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With the Tokyo Game Show wrapped up, the CESA, which organizes the event, also handed out the Japan Game Awards, which have the distinction of honoring both older releases judged to be the most impressive and future titles judged to have the potential for greatness.In the Game of the Year competition, only videogames... |
30 September 2009
02:40 GMT |
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There's a lot of pressure on Sony to cut the price of its flagship console, the PlayStation 3 by 50 or even 100 dollars. There were rumors that the reduction would be announced at the E3 trade show, which took place in early June but Sony did not say a word on the subject.Now, analysts and even game developers a... |
7 July 2009
03:15 GMT |
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Sony is sending word that it will add quite a few interesting games to its PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits collection. That means that the games will be re-released with a new and shiny packaging and for the rather low price of 29.99 dollars, which is half of what a videogame tends to cost on launch. All the games introd... |
29 May 2009
14:11 GMT |
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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced a full list of nominees for the Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, held since 1998. The nominations and the awards are decided by people from the gaming industry, which means that they tend to show how the industry itself sees the gaming scene and which t... |
29 January 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Killzone 2 is one of the most expected PlayStation 3 exclusives that will be launched at the beginning of this year. The shooter promises to bring back the same non-stop action that made the first Killzone and its PlayStation Portable version, Killzone: Liberation, bestsellers. With this next-generation iteration of... |
8 January 2009
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As the end of 2008 draws ever near, most sites and magazines reporting on videogames are getting ready to present a host of awards, showing which titles impressed editors and players alike during the closing year. Our awards will be presented during the final days of December. IGN, one of the leading sites reporting ... |
22 December 2008
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The end of each year is a moment for retrospection and, in the case of many segments in entertainment, a time for awards and prizes. Such was the case with the gaming industry, as last night marked the 2008 Video Game Awards, aired by Spike TV in North America. It was definitely a show that won't be forgotten s... |
15 December 2008
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It's clear that the Japanese videogame market, both in its hardware and software incarnations, is pretty different from the Western one. So, it makes sense for Sony, a console developer currently manufacturing and selling the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable handheld, and game publis... |
4 December 2008
03:44 GMT |
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Konami is announcing that Metal Gear Online now has more than one million members. The multiplayer game was launched in June 2008 as a companion product to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Initial plans called for the title to be sold separately, but Konami feared that the game would not be attractive if it ... |
5 November 2008
08:11 GMT |
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There's nothing videogame publishers like more than their titles getting some awards which can then be listed on the back of the game box. Awards, whether they are handed out by industry bodies or by fans, are a good indication that a certain game is good enough to warrant a purchase, so publishers are especiall... |
3 November 2008
06:46 GMT |
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Ever since the PlayStation 3 was launched, one game has been the most expected title for this console: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The next title in the tactical espionage series has been eagerly awaited by every Sony fan out there. It was definitely a reason to be happy that the big investment in the P... |
15 October 2008
03:07 GMT |
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The Halo franchise is very important to Microsoft. That being said, with the last title from Master Chief's saga Halo 3 having been launched a year ago and having set new records in terms of sales and popularity, the Redmond based company couldn't leave this series of games to rest. It is already developing... |
2 October 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Even if the Games Convention in Leipzig is officially over, there are still some things of interest that are coming from the event. For example, Metal Gear Solid creator and videogame icon Hideo Kojima has mentioned that Metal Gear Acid games, which are currently available on the PlayStation Portable handheld from So... |
25 August 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Konami has released its financial results for the first quarter of this fiscal year and reports that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the last game to star Solid Snake, has sold more than 3 million units worldwide, making it one of the bestsellers of 2008.Overall, the videogame publisher posted an increase i... |
6 August 2008
03:24 GMT |
