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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 Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Being Developed With PS3 As Lead Platform
Hurrah for games starting to be developed with the Playstation 3's architecture in mind
Cue Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow's lead David Cox, who tweeted: <span>PS3 is the lead platform but the game is identical on both formats, he said. Excellent, take note SEGA.</span> <span><span>Alongside development details, David also...
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 Why Did The Frogger Cross The Road? To Get To The PSN!
Frogger Returns
Yup, literally. That is the title of the Playstation Network Frogger reboot Konami are currently working on. The game will have local multiplayer and be 12 times the size of the original. There'll also be modern power-up twists, such as the ability to reverse time and become invincible. Oh, and if you didn't know anything about...
Pro Evolution Soccer has been a big brand on the Playstation for years
First week sales of the new Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 confirm that brand loyalty is far from dead. The Playstation 3 SKU of the game managed to contribute to 66% of the game's total sales - a minor victory for Sony where the XBOX 360 usually enjoys the greater share of...
News Konami Ship 3 Million Copies Of PES 2010 To Europe
FIFA 10 may have taken its crown, but that's certainly not stopping Konami from shipping a whole ton of copies of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 to retailers across Europe
3 million copies to be precise. Konami have said they fully expect the game to be a "million selling title at launch", touting, "global sales for the PES series to date...
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 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Hits PSP & PS2 February 2010 In Europe
Konami have been pretty up and down with the release date of their Silent Hill reboot, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Thankfully, Eurogamer have finally got a date out of them for the Europeans. The game will launch in February 2010 on PSP and PS2, with still no American date provided.
News Konami Looking Towards Motion Control In Playstation 3 Games
Sony's Playstation Motion Controller is actually really not that far away
Seriously, it'll be here within the next 6 months or so. And developers are having to prepare for that. Take Konami and their Pro Evolution Soccer franchise; honcho Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka said his team are "looking at integrating [Playstation Motion Controller] into...
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 Zombie Apocalypse Hits The Playstation Network This Week
So it's a dual-joystick shooter involving zombies; pretty much the absolute biggest cