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News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Nets 40/40 In Famitsu
Worried about the quality of a mainline Playstation Portable developed Metal Gear Solid game? Erm, don't
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker just nabbed a 40/40 in the Japanese gaming Bible Famitsu. That's a perfect score whichever way you look at it. The last game to score 40/40 in Famitsu was New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Metal Gear Solid 3 scored exactly...
News Metal Gear Solid 4, Peace Walker Team Switch Over To Metal Gear Solid: Rising
A podcast report released by Kojima Productions confirms that the development team behind Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker have now switched over to support the development of Metal Gear Solid: Rising
Presenter Sean Eyestone confirms: Every once in a while we do this [move around] as one project finishes, then the next...
News Kojima Being Kojima: "I'll Leave The Industry If I Mess Up Next Project"
We love Kojima, but sometimes he's a bit melodramatic
Then we suppose the man that dreamt up the Metal Gear Solid franchise would need to be a little big melodramatic, wouldn't they? Yeah, ok then. It makes sense. Still, with Kojima's attentions seemingly already turned to his next project, the legendary developer has Tweeted about the consequences...
News Exclusive Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Shirts Are Rad
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker may be bringing real-life products such as Doritos and Mountain Dew into video games, but manufacturer UNIQLO are planning on bringing video games into real-life
This set of exclusive Peace Walker themed shirts will be available from April 26th. However, if you head to the UNIQLO store on London's Oxford Street on June...
News Zone Of The Enders 3 Hinted At By Hideo Kojima
With Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker wrapped up and out of the way (sort of ), video games mastermind Hideo Kojima appears to have turned his attention to a new project
One featuring mechs. "I'm thinking about the casting for my next title," Kojima Tweeted, as translated by Andriasang. "The project plan still hasn't reached a detailed...
News Castlevania Devs "Looked At" Playstation Move But "Decided Against It" For Lords Of Shadow
There's a new Castlevania game coming out
It's called Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow. It would probably be pretty cool with the Playstation Move, but ultimately developers MercurySteam "decided against" using Sony's new motion controller. This information comes via a Tweet from producer David Cox: "No we arent using the Playstation...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets Amazing "Big Boss" Bundle Exclusive At GameStop
Big games demand big attention, and in all honesty, there's nothing bigger on the PSP this year than Kojima Production's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Hence, American retailer are going whole hog with a specially crafted bundle for the game. The "Big Boss" bundle - which will be sold exclusively at US retailer GameStop in addition to the...
News Sigh, Alright, Enough With The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trailers
We're getting the distinct impression that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's going to be a rather large game
Well, it's going to have to be anyway. Up to this point we've seen about an hour's worth of footage from the game through continuous trailer releases from Kojima Productions. Here's another 8-minute epic from them. Talk about mindshare.
News Product Placement's The Order Of The Day, Snake
Mountain Dew's not the only product placement in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker; players will happen upon Doritos, Pepsi Nex, Axe Deodrant, Sony Walkman, Famitsu and Dengeki magazines and Uniqlo t-shirts
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News Castlevania Man: Uncharted 2 Didn't "Redefine Action Games" (Erm, Nobody Said It Did?)
Well this is an odd one
We liked Uncharted 2: Among Thieves because it was the best game of 2009. The gameplay mechanics, stunning visuals and fabulous scripting, pacing and voice acting were all key components for its success. Many hail Uncharted 2 as one of the best games this generation - but for some reason, in an interview with PSM3 magazine,...
News Meet The Cast Of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Kojima Productions' released yet another video for their upcoming Playstation Portable title, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
This trailer details the game's pretty expansive cast. Man, the game looks amazing for a PSP title. Kojima announced this morning that Peace Walker would feature Monster Hunter crossover content.
News Kojima Reckons Games Consoles As We Know It Are On The Way Out
Speaking during this morning's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker conference (which resulted in the announcement of a Monster Hunter collaboration), Kojima made a prediction that console gaming as we know it will be "phased out in the near future"
The Kojima Productions man predicted that console gamers should have their fix "on the go" in the...
