Who's ready for more Metal Gear rumours, then? Oh, and Castlevania too! These latest whispers come from the first episode of VGC's new weekly podcast, in which there's mention of the long-rumoured Metal Gear Solid 3 remake, and a new Castlevania title.
According to the show, Konami plans on having a "pretty big" presence at E3 this summer, with both of the aforementioned projects apparently set to be there. There's also talk of the Snake Eater revival being used to test the waters for future Metal Gear developments.
As we keep saying, these Metal Gear rumours have been doing the rounds for a long, long time. Supposedly, Konami has been revitalising the property behind the scenes — much like its reestablishment of Silent Hill — and so it's always been a question of when the curtains would finally be lifted. VGC, a reliable source for industry matters, reckons this year's E3 could be the one to watch.
How would you feel about Konami remaking Metal Gear Solid 3? And what would you want from a new Castlevania? Go big or go home in the comments section below.
[source videogameschronicle.com, via twitter.com]
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I'm desperate for a new Castlevania at this point.
And not the Lords of Shadow *****, a REAL, sidescrolling Castlevania, linear or metroidvania.
Please let this be a rumor that ends up being true. And please let the castlevania title not be a poorly thought out multiplayer game!
Konami made one of the most awesome engines, the Fox engine... then.. just stopped making games. It looked amazing in mgs5, sharp & slightly stylized, running at 60fps. Anyway hope they still have the talent/team to remake mgs3, hopefully they don't scupper the legacy. Ngl, its a little delicious to see them slinking back.
How would I feel about a MSG3 remake? Like most, very pleased.. haha! But I would also love an old castlevania, re-resed with lovely smooth silky graphics (and content) maybe symphony of the night.. now that would be lovely. And a good way to test the water for sales too, if that worked out they could invest in a full new game with the same approach. I suppose the same way they could deal with MGS. Release one of the most popular games and see what the take is.
@torne Castlevania Survive
Even if this is happening we know Konami will likely farm it out to some cheap D-tier studios like they did with Contra: Rogue Corps and Silent Hill 2.
I know Konami has been doing well with their legacy titles recently and I want to give them the benefit of the doubt.
I just hope they won't backstab us with any form of mobile game or any type of live service with monetization included
@Sakisa
That would be wonderful.
The only 3d one I kinda liked was that PS2 one. Forgot the name.
Would love a Castlevania game that sits somewhere between Bloodborne and The Witcher III.
Traveling to hamlets to hunt monsters or whatever...
Gimme.
@jFug please don't put that into the universe 🤣
If they make a new Castlevania hopefully it's 2d.
If any games need to be remade it’s mgs1+2
Lords of Shadow was a competent enough action game, albeit not all that original; its main problem was that (like the Haunted Castle arcade long before) it had the Castlevania branding slapped on it relatively late in development for marketing purposes (Mercury Steam's original pitch was for a retelling of Simon Belmont's story but that quickly fell by the wayside).
Konami in any case haven't been completely sitting on the Castlevania IP quite the way they have with Metal Gear, their bean-counters have likely been looking at how well things like the recent port collections, the Netflix animation and the current collab with Dead Cells do & trying to work out if it's worth actually doing anything with it that would involve them spending money up front.
Personally, I'd have done the MGS1 remake first. But as a man in his mid 30s who goes to work with a Foxhound lunch bag....
I. Can't. Wait.
As far as I'm concerned all MG IP should belong to Kojima, but regardless I'll not say no to any more Metal Gear stuff. Childhood memories right there.
Cool.more games is always welcome.word up son
I Think Metal Gear And Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake Should be Remake Be for Any Of The Solid Games
I'd prefer a mgs 1 remake. 3 aged much better than 1.
@Gunnerzaurus my only way of thinking is mgs3 takes place before all of the mgs games so to make it go in order mgs3 would be first.
I want Konami to port Lords of Shadow to modern platforms. Don't even care if it gets updates at all.
I think Konami see’s the success Capcom is having and wants in on it, so i would say these rumors are pretty spot on if i were a betting man. Castlevania is an all time favorite franchise for me so i would love to see that. Metal Gear is a confusing mess of a story with excellent gameplay, so I’m sure i would retry to get into the metal gear world. Overall a Good Konami is good for the industry, so i am all for it.
The remake is real and is supposed to come sometime in 2024. This is because the company that makes MGS figures has them set to release at the same date (this was the same company that had the new SH figures)
Really hoping we get a MGS collection on PS5 soon.. Never played any Castlevania before. Anyone have recommendations on where to start?
Not sure how I feel with anything Konami right now. I mean, if Kojima was linked, I’d be ok with Metal Gear, but there’s so much unknown with where Konami actually is right now. It’s too early to know if they’re having a renaissance or just talking a lot.
@Sakisa Hey I liked Lords of Shadow! It was a really good game... just not a good Castlevania game
At the time I hoped they would do BOTH a 3D story driven action and a 2D metroidvania series... since then tumbleweeds... (sniff)
Project 007
Splinter Cell Remake
MGS3 Remake
On one hand the lack of faith in creating new IP and the overreliance on nostalgia is concerning, on the other, we're possibly seeing a stealth-action renaissance with the big three (Ubi-SplinterCell, Konami-MGS, IOI-Hitman) coming in to create Single-Player stealth games. Finally.
New Castlevania? I’ll believe it when I see it.
@truerbluer I think blooper will do great with silent hill. You haven’t even seen gameplay yet so how can you even really judge it.
@Gunnerzaurus I feel they think that remaking thr first one would be too much, between the astronomical expectations to get it perfect and the hate if they change it at all.
