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It was an important component of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, but Konami’s announced that it is to shutdown Metal Gear Online in June. The online Metal Gear spin-off – which accounted for a mammoth number of active players early in its life – has been deserted for some time, and Konami’s decided to act by shutting...

Get out the red carpet

For those very few that enjoyed the delights of Little King's Story on Wii, the confirmation of New Little King's Story on Vita came as wonderful news. As confirmed by Andriasang, there isn't long to wait for Japanese Vita owners to enjoy some royal authority. It's been confirmed that New Little King's Story will be released...

Throat slitting

Hideo Kojima knows how to whip up frenzy. Only yesterday did the Metal Gear boss send fans crazy by Tweeting an image of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection running on a PlayStation Vita. Presumably hoping to stay in the headlines, the passionate producer has followed up with some more juicy details about the game. Speaking of the...

Coming along nicely

Now that Metal gear Solid HD Collection has finally reached Europe it's time to start getting excited about the upcoming Vita version, with series mastermind Hideo Kojima recently tweeting a photo of the game up and running on Sony's new portable. The photo only shows a pair of logos so isn't much to get excited about, but the...

D'oh

Yesterday we were elated to learn that Konami's classic The Simpsons Arcade Game would be given away as part of February's PlayStation Plus offering — but we might have known there'd be a snag According to the official PlayStation Twitter account, the game's been pushed back a week due to a request from the publisher. “Sadly, we are now...

If you thought Laughing Jackal's Hungry Giraffe was going to be the highlight of February's PlayStation Plus update, then you were mistaken

Sony's just gone live on the PlayStation Blog confirming that the headline giveaway this week is the hotly rumoured port of The Simpsons Arcade Game. Just to clarify: you're getting that classic for free. In...

Given the origins of the franchise, it would be more surprising if Konami wasn't intending to bring the Silent Hill HD Collection to Japan

But it totally is. The publisher announced overnight that it's set to release the compilation natively on March 29th. That's a few weeks later than here in the West. For those of you that aren't sure, the Silent...

It looks like next month's Silent Hill  HD Collection is set to get broken up for digital release

Video games blog Joystiq has uncovered two separate ratings for Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3. Given the manner in which many of these HD upgrades have been distributed in the past — with a full collection at retail and separate releases digitally — we'd put money on the remastered ve

Let's face it: water is fun

There's nothing more relaxing than watching rain-drops hit a car window and meander down the glass. Konami's upcoming PlayStation Network puzzle-title, Puddle, hopes to replicate the enjoyment of water in digital form. The downloadable title's set to make a splash on January 25th in Europe and January 31st in North America. Puddle involves tilting the environment to..

Making a splash

Konami's Puddle finally comes to the PlayStation Store next week. The wet puzzler lands in Europe on Wednesday for an as-yet unspecified price. It supports PlayStation Move or traditional DualShock controllers. Konami makes a splash with Puddle on XBLA® and PlayStation®Network Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH today confirmed the...

As expected, Hideo Kojima has revealed that Platinum Games' upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be playable at E3 in June

The luminary revealed the tid-bit in a roundtable featured in Famitsu magazine. He was joined by Platinum Games' CEO Tatsuya Minami and producer Atsushi Inaba. The interview touched upon how the collaborative process between Platinum Games and Kojima Productions was..

It may seem like an eternity since we last got to play a Silent Hill title, but at least March should make up for the drought

Konami's announced that three titles in the survival horror series will release during the month, with the Silent Hill HD Collection first out of the blocks on March 6th. It'll be followed by new entry Silent Hill: Downpour on March 13th, with PlayStation Vita exclusive..

Will we ever get to experience the twisted narrative of Silent Hill 2 again? It feels like everytime we get a taste for the Silent Hill HD Collection's impending release, Konami shoves it out of sight

The compilation — which collates HD versions of both Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 — was scheduled to release on January 24th, after the game previously missed its November release date. Now..

One of the saddest thing to emerge this generation has been the decline in diversity

With development budgets spiralling, pushed publishers are stuck to working with what they know in order to avoid facing commercial disaster. That's meant that outside of the emerging download platforms, there's been very little experimentation in the retail space. We can point to a handful of imaginative titles..

Hideo Kojima's next game -- the mysterious Project Ogre -- will be an open world title according to the creator himself

In a candid chat with CNN, the Kojima Productions boss revealed that he's eager to “make something very free" after spending years on the cinematic Metal Gear Solid series. “The kind of game I’m making is some game that has a very wide entrance, a very open entrance,” he..

Hideo Kojima's being Hideo Kojima again

The cryptic gaming visionary has casually dropped a couple of screenshots showing off the developer's new Fox Engine — one of which is apparently from a prototype of his upcoming game, Project Ogre. The first image shows a crouching soldier, while the second focuses on a couple of ladies. We're hoping Project Ogre pertains to the second image rather than..

For as long as there have been video games, fans have demanded Zone Of The Enders 3

Alright, so maybe it's not quite that extreme, but few would deny that the next entry in Hideo Kojima's mech combat series is not heavily anticipated. Sadly, Kojima has admitted that his studio just doesn't have the resources to produce the game right now. But the designer has teased that the company's new Fox..

If you're willing to ignore The Last Of Us, the reannouncement of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was easily the biggest story at this year's VGAs

The challenged title was first announced back in 2009, before heading into hiding for a good couple of years. That's because staff at Kojima Productions lost sight of the project, and the game was promptly (and secretly) cancelled. But the game was..

Phew, talk about quiet Saturday evenings

A brand new trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Rising has leaked online ahead of its expected debut during the VGAs. You could say, Metal Gear's back with a vengeance — or revengeance, huh? That's right, the ripper (Raiden) is back in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The game's being developed by Platinum Games in association with Kojima Productions. Are you..

Who said PlayStation Vita can't compete with the glut of $1 iPhone applications? Konami's confirmed that it will release a free game to coincide with the new handheld's Japanese launch

The wordy AR Combat Digi Q: Friend Tank Battalion, will release for free on the PlayStation Store, providing players with five stages of the augmented reality battle tank sim. Players will then be able to stump up..

Believe it or not, Konami was planning a revival of the Silent Scope series

FEAR 3 developer Day 1 Studios was signed up to handle development duties, but when the publishing deal fell through, the company was forced to lay-off a whopping 95 percent of the team involved with the project. There hasn't been a Silent Scope game since 2002's internally developed PlayStation 2 effort. That was nearly..

We're going to be honest, we don't know a whole lot about Konami's NeverDead

We know it's being developed by British-based studio Rebellion. And we know that the game's protagonist is immortal, able to lose limbs during combat and then pick them up at a later date. But that's about the extent of our knowledge. Perhaps that's all Konami wants us to know because, to be honest, that does sound pretty..

Konami has confirmed that New Little King's Story will launch on PlayStation Vita in the West next year

Developed by Marvelous Entertainment, the cutesy RPG is a sequel to popular Nintendo Wii title Little King's Story, and sees players assume the role of King Corobo. Corobo's faced with the unfortunate task of saving his kingdom from the Nightmare, and players must use the PS Vita's various input..

Rejoice!

In a week of fantastic Vita news, here's the cherry on top. Konami has confirmed it's bringing New Little King's Story to Europe in 2012. We have new screenshots below. Let the good times commence. KONAMI unveils New Little King’s Story for PlayStation®Vita Incredible new role-playing game heads to new Sony portable system Konami...