We told you this morning about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's crossover content with Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise
The results look a bit like this, thanks to screens released by Famitsu. Yeah - we know, it looks awesome.</em>
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Crosses With Monster Hunter, Makes Some People Blissfully Happy
Kojima's revealed his "big announcement" regarding Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, that he teased late last week
That is, Snake will happen upon the world of Monster Hunter in his latest outing. The unusual, but totally awesome crossover, will see Snake take on a range of monsters common in Capcom's Monster Hunter series. There'll even be a cameo...
News Announcement Of Announcement: Kojima Hints "Big Peace Walker" News This Wednesday
Hideo Kojima has hinted that a big Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker announcement is due on Wednesday
The man responsible for Metal Gear's madness Tweeted: "On Wednesday, there will be a big Peace Walker announcement. I don't think you can understand the enjoyment of Peace Walker until you've played it, but I believe you'll feel a hint of sorts...
News Kojima Productions & Ubisoft Montreal Do April Fools' Day
Half of the "humour" in this video goes right over our head
But we do get the Assassin's Creed piss-taking. That's funny. We guess. Sort of. Maybe? Haha - surgical masks. Sigh. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="468" height="260" codebase=" name="allowfullscreen"...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Suffers A Delay In The UK
Not an April Fools' Day joke we're 'fraid
CVG's confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will receive a month-long delay here in the UK, hitting shelves on June 18th as opposed to the originally planned date of May 28th. Sorry folks, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
News Retail List Leaks Big Activision Releases Call Of Duty 7, DJ Hero 2 & James Bond Racing
We don't know how they've done it, but VG247 has got their hands on a release schedule from British retailer GAME
Amongst many interesting discoveries, the listing outs a number of key Activision titles for release in October. Amongst the big hitters are Call Of Duty 7 - the latest foray into the military shooter franchise by spin-off developer...
News Another 10 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker For Your Viewing Pleasure
Konami's continuing to release big fat chunks of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker gameplay, and this latest video focuses on a co-op boss battle against an angry helicopter
Y'know - when GiantBomb.com claimed helicopters were evil, we think they were onto something. There's not a game goes by that doesn't seem to include a helicopter as some kind of...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Teams Up With Mountain Dew In Japan
If you're in Japan, you might want to grab yourself some Mountain Dew
Why? Because the cans are being branded with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker character art. Naturally, the colloboration works two ways - as Mountain Dew is set to make an appearance in Peace Walker. It'll appear as an in-game item. We love it when games do that. [Pic: Andriasang]
Stop what you're doing
The latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is balls-to-the-wall amazing. It features some startlingly in-your-face J-pop and ridiculously pretty Playstation Portable visuals. The game's not far off now, thus you should probably go buy Sony's portably system if you don't already have one. You're going to need a PSP...
News We Betchya're Ready For More Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Right?
After last week's 10-minute epic look at Konami's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, we didn't think there'd be a new video for some time
How wrong we were. Hey, how do you fancy another ten minutes of gameplay? You do. Well - cool beans then. Press the play button and digest.
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets A June 8th US Release Date
Konami's announced that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will hit the American PSPs on June 8th
This follows the announcement of yesterday's Peace Walker hardware bundle, which incidentally will be released on the same day. We're excited. Are you, valued reader?
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets A Green PSP Bundle In The US
Looks like SCEA are going to give Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker a pretty ample push, announcing that the PSP title will get a special bundle
The bundle is set to include a Green PSP-3000, the game on UMD, a Playstation Network movie voucher, and a 2GB pro-duo memory stick for $199.99. Sounds like an excellent deal. Peace Walker will also release...
News Kojima: MGS: Peace Walker Is A "True Metal Gear Game"
Because it's a PSP title, many people are writing off Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as some kind of spin-off saga
Not true, Hideo Kojima has been keen to emphasise over and over, this is the real deal. Over on Twitter, the Kojima Productions head honcho wrote:PW is going to be released as a portable game, but it is a TRUE MGS game in the saga,...
