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Weirdness This Metal Gear Solid V iDroid iPhone Case Is Epically Impractical
But totally rad
One of the most intriguing new pieces of tech in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is Snake's handy dandy iDroid. The technological toy replaces some of the functions of the traditional codec, while also adding in a few nifty new abilities. It's a pretty unsubtle jab at the insanely popular iPhone, but we'll forgive it, if only...
News Hideo Kojima Wants You to Play Metal Gear Solid 5 with a Smartphone in Tow
Thinking outside the box
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is quietly creeping up on us, so Sony has put together this video interview with franchise director Hideo Kojima, in which he explains some of the title's exciting new features. One such element that the auteur is keen to emphasise is the ability to access information such as Snake's map and...
News These Psychotic Metal Gear Solid V Screens Feature a Frighteningly Familiar Face
Man-tis game looks good
It's still a little hard to believe that we'll be getting a next-gen Metal Gear Solid game so early in the PlayStation 4's lifecycle. Some have compared the purportedly paltry prologue to the Tanker mission from the second game in the franchise, but that certainly isn't stopping u
Weirdness This MGS 5 Shopping Bag May Just Be the Silliest Swag You've Ever Seen
Don't be a Hayter
You may have noticed that Metal Gear Solid series director Hideo Kojima has recently been talking up an exclusive partnership between Sony and Konami that will apparently facilitate an entire menagerie of stealthy promotional tie-ins. We've already seen the
News More Special Treatment as PS4 Gets Best Version of Ground Zeroes
Snake in at 1080p
Following industry legend Hideo Kojima's praise of the PlayStation 4, new details have revealed that Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes will run at 1080p on Sony's super machine, compared to 720p on the Xbox One. Both next-gen instalments will run at 60 frames-per-second, while the PlayStation 3 version will run in 720p at 30...
News Metal Gear Solid Creator Hideo Kojima Thinks That PS4 Is the 'Best Console'
Playing favourites
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima appears to have fallen head over heels for the PlayStation 4. The legendary developer recently declared that upcoming prologue Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes would shine most on Sony’s system, and now he’s candidly admitted that the Japanese giant’s latest device is by fa
Rumour Did Kojima Just Reveal a Special Edition PS4 for Metal Gear Solid 5?
De-cypher this one
Hideo Kojima, the director of the critically acclaimed Metal Gear Solid franchise, may just be the king of social media. The auteur is clearly getting bored now that he doesn't get to play dress up anymore, so he's decided to bombar
News Kojima Keeps Teasing with Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Special Edition
Box of mysteries
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has been constantly teasing just about everything to do with his upcoming game Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes lately. Not wanting to tarnish his new reputation, the Japanese visionary has started the week by showing off the title's special edition packaging. But does this st
News Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Looks Best on PS4, Says Kojima
Luminary picks Sony's system over Xbox One
It may have a running time comparable to the average Hollywood blockbuster, but Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes is still one of the most hotly anticipated titles on the horizon for the PlayStation 4. Serving as a prologue to the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, the st
News Hideo Kojima Wants You to Play Ground Zeroes Over and Over Again
La-li-lu-le-whoa
There was a huge kerfuffle recently when Game Informer revealed in a preview that upcoming stealth game Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes only took its staff around two hours to complete. Everyone was just a little bit miffed, and understandably so, as the purportedly paltry prologue to next year's
News Hideo Kojima Won't Stop Tweeting Out Teases for Metal Gear Solid 5
Raiden dirty
Who needs fancy press releases when we have Hideo Kojima's Twitter feed? The man is a walking marketing machine, tweeting out picture upon picture of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, and sending our Soliton hype radars into overdrive. Most recently, he posted a screenshot of the exceedingly endearing
News Hideo Kojima Took a Break from Metal Gear Solid 5 to Give Knack a Try
Don't Knack it till you try it
When he's not busy reminding us that he gets to play Metal Gear Solid 5 and we don't, it seems that Hideo Kojima, the director of the acclaimed stealth series, spends his precious spare moments testing out the competition. The professional provocateur recently took critical
News Kojima's Metal Gear Solid V Teaser Puts PS4 at Ground Zero
Snake? Snake! Snaaaaaake!
Always the tease, Hideo Kojima has posted pictures of the highly anticipated Metal gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes running on PlayStation 4, via his Twitter account. Spotted by DualShockers, one of the pictures, which will have owners of Sony's new generation machine yelling the series' protagonist's name in excitement, s
News Kojima Wants Someone To Remake Metal Gear Solid Using Fox Engine
Snake!
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that he's looking for an external studio to produce a new version of the original Metal Gear Solid, and he wants it done using the swanky new Fox Engine. Speaking during a closed interview session at E3, Kojima confirmed that he was actively seeking the help of another developer to produce the...
News Metal Gear Solid 5's Main Voice Actor to Be Unmasked Next Week
New trailer focuses on gameplay
Solid Snake’s new voice actor will be revealed during Konami’s pre-E3 press conference on 6th June, according to a teaser image posted on NeoGAF. Legendary performer David Hayter waved goodbye to the character earlier in the year, after insinuating that
News Why Isn't David Hayter in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain?
