.Gaming blog Kotaku is quoting inside sources, presumably...

9 November 2010
05:18 GMT

Metal Gear Solid's Raiden Is a Playable Character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the latest installment in Ubisoft's blockbuster franchise, will have a very special unlockable playable character, in the form of Raiden, the bionic ninja/samurai from Konami's hugely successful Metal Gear Solid franchise.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is shaping up t...

4 November 2010
18:21 GMT

Metal Gear Solid, PES, Contra and Frogger Headed to Nintendo 3DS

Konami has just detailed its plans for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS handheld platform and, like Capcom, is throwing a lot of its big name franchises onto the future mobile device.The Nintendo 3DS was officially detailed a few weeks ago, and since then a lot of game companies pledged their support for the 3D-enabled devi...

19 October 2010
03:04 GMT

Producer Fears Metal Gear Solid: Rising Will Shock Gamers

The producer of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Rising has said that he was afraid about the reaction the public and the mainstream media will have to the cutting mechanics which are central to the experience and allow the gamer to hack people and mechanical walkers with a lot of precision.Talking to Eurogamer as part...

20 September 2010
15:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Nintendo 3DS Might Cost Under 300 Dollars

It's clear that the future of handhelds is now linked to delivering three dimensional gaming without the use of any glasses. The Nintendo 3DS has been well received after its unveiling at the E3 trade show and it's pretty obvious that at the moment Sony does not have an answer with the PlayStation family. O...

4 August 2010
06:15 GMT

Konami Insists the 3DS Naked Sample Metal Gear Solid Is a Full Project

When Nintendo showed off the new 3DS handheld, one of the most interesting things was seeing that third-party developers were ready to embrace it, with Konami offering a very nice looking demo of a new video game called Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D – The Naked Sample.The name did not make it clear whether w...

8 July 2010
18:11 GMT

3DS Games Might Ditch Three Dimensions for Better Graphics

The Nintendo 3DS was the big reveal at the E3 trade show, alongside the motion tracking Kinect from Microsoft and PlayStation Move from Sony. The Japanese hardware maker offered quite a bit of information on its new device, which was initially revealed in February for fear of a leak from the press, but it has not tal...

8 July 2010
02:32 GMT

Kojima: Zone of the Enders 3 Coming After MGS: Rising and Snake Eater 3D

Hideo Kojima has once again confirmed his intentions to develop Zone of the Enders 3. While this sequel is planned for some time now, Kojima Productions has not been able to begin this project because of the three other games that are in development at the studio at the moment. However, Kojima promised that once thes...

7 July 2010
03:14 GMT

Satoru Iwata: Nintendo 3DS Is the Result of Developer Collaboration

Satoru Iwata, who is the president of Nintendo, told the Japanese news service that in order to “expand into elaborate games targeting serious gamers,” his company is working closely with developers to make sure that the Nintendo 3DS, the new handheld set to offer full three-dimensional gaming without the...

6 July 2010
15:11 GMT

Hideo Kojima Will Still Work on the Metal Gear Solid Series

Hideo Kojima said in many recent encounters with the press that he would be handing over the Metal Gear series to new developers and that he would be focusing on other projects. This is not entirely true, because it has been confirmed by Konami USA that Kojima will still be working on the Metal Gear Solid franchise.T...

28 June 2010
05:47 GMT

Rumor Mill: Massive Kojima Reveal at TGS 2010

A rumor has surfaced stating that Hideo Kojima is planning to announce a big PlayStation 3 exclusive at Tokyo Games Show in September. This possible reveal is set to dominate Japan's biggest gaming event. Nothing else is known about the title other than the fact that it will be published, as usual, by Konami. T...

21 June 2010
08:01 GMT

Konami Offers More Story Details for Metal Gear Solid: Rising

Kojima Productions, as the developer, and Konami, as the publisher, have offered fans more information about both the story and the gameplay of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the videogame set to offer narrative content to bridge the gap between Metal Gears Solid 2 and 4. The fresh title has the tag line &ldq...

17 June 2010
18:21 GMT

Peace Walker Launch Boosts the PlayStation Portable

The PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony managed to see its sales more than double in one week, thanks to the launch of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, selling 59,315 units in the first seven days the new Hideo Kojima game was on sale. Sony must be happy to also see the PlayStation 3 home gaming console register a...

10 May 2010
13:01 GMT

Kojima Talks About Crying in MGS: Peace Walker

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable videogame from Konami that has been widely characterized as MGS 5, has gone gold and is set to go on sale in Japan on April 28. To celebrate the occasion, series director Hideo Kojima has given an interview to Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. The outlet has al...