News Kojima: Metal Gear Solid: Rising Will Bring In "New Users"
Hideo Kojima has suggested via Twitter that the new Metal Gear Solid: Rising game, being developed by a band of Kojima Productions upstarts, will bring new people to the franchise
He posted:The next MGS RISING. this game will create new users, be developed by the new generation, a new MGS."</blockquote> Very little is known about...
News Oh, How About 9 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Konami's just dropped a nine-minute long look at the upcoming PSP foray into the Metal Gear franchise, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
There's tons of new stuff to see here that wasn't included in the recent demo. Well worth checking out (if you have the time!). Apparently, more videos are planned.
News So Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Really Is Metal Gear Solid 5...
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a Playstation Portable title
It has no "number". But apparently there was a time when the game did. Look at this logo. It's an old one that was posted on Kojima Productions' developers blog by Jiro Oishi. It says "Metal Gear Solid 5" on it. As we all know, the number was dropped before the E3...
News Kojima Gutted About Peace Walker Delay, Describes It As A "Crime"
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker has been delayed
Director Hideo Kojima is pretty gutted about that. He wrote on his blog:I always preach to the staff, You must not have a delay after a release date has been announced. There is no greater crime as a game developer.Official announcement of a release date is nothing less than a promise to fans...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets Slapped With A Delay In Japan
Konami's announced that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker has been pushed back a month in Japan
The game was originally due on March 18th in the country, but it'll now land on April 29th. That delay, however, will not affect the Western release in May.
News Hideo Kojima Is The Studio's Narrative King
When you've got an IP as rich as the Metal Gear universe, it surprises me that anyone truly understands the fiction
We guess though, if anyone has a semblance of an idea about what's going on - it would be creator Hideo Kojima. Thus it's no surprise to hear Kojima tell Official Playstation Magazine that, "Not so many ideas come from the other...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Voice Actress Tops Japanese Charts
Only serving to fuel our obsession with Asian pop-music, Nana Mizuki - the voice of the Costa Rican chick Paz Ortega Andrade in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - has topped the Japanese pop charts with Phantom Minds
The single moved 54,000 copies last week. It's like a breakneck ballad with an all-over-the-place bassline and lots of filtered drum...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Artwork Looks Super Sexy, Slightly Edgy
If you have any interest in the Metal Gear Solid franchise, you'd flit yourself over to Joystiq right now
Why? Because they have a host of new screens and artwork from upcoming PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The screens look awesome (man, is it a PSP game, really?), but dude, some of the artwork is phenomonal too. Check it here.
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Coming To The US On May 25th
So after a May 28th date for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was announced for the UK, it only seemed logical that the USA would get it a few days prior on May 25th
Which is exactly what Konami have announced. That's all really. Nothing more to see here.
News Kojima & Co Scribble On PSPs For Playstation's Birthday
It was the 15th birthday of the Playstation brand yesterday
So how did long-term fans Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear Solid artist Yoji Shinkawa celebrate? By scribbling on their PSPs of course. The top PSP is signed by Hideo Kojima himself, and the bottom one is signed and drawn all over by Shinkawa. If you want to win one of the systems you'll need to...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Coming May 28th In The UK
Konami has announced that the upcoming PSP Metal Gear Solid title, Peace Walker, will land on the PSP May 28th next year in the UK
Metal Gear Solid fans should prepare themselves for the next chapter of Snakes story, writes Kojima-san himself in the PR. [The game] will answer many of the series unanswered questions and showcase a...
News Konami Confirms Metal Gear Solid For European Playstation Store Release This Thursday
Hurah-guzzah and all that
Kojima's mainstream master-piece, Metal Gear Solid, will see release (at long last) on the European Playstation Store this Thursday. Konami say the game will cost £7.99, and of course, it'll be playable on either Playstation 3 or PSP. Konami also say that Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and its sequel - Portable Ops + -...