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As soon as the NPD releases the numbers regarding console sales for a month, it's time for the spin to begin. So far, only Sony has released some statements and analyses regarding the records for June, mainly because the numbers are mostly positive for the company. It might take some more time for Microsoft to c... |
23 July 2008
19:16 GMT |
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Metal Gear Online just can't get a break, apparently. The game was initially plagued by registration problems and by access issues when the beta was launched by Konami, just before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4. Now the Gene expansion for Metal Gear Online seems to be suffering from a host of problems as it ... |
22 July 2008
02:39 GMT |
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In the general madness that is E3, the NPD numbers, which track the sales of gaming hardware and videogames on the North American market, might be easily overlooked. But since June holds interesting data and might show interesting trends, we've decided to take a closer look.Overall, the game industry is on an up... |
18 July 2008
19:16 GMT |
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What extra stuff can you add to a game like Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots? The game ends a saga, kills off the main character, Solid Snake, and it also wraps up most of the loose threads left by the previous editions. So when Konami initially announced that extra stuff would be made available for the game ... |
8 July 2008
13:56 GMT |
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It's Monday, so you must be eager to hear the news coming from Japan, the only country that lets us take a weekly look at the state of videogame related sales. Courtesy of market research firm Media Crate, we can now bring you the trends for the week that ended on June 22.On the hardware front is seems that foll... |
30 June 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the biggest PlayStation 3 launch of the year and the title that is set to wrap up the saga of Solid Snake has lost the first spot it had gained in the Japanese videogame charts just one week before. It seems that the 465,000 units of the game sold in the first four days will ... |
27 June 2008
03:53 GMT |
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The Chairman of Sony Corp., Howard Stringer, says that one of the top priorities for the electronics giant is "to restore profitability in our television and game businesses" because these two sub divisions of the company are the ones that lost money last year.The comments regarding the games division of Sony were ma... |
25 June 2008
03:12 GMT |
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Can a publisher like Konami really let go of a franchise that has generated as much revenue as the Metal Gear series? The obvious answer is "no" and it seems that the people at Konami are laying out the framework needed to continue making Metal Gear games, even if they do not feature long standing protagonist Solid S... |
23 June 2008
10:08 GMT |
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Media Create has put up data regarding the sales of gaming hardware and software in Japan for the week that ended on June 15. The big news is that the PlayStation 3 console from Sony has leapfrogged the Nintendo line-up to take the first spot in the hardware sales department. The first week at number one for the Play... |
23 June 2008
02:37 GMT |
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Metal Gear Solid 4 is a game everybody wants to get his/her hands on as soon as possible and it seems natural todo so since it is the latest Kojima masterpiece (or, at least, that's what it looks to be if we are to believe the early reviews with their limitations and everything). As expected, a few retailers kno... |
10 June 2008
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The people that are compiling the Gamer's Edition of the Guinness World Records Book are clearly hard at work because 2008 is set to be one of the most interesting and busy years of the videogame industry. A slew of great games is set to launch this year and there are records to be broken, either by man or by ga... |
6 June 2008
18:11 GMT |
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As the release date for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is approaching fast and as we have our brains tightly wrapped around the question of which "special edition" of the game to pick up, there's good news coming regarding the future of the very acclaimed franchise.Ryan Payton is an associate producer ... |
20 May 2008
02:48 GMT |
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There seems to be no end to the "exclusive" and "collector's" editions that game publishers are coming up with to create a buzz around a game title. The upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is getting another one of these special offers and it's already hard to keep track of them all. Most of t... |
19 May 2008
04:32 GMT |
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As most important videogame companies wrap up their accounting for the fiscal year of 2008, which ended on March 31, more and more reports regarding their financial status surface. After giants like Activision and Electronic Arts, not to mention Sony, have made their reports public, publisher Konami, the company that... |
16 May 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Maybe the Europeans were a bit upset to find out about the MGS4 bundle for the North American and Japanese markets, but now it's time they forgot about all that since Konami has decided to start a cool pre-order campaign in Europe and offer a few Limited Edition copies to retailers.First of all, every European w... |