26 April 2010
08:11 GMT

Hideo Kojima Will Break Taboos

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is now pretty much done, ready to come out in Japan in the next few days and only undergoing translation work for its June American launch. And with the videogame for the PlayStation Portable touted by its creator Hideo Kojima as being MGS 5, it's interesting to speculate about wha...

16 April 2010
14:01 GMT

MGS: Peace Walker Certainly Likes Its Product Placement

We've been talking quite a bit about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable bound creation from Konami and Hideo Kojima that is set to appear in Japan on April 28 and in North America in June.We've heard about how its creator sees it as a sort of test run when it comes to a near future pla...

12 April 2010
04:13 GMT

Metal Gear Creator Sees a Unified Gaming Future

Any gamer who owns an Xbox 360 would surely like to have the option of trying out the God of War saga on their platform. Unfortunately, Sony holds the rights to the franchise and uses it as an exclusive for the PlayStation 3, hoping that it would boost sales. Microsoft does the same with Gears of War and with Halo. A...

9 April 2010
03:38 GMT

There's Quite a Bit of Monster Hunter Coming in MGS: Peace Walker

It seems that Konami is going crazy with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable-based adventure that will be featuring Naked Snake and scheduled to be launched on April 28 on the Japanese market and on June 8 in North America. The most recent news, which was initially considered as being an April Fo...

7 April 2010
13:11 GMT

Metal Gear Solid's Snake Is the Best Game Character Ever

Tops are always a controversial topic, mostly because they're meant to reflect a very subjective opinion. People vote for who their favorite character, item, product, etc., is, with the biggest thing to keep in mind being "their." But even so, ranking at number one, regardless of the nature of the top, is an imp...

11 February 2010
06:39 GMT

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Will Return to the 'Basic Fun' of Earlier MGS Games

After Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker got a delay that the series creator considered a pretty shameful event, saying that, "There is no greater crime as a game developer" than to miss a launch date, Hideo Kojima has now come to reassure us that the title will be an amazing experience that will allow us to "rediscover ...

8 February 2010
05:55 GMT

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Delayed, Kojima Offers Sincere Apologies

Konami may have printed its retail posters and opened up its "Piece Walker" official website, but it looks like the game won't be arriving on its announced release date. Originally scheduled to arrive in Japan on March 18, the title has been pushed back to April 29, and the one person that seems to have taken th...

1 February 2010
05:15 GMT

Peace Walker Is Actually Metal Gear Solid 5

It's hard creating a videogame series that goes on for more than three installments and not get thoroughly entangled in problems with game numbers, spinoff labeling and crossover appearances.Thankfully, game creators have it all figured out and are ready to tell fans about what game is part of the official canon...

25 January 2010
06:04 GMT

Camouflage Painted PSP Comes with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Konami has announced two special offers related to Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable game set to arrive in about two months in Japan. The lengthy titled “Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Premium Package” will net the player a PlayStation Portable handheld, the older 3000 model, which i...

22 January 2010
03:49 GMT

Peace Walker Coming on May 25 to North America

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable exclusive videogame, is set to be released on the North America market on May 25, 2010. The title was also confirmed as coming on March 18 in Japan, but there has been no date confirmed for the European version of...

7 December 2009
05:44 GMT

Metal Gear Peace Walker Arriving on March 18

Konami has announced that March 18, 2010 is now the official release date for Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable videogame set to carry on the legacy of the long running series, which last year saw the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.March 18 is the release date only for the J...

4 December 2009
08:31 GMT

Resident Evil: Afterlife Director Is Contemplating Other Game-Inspired Movie Projects

Considering the huge hit the Prince of Persia movie is expected to be, it's no wonder more and more producers are exploring other game-related movie possibilities. Rise of the Lich King, the World of Warcraft movie is another one that is expected to perform great, but, until it's done, it looks like Residen...

16 November 2009
08:42 GMT

Hideo Kojima Talked to Famitsu About His True Love

Hideo Kojima is renowned around the globe for the Metal Gear Solid franchise, but, 20 years ago, he was just a simple programmer, making games all by himself. This week, he went through his achievements and hardships from the days of 8-bit glory to present times. His story was unfolded in the Famitsu magazine by talk...

5 November 2009
16:41 GMT

Peace Walker Demo Comes Out Alongside the PSP Go

The PlayStation Portable Go is coming out in Japan on October 31, this Sunday. Kojima Productions will join the event and will release the demo for their latest game, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, whose playable teaser will be launched along with the new console and will be listed on the Play Station Network. The d...

29 October 2009
07:20 GMT

A Dating Sim Has Managed to Catch Hideo Kojima's Eye

Apparently, the people who work on bringing Solid Snake to life aren't the vicious, macho men that you might expect. Even more so, Kojima's employees drown themselves in one of their own games, but it has nothing to do with the popular Metal Gear Solid franchise. The title that got these Japanese workers lo...

29 October 2009
06:31 GMT


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