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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..

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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...

With Metal Gear Solid: Rising set to gets its big coming out party at next month's VGAs, series creator Hideo Kojima has told Official PlayStation Magazine that series veterans might not initially fall in love with the game's new direction

“If somebody thinks ‘I love Snake’ and just really wants traditional stealth gameplay and that experience, then it may be hard to get into Rising,” he told..

Following a strong backlash, Konami has announced that its high-definition re-release of Silent Hill 2 will feature an option to revert the game's voice acting back to its original form

Due to "technical and logistical reasons", that same feature won't be applied to Silent Hill 3. Both games are set to release as part of the Silent Hill HD Collection next year on PlayStation 3.

Hideo Kojima has hinted that there will grudgingly be a Metal Gear Solid 5

Speaking as part of the magazine's upcoming cover feature, the industry legend said: "I think we’ll probably have to make it at some point, but what that will be, we have no idea." But in trademark style, Kojima played down his involvement with the hypothetical project: “As far as my involvement in the project is..

Official PlayStation Magazine UK has been hinting at something Metal Gear related for some time -- and now it's finally spilled the beans

Issue 65 will mark the first time in the magazine's 16 year history that a developer has graced the publication's cover. Readers are promised Kojima's most "candid ever interview", talking Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Project Ogre and Metal Gear Solid 5..

One day, someone will write a book about the development of Metal Gear Solid: Rising

The game — which is set to get a re-announcement in the next issue of Official PlayStation Magazine — has been missing in action for a good couple of years now. And the plot continues to thicken. Shugenobu Matsyuama has announced his resignation as producer of the project, confirming that he has moved onto..

One of the most memorable arcade brawlers of all time -- The Simpsons Arcade Game -- is coming to the PlayStation Network if an Australian rating is to be believed

The rating lists Backbone Entertainment as the developer and Konami as the publisher — meaning the game's very likely to be the original arcade release rather than EA's hokey iOS spin-off. Backbone previously worked on porting Konami's..

After months of silence, Konami is finally preparing to re-announce Metal Gear Solid: Rising

The game was last seen at E3 a couple of years ago — but hope of a re-reveal emerged late last month when the UK edition of the Official PlayStation Magazine teased some form of announcement. "The truth about Metal Gear Solid: Rising will finally be revealed at the 2011 VGAs by Hideo Kojima,"..

If you've been waiting desperately for more Silent Hill, then you're about to get your wish

Konami's attached dates to three Silent Hill titles that are all due to release in early 2012 — so even if the world ends before the year's out, at least you'll get your fix of the premium horror franchise. First up is the Silent Hill HD Collection, which is due out on January 24th. That game bundles the..

The British arm of the Official PlayStation Magazine is teasing something big

And stealthy. In fact editor Ben Wilson can't seem to hold his excitement about the feature, closing his editor's note with the comments: "I promise you that next month is an equally significant issue in our history. I desperately want to say more, but really mustn’t. Other than this: turn to page 81 for a stealthy..

Konami has finally confirmed that it's delaying the European release of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection after heavy speculation

The game — which was previously due out in November — will now launch on February 3rd in Europe. Nice of Konami to clear that up at last. The game's set to launch in two guises in Japan: Peace Walker HD will come first on November 10th, followed by MGS2 and MGS3 on..

One of the best PlayStation Portable games of all time is preparing for its HD re-release, and we've got a couple of minutes of footage to celebrate

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD will launch as part of a Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in the West. Unfortunately Konami's being extremely coy about release details. But you can still stare longingly at the gameplay footage after the jump.

You remember Zombie Apocalypse right? The Konami published dual-stick zombie murdering acti---you don't remember? Admittedly, we're struggling

Problem is, there are that many dual-stick zombie shooters around these days they all tend to merge into one. Konami reckons the world is in need of just one more though, as it's announced Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone, the sequel to that game you don't..

Despite FIFA 12 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 being closer in quality than years prior, it really feels like EA Sports' franchise is starting to take a strangle-hold of the genre

According to an interview conducted by MCV, FIFA 12 is outselling Konami's alternative by a ratio of 25:1 based on each title's first weekend sales. "When you look at Pro Evolution Soccer versus FIFA, only five years..

We don't think anybody expected Silent Hill: Downpour to release this year

It's just taken a long, long time for Konami to announce anything official. But according to Eurogamer the game's not coming until next year, somewhere between the dates January and March 2012. The game was originally due out in November, but Konami's been keeping schtum about the project for a good couple of months now. The..