12 May 2008
06:33 GMT |
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Hideo Kojima is a videogame legend because of two things. First, there's the vision of the Metal Gear series and the deep and engaging games that came out of that vision. Second, there's his unrelenting quest to develop the perfect game. And while the "perfect" game is just in itself an impossible task to a... |
21 April 2008
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And no, it is not Uwe Boll the man destined to make video game based movies that bomb the box office. Apparently, Kurt Wimmer, the man behind the cult hit 2003 movie Equilibrium, starring up and coming Cristian Bale, is leading the pack of contenders at the moment.Rumors of a Metal Gear Solid movie were around since ... |
17 March 2008
06:51 GMT |
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Rumor time again back at Konami and Kojima Productions as a couple of reports have confirmed a Metal Gear Solid 4 demo for release this February on the PSN. This piece of information was first spotted in the PSW magazine, following their hands-on experience with the game. According to the same magazine, the demo we&... |
21 January 2008
04:04 GMT |
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One of most awaited next-gen titles has got to be Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, surfacing on the PS3 console this year. But what about the past? Most of the folks who played the previous installments will surely enjoy looking back and having yet another taste of the best game in the Metal Gear series: Me... |
18 January 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4, one of the most awaited games of 2008, designed exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console, should sell one million copies in the first day after its release, according to the assistant producer of the game, Ryan Payton, in an interview with Reuters.First of all, it must be noted that... |
30 November 2007
03:34 GMT |
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Once upon a launch date MGS 4 and FFXIII were PS3 exclusive titles, but now it seems that "exclusivity" is only a word, as the producers of major titles tend to shift their platforms according to the console's sales. At first, Metal Gear Solid 4 and FF XIII were announced as 100% PS3 titles, but a couple of mon... |
15 October 2007
09:30 GMT |
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Those lucky gaming news editors and MGS fans that got to play the MGS 4 surely won't forget the experience soon. However, they must have felt frustrated by the fact that the title's demo was only available in Japanese. Sensing this, Kojima Productions has started working on an English version of the Metal ... |
27 September 2007
04:37 GMT |
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By now, everyone knows that Hideo Kojima made a rather shocking announcement at the Leipzig games convention this year, revealing that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Online will be launching as separate products. This was bound to create quite a stir, as gamers may feel ripped off at the thou... |
26 September 2007
04:27 GMT |
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The 2007 Leipzig Games Convention is once again the center of the gaming world these days as all the Metal Gear fans drool, cry and laugh at the same time as they've heard that a new trailer is available. You can watch it below and be astonished by four fresh new bosses, revealed by the superb video. These creat... |
23 August 2007
04:30 GMT |
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Konami sure has good stuff coming for us, Silent Hill and Pro Evolution Soccer fans. We've seen the Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer at E3 so it's no wonder that Hideo Kojima will introduce new in-game themes at the Game Convention in Leipzig. Konami will also flash some long-awaited titles before our greedy eye... |
21 August 2007
03:46 GMT |
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During his Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots presentation at the Metal Gear 20th Anniversary party today, Hideo Kojima revealed the return of Eva to the stealth-based game series. Eva is an important character originating in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The well-known video game designer did the same thing... |
25 July 2007
04:49 GMT |
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Reliable sources for X3F seem to have some vital information regarding the last installment in the Metal Gear Solid series, MGS 4: Guns of the Patriots. Apparently, the Official Xbox Magazine says that Hideo Kojima's stealth-based game will be also introduced on Microsoft's Xbox 360, just a few months after... |
20 July 2007
03:34 GMT |
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Everyone was dying to see (or at least hear) what Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots plays like. Sony, as well as Konami knew they couldn't allow anymore time to pass without showing off some gameplay footage of Snake in action. Thus, Sony Computer Entertainment presented the first gameplay video of the st... |
18 July 2007
02:50 GMT |
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Just as I've finished writing about the PS3 ad that was pulled, I stumbled upon this interesting piece of news saying that Konami went back on their Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots trailer for the PlayStation 3, to tweak it up a bit. Why did it need tweaking? After revealing to the press that a Metal Gear 20t... |
7 June 2007
06:07 GMT |
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