News Kojima Productions Working On An English Peace Walker Demo
The worst thing about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker at the moment is that it makes no sense at all
Obviously, we chortle. We've only played a Japanese demo so, kinda expect things to be in Japanese. Thanfully, Kojima and his team are working on bringing us an English demo however. According to a Kojima Productions podcast, it's actually already in...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Getting Another Demo
Kojima's official blog has brought word that there is another Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo headed to the Japanese PSN this Sunday, November 1st
It'll be a tweaked version of the demo that was playable on Konami's Tokyo Game Show booth. Kojima Productions have modified the controls based on player feedback, adding a third control scheme on top...
News Hideo Kojima & Patrice Desilets Love Each Other Lots
Speaking in the latest issue of Famitsu, via 1Up, Kojima Production's Hideo Kojima and Ubisoft Montreal's Patrice Desilets have heaped praise on each other's projects
Kojima said, "I think there are three games that stand out above the rest of the pack in the remainder of this year. One is Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, one is Uncharted 2, and...
News Kojima Productions Are Tweaking Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's Control Scheme
Having now played Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, we thought the controls were pretty good
Certainly not ideal - what PSP games are? - but pretty passable. Kojima though, ever the perfectionist, has listened closely to player feedback from the recent Tokyo Game Show and is ready to tweak. Big time. At the TGS demo there were two control types...
News TGS 09: Yet Another Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trailer Epic
We don't even know why you've stopped to read what we have to say about this
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a game that demands your attention with every trailer released. This trailer is no different. In this 9 minute long epic, Hideo Kojima showcases exactly why Peace Walker is billed as the natural progression from Metal Gear Solid 4. It's...
News TGS 09: Get The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Demo Now
So, we're going to assume if you're sitting here reading this that you're not at TGS
Thus, you're probably yet to check out Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's latest demo right? Worry not, IGN have your back. All you need to do is download the file from their website and copy it across to your PSP's "Game" folder. Make sure you have the...
News Look, It's New Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Details
Japanese gaming bible Famitsu want you to know about a few faces other than Snake that will appear in the upcoming PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Amongst the revealed faces are Amanda, Huey, Chico, Coldman, Strangelove, Galvez, Cecile, Paz, and, most notably, Master Miller from Metal Gear 2. Even more interestingly, Famitsu detailed some...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Is All About Control Variety
The third-person shooter-esque controls from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots were quite a step-forward for the franchise
But Kojima still wants to give players a choice between the new and the traditional with the upcoming PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. In the game, players will be able to pick between the "action"...
News Kojima: Peace Walker & Rising Teams Do Not Get On
Ever noticed anything frosty between Kojima's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Metal Gear Solid: Rising projects? Kojima-san himself has been quick to describe Peace Walker as a true sequel in the past
And it seems the actual teams within Kojima Productions are not getting on too great regarding the projects either. In an exclusive interview with...
News Kojima's Classic Policenauts Now Totally Playable In English Thanks To A Fan-Made Patch
Hey Kojima fans
Have you been waiting to play Policenauts in English since, like, 1996? No problem, the Kojima fan community have got your back. They've totally translated the game. The patch to play in English requires an original Japanese copy of the game and a Playstation that can play CD-Rs. You'll need to rip the game files, apply the patch and...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Will Take "Hundreds Of Hours" To Complete
Hideo Kojima has stated that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be a full sequel, so full of content it will take "hundreds of hours to complete"
"The main team from MGS4 is participating in the development of this title and I am involved in all aspects of the game, ranging from design, direction and scenario writing," Kojima writes in...
News If You Were Baffled By Metal Gear Solid's Timeline, Well, So Is Hideo Kojima
It's often said that if a writer is not sure of his fiction, how can those reading it know better? This statement rings true with Metal Gear Solid
Despite our deep love for the franchise (and the surprisingly helpful Metal Gear Solid Database) we still find the intricacies of the saga baffling. That's ok though, because Kojima himself doesn't know...
News GamesCom 09: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trailer Is An Absolute Epic
Prepare yourself for 9 minutes of Snake-to-the-power-of-four action
This trailer is up there with Kojima's best. Get some pop-corn. Put it in the microwave. Turn the microwave on for a bit. Cover it in salt. Add some butter while it's still warm. Sit back. And press play. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker deserves that kind of attention.