Hideo Kojima opens up
Legendary voice actor David Hayter will not be reprising his role as Solid Snake (or Big Boss) in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain because creator Hideo Kojima wants the upcoming adventure to be a “new type” of Metal Gear experience. “It will be a new person, I can’t say who yet,” the luminary said in an interview...
News Hideo Kojima Takes the Bandages off Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Doing things differently
Wrapped in bandages like his fake accomplice Joakim Mogren, slightly bonkers video game luminary Hideo Kojima confirmed during his GDC 2013 keynote earlier today that The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes are actually, well,
News Is That The Phantom Pain on Hideo Kojima's Desktop Computer?
Legendary developer spills the beans
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has taken a break from photographing his lunch, opting to snap a quick shot of his desktop computer instead. While that would be a pretty uneventful occurrence under ordinary circumstances, the Kojima Productions man doesn’t do things by half. As such, it’s no surprise that the...
News Hideo Kojima's Celebratory PS3 Lunchbox Will Turn Your Tummy
Don't play with your food
We always assumed that money hats came in briefcases packed with one hundred dollar bills, but Sony clearly has different ideas. At its Tokyo headquarters earlier today, the platform holder presented Hideo Kojima with a specially prepared PlayStation 3 bento box, designed to celebrate Metal Gear Solid's recent 25th...
News Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Will Boast a Day and Night Cycle
Sneaking in the sunshine
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes will boast a day and night cycle, according to Eurogamer.net. The website reports that series creator Hideo Kojima divulged the information in an interview after the game's recent unveiling. According to the industry luminary, the day and night cycle will boost replayability, allowing players...
News Don't Mix Up Project Ogre and Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
Two different beasts
Project Ogre and the recently revealed Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes are two entirely different projects — and don't let Hideo Kojima hear you say otherwise. Metal Gear's main man huffed on Twitter that he was "sick and tired" of people asking if the games are one and the same during PAX Prime. We gues
News Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Debut Trailer Revealed At PAX
Showing off FOX Engine
On Thursday Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, revealed his upcoming title, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. Today, he has teased us with a ten minute gameplay trailer, sure to get Metal Gear fans excited. While the footage was shown running through a PC, Kojima has stated that the specs are comparable to...
News Hideo Kojima Reveals Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
Stunning sequel
Hideo Kojima has marked Metal Gear’s 25th anniversary with a customary bang, announcing a brand new entry in the series named Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. Attendees at an overnight birthday bash were wowed by a real-time gameplay demo which showed protagonist Big Boss infiltrating a rain-drenched compound, before offing a...
News Hideo Kojima Promises Fox Engine Reveal on 30th August
Out in the wild
The technology behind Hideo Kojima’s next game, Fox Engine, will be revealed at a Metal Gear 25th Anniversary event on 30th August, the legendary developer has announced. Chatting with the PlayStation Blog, Kojima explained that the software is “nearly finished, but the only way to be sure it works is to create a game at the same...
News Hideo Kojima Teases the Return of Solid Snake
Here we go again
Not content with the handful of other projects he’s already announced, Hideo Kojima has now purportedly confirmed the existence of Metal Gear Solid 5. Speaking with a French magazine, the legendary developer apparently insinuated that there will be a fifth entry in the popular stealth series, and unsurprisingly it will take...
News Hideo Kojima Teases New Zone of the Enders Project
Slim pickings
Hideo Kojima is the master of making huge announcements while sharing very little information at all, and the legendary developer has been at it again. Rounding out a Zone of the Enders HD conference in Shinjuku, the Kojima Productions head thought it appropriate to announce the next title in the popular series – and then shut up...
News Metal Gear Solid HD on PS Vita Uses Rear Touch Controls
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...
News Kojima Tweets Sneaky Pic of MGS HD Collection on Vita
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...
News Hideo Kojima Unsure If Japan Can Compete In Current Gaming Market
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...
News Hideo Kojima's Project Ogre Is Open World
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 Im making is some game that has...
News Kojima Posts Project Ogre Screens On Twitter
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...
News Kojima Productions Doesn't Have Enough Staff To Make Zone Of The Enders 3
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...
News Hideo Kojima's Business Cards Are Awesome, Over The Top
You didn't expect the creator of Metal Gear, Hideo Kojima, to do things by half did you? The Kojima Productions gaffer has shown off his new business cards on Twitter
They are made of metal. Yup.
News Kojima: Metal Gear Solid Traditionalists Might Not Be So Hot On Rising
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,...
News Hideo Kojima On Metal Gear Solid 5: 'We'll Have To Make It'
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 well 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...
News Hideo Kojima Hopes Metal Gear Solid Will Continue After His Death
We're not sure who's going to make sense of the current storyline, but Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima hopes that the stealth series will continue after his death
The 48-year old (!!!) video game legend told an audience at the University of Southern California that he will continue to make Metal Gear Solid titles for as long as fans want them...
