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Hideo Kojima Announces New Metal Gear Solid

Hideo Kojima, who is the mind behind the Metal Gear series, delivered a speech at the Game Developers Conference, revealing the way he approached the design of the various Metal Gear titles, highlighting how his philosophy was influenced by the technical limitations of the platform on which he made his games.Kojima t...

27 March 2009
14:11 GMT

Konami Takes Action Against Metal Gear Online Cheaters

The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of the most popular Japanese-made series of all times. Being the brainchild of famous game designer Hideo Kojima, all of the titles found within it have pioneered the stealth games and introduced a level of storytelling never seen before. In recent years, besides the eagerly anti...

9 February 2009
02:50 GMT

Metal Gear Online Gets a Bomb Mission

Konami says it will release, sometime today, a free new update for Metal Gear Online set to introduce players to a new game mode, called Bomb Mission. The game has been constantly receiving more content since it's initial release and the new mission type will surely be interesting to current players, while some ...

28 January 2009
02:36 GMT

15 Movies as Recommended by Hideo Kojima

Many might not know it, but Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima wanted to be a movie director (which can be quickly seen while enjoying the hour long cutscenes in Guns of the Patriots). So, it's no surprise that a Japanese rental chain, Tsutaya, the biggest in the country, teamed up with Konami and Kojima to offer t...

21 January 2009
17:31 GMT

Hideo Kojima Talks About the Metal Gear Solid Movie

The gaming industry has quite a lot of iconic franchises, all of which have brought new things to their individual genres or have even become a benchmark for new titles, even though they were launched a long time ago. Such is the case with the extremely popular Metal Gear Solid series of tactical espionage games, whi...

16 December 2008
09:01 GMT

Survey Shows Mario Is Japan's Favorite Videogame Character

Japan is really wasting a lot of money on irrelevant stuff, the latest example being this survey made by Oricon Monitor Research which asked 1,000 Japanese men and women to name their favorite videogame character. Although it was a bit of a no-brainer, the survey showed only Japanese characters making the top 10, pro...

22 September 2008
05:46 GMT

New Camouflage Options Coming to Metal Gear Solid 4

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

Hideo Kojima Enters the Guinness World Records Book

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

Metal Gear Lives on after Guns of the Patriots

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

Will Europe Get Access to the Metal Gear Online Beta?

April 17 is the moment when the online beta phase for the highly anticipated Metal Gear Online launches. And there's a bit of panic going through European fans of Metal Gear because it seems that some, if not all, IP addresses from Europe are denied access to the beta site. Japanese based IP addresses do not see...

11 April 2008
18:06 GMT

Metal Gear Mania in North America and Japan

Metal Gear Solid is one of the foundations of Japanese gaming. The iconic characters it spawned in Solid Snake is instantly recognizable to gamers everywhere, even to those that have never picked up a Metal Gear game in their lives. The themes that the games touch upon are universal, from the militaristic utopias the...

19 March 2008
05:02 GMT

Metal Gear Solid 4 Demo Available on PSN in February

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

Metal Gear Solid

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

Gambling Feature Included in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

One of the most awaited Wii titles, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is set to conquer every gamer's heart, as it brings a brand new feature, called "Spectator" mode, which allows you to gamble on the outcome of a battle. This is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and it includes some of the most fam...

16 November 2007
09:03 GMT

Solid Snake's Got Special Combos in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

This is probably one of the strangest titles featuring a mix of characters pertaining to different game genres and totally opposite concepts. Super Smash Bros. Brawl features, among others, the famous Solid Snake, the main character of the Metal Gear Solid saga. A couple of his abilities can now be seen in the photo...

21 September 2007
04:45 GMT

DreamMix TV: World Fighters Unlockables (PS2)

DreamMix TV World Fighters is a 2003 multiplayer fighting game for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. It features licensed characters from a few well-known Japanese companies, including Konami, Hudson Soft, and Takara. A fledgling television program has been suffering from poor audience approval, and the station that c...

7 September 2007
09:00 GMT

Metal Gear Online Gameplay Footage and New Details

The last time we heard about the famous MGS series was back at the Games Convention in Leipzig, where the fourth installment was the star. This time Metal Gear Online turns from a project to reality and we've got some fresh gameplay footage for you MGS fans, below. Aside from being the standard multiplayer game...

4 September 2007
09:27 GMT

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Secrets (PS2)

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a multi-platform updated version of the original MGS2 released for the PlayStation 2, as well as the Xbox and PC. The game contains the main Sons of Liberty game with some subtle alterations (including a new infrared effects for the thermal goggles and a new set of dog tags), as well...

22 August 2007
11:14 GMT


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