MGS3 is a great game, but not as.much people care for it like MGS1
@themightyant It's been a long, LONG time since Order of Ecclesia and Adventure Rebirth. We're talking DS and Wiiware era here. I need me some real Castlevania, and the 3D track record is spotty at best. I know the potential is there but I gots to know what I want. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania is unironically one of my most anticipated game releases this year and it's a DLC for an entirely different game.
@Sakisa Sadly i'm all too aware how long it's been. Here's hoping the rumour is true and it's a good one. In the meantime
Silksong, soon, surely?
@themightyant 6 year anniversary of Hollow Knight is tomorrow and there's a state of play in mere hours. Hi-Fi Rush and Metroid Prime shadow dropped so now it's time for Sony to get in on it with a shadow drop of Silksong, timed exclusive for a few weeks on PS5!
Hold on, i've got that clown wig around somewhere...
@Gunnerzaurus 100% spot on we definetly need a mgs1 remake
Pro Evolution Master League to be released please.
As a longtime fan of Metal Gear, I would really like to revisit one of the classic games. I wish they brought a Castlevania Lords of Shadow remastered collection would be good too. A all new Castlevania game is a sure bet anyway.
@torne you mean you don't want a, always online, games-as-a-service model Castlevania title, with daily challenge updates and an online store where you can spend real money to buy new colours for your cape, or potentially, a monster skin to play as, while other players interfere with your character and impede your progress by dropping annoying messages or dancing in front of doors and checkpoints?
@Shstrick It's all about 'symphony of the night', unless you wanna go real retro, in which case, I'd say 'rondo of blood'.
You get both with the castlevania collection on ps store!
Note- when I say 'retro', that means difficult, as well as old, hidden, mechanics that are barely explained. (But much can be found online, if needed!)
@Gunnerzaurus I think the same. Im not that clued up on MGS games but I’d love the play the original one either remade or a really good remaster
@Gunnerzaurus Twin Snakes on GameCube is a bit better.
Rather have a remake of MGS1 to be honest. A new Castlevania would be great, they could do so much with that franchise.
What a thrill...
Do it. They should start with 1 and do them all though but at this point I'll take anything.
Hoping for a Castlevania DS Collection remaster.
Metal Gear Solid rumors.
Same as it ever was.
On one hand it's sad that companies have so little artistic creativity that all we can hope for is remakes of their works from a score ago.
That said, I would love ANY Metal gear remake, other than phantom pain, that's still great as it is. I would prefer they start with MGS1 and just go in order though.
With Konami, it's very much a 'I'll believe it when I see it' sort of attitude for me.
Would adore a new Castlevania though.
@Meehanuk_1987 Seriously, how hard can it be? They already laid some frame work when they did return to shadow Moses in mgs4 and that was one of the best gaming moments in my life.
As for mgs 2... Mother base from mgs v is basically the big shell.
Let's get this stuff going already
@Shstrick There are 3 collections on the PS store. The "Anniversary Collection" has 8 of the older games (3rd & 4th gen) emulated from the NES / SNES / Gameboy / Mega Drive versions & is a good starting place for the classic games; the "Advance collection" has the three GBA games plus Dracula X (a remake / alternate retelling of Rondo of Blood for the SNES), and "Requiem" (exclusive to Playstation 'cos Sony paid for the minimal dev work actually involved in the release) contains emulated versions of the PSP ports of Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night that were embedded in "Dracula X Chronicles" (itself a remake of Rondo).
They come up in sales quite a lot, but if you only want to get one, get Requiem; Rondo is pretty much the culmination of the "classic" games & Symphony established the "Metroidvania" format.
Symphony is also available as an emulated version of the OG Playstation version on PS3 and that version includes the memetic Dracula-Richter dialogue in the English version which was changed in the PSP version, as well as the IMO superior ending theme "I am the Wind."
I'm scared because like... how do you make a MGS game without, y'know, the captain of the series. If Kojima was somehow on board, even as a consultant, I'll happily sit down and watch wide-eyed. If he's not, I'll scowl carefully through squinty-eyes like Futurama's Fry.
@ChromaticDracula
Konami already made a Metal Gear game without Kojima, with zombies in it. It was awful...and then they released Contra: Rogue Corp the next year. Konami has not made good game since they cancelled Silent Hiils. Also, those game compilations by Hamster and M2 does not count.
Personally, I am getting pretty tired of all the remakes, especially now that they're trying to sell them all for full price each.
MGS3 remake would be dope, as long as it leads to them remaking the other games too!
A Metal Gear Solid 3 remake, done right, could make 2023 for me.
They should be remaking Metal Gear 1 and Metal Gear 2. It was the most natural progression from MGSV. Then remake Metal Gear Solid. MGS3 is one of the last games they should be remaking.
MGS3 is my favorite in the series. It really pushed the PS2 hardware to its limits.
@torne Or even worse don't you have phones moment.
@Flaming_Kaiser somehow I don't think Konami would be as tone deaf as blizzard but you never know.
Why in the world wouldn’t they remake the 1st game first? That is the one most in need of a remake, and probably the most beloved.
@torne Dont you underestimate big corp they can be so clueless it's terrifying.
Just a heads up on this. Its is also Rumored that Virtuos, the studio that completely botched the Horizon Sero Dawn pc port, which had to be fixed by guerilla and nixxes, is potentially attached to the MGS Remake. They botched that release so badly, that a Bloodborne PC port was cancelled, because virtuos cant hang in terms of quality.
Meaning MGS is likely just a side hustle by Konami, and may very well will be another potential letdown in terms quality and of being an actual REMAKE.
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