News Kojima's New IP, Metal Gear and Zone of Enders HD Collections Hit PS Vita
Fox Engine goes portable
Hideo Kojima took the stage during Sony's Tokyo Game Show press conference with news that two of his most beloved franchises will be headed to PS Vita in the form of HD collections. Kojima also confirmed that his new PS3 Fox Engine game will utilize transfarring, meaning it will also be available on PS Vita. The Zone of...
News Hideo Kojima Talks Fox Engine, Vita and Transfarring
What's the Big Boss up to?
Kojima Production showed off it's latest game engine, Fox Engine, during E3 this year, and in a recent interview with the PlayStation Blog, Hideo Kojima discussed his future plans for the engine, which include taking it beyond the PS3, and perhaps to the PS Vita. For now, FOX Engine has high performance in developing...
News Kojima To Take Advantage Of 'Transfarring' Technology For All Future Games
Kojima has a dream in which all of his future games will be playable on the move or at home
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita make that dream a reality. In fact, Kojima is so excited by the possibility that he's created his own terminology for the technology: transfarring. Speaking on the most recent Kojima Productions podcast, the visionary...
News Kojima Posts Mysterious Image On Twitter, Says He's Not Going To E3
Ah Hideo Kojima
We like to imagine his life is just as complex and convoluted as a good Metal Gear Solid narrative. The video game visionary has posted an image on Twitter alongside a statement that he is recording for his new project. The image shows two monitors with an unclear figure on the screen. What does it all mean? We'll let someone else...
News Hideo Kojima Scores Top Job At Konami
Konami's promoted legendary developer, Hideo Kojima, to the rank of corporate officer a press release has confirmed
The promotion makes Kojima one of the top bodies at the publisher, and rightly so. Kojima's been behind some of the best games throughout the PlayStation's lifespan, including the Metal Gear Solid and Zone Of The Enders titles...
News Hideo Kojima Teases "Devil Project", We're Clueless
Hideo Kojima, ever the tease, has started Tweeting about something he's deeming the "devil project"
We've absolutely no idea what it is, but we've included a series of messages from the Metal Gear mastermind for your convenience: Have to give priority to another lines scenario etc., so now I cannot work on the devil project and...
News PlayStation Meeting 2011: Metal Gear Solid 4 Demonstrated On NGP
Sony's new handheld, the NGP, is an absolute power-house
During Sony's PlayStation Meeting in Tokyo this morning, the platform holder brought Hideo Kojima on-stage to demonstrate PlayStation 3 title, Metal Gear Solid 4, on the portable system. "There's no announcement of a new title today," Kojima confessed, "But I'd like to talk...
News Hideo Kojima Would Love To Bring A Game To Next Year's Tokyo Game Show
While Hideo Kojima had a game present at this year's Tokyo Game Show, it wasn't his game
Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow may well have been one of the best titles on display, but it's being developed by MercurySteam, and Kojima is only overseeing the development. That said, the Kojima Productions boss would like to announce something of his own at next...
News Kojima "Wanted" To Develop 3D Metal Gear Solid 4 With Trophies, Doesn't Have The Time
What's the one thing you've always wanted in Metal Gear Solid 4? Trophies, right
Yeah, us too. 3D support would just be the icing on the cake, right? Totally. Well it nearly happened. In fact, agonisingly Kojima's revealed that he "wanted" to release a "Complete" version of the title. Sadly, he just doesn't have the time. We...
News Kojima Teases "Big" Pre-Tokyo Game Show Announcement
Presumably peeved at having to share the headlines with Ken Levine, Hideo Kojima's teased some "big" news of his own on Twitter [cheers Andriasang] -- basically, he's got something to say this weekend
The Metal Gear man revealed on Twitter that despite being ill, he wants to rest up and recover in time for the weekend, and his "big"...
News Hideo Kojima Tied To Adventure Game Project
In an interview with Japanese website 4Gamer (picked up and kindly translated by AndriaSang), the CEO of publisher 5pb, Chiyomaru Shikura, revealed that his upcoming collaboration with Hideo Kojima could well be an adventure game
"Kojima said that he wanted to make an adventure game," Shikura explained, adding, "we're still at the...
News Kojima: "The Younger Generation Of Japan Is Losing"
Hideo Kojima has revealed that he believes Japan are in a "losing" battle due to the recent boom of Western games development
The Metal Gear man said that he feels the younger generation of Japanese game developers have lost their motivation. He came to conclusion after watching a TV documentary about foreign exchange students who were passionate...
News Kojima Exclusive News Purely Rumour & Speculation For Now
Either Kojima's trying to pull a David Jaffe, or there really is no "face melting" PlayStation 3 in the works
We're hoping for the former, but we're not holding our breath. According to the productions boss on the Metal Gear franchise, Kenichiro Imaizumi, suggestions of a big PlayStation 3 reveal from Kojima are purely rumour and speculation. The...
News Kojima: Sorry, Zone Of The Enders 3 Is On Hold
Deep down we were expecting some kind of Zone Of The Enders announcement at E3
Kojima had been talking about the franchise for a while, and it just felt like the right time to announce it. Sadly, in the absence of an announcement, it sounds like the game's been pushed back. Regarding ZOE3, theres been various things, so its been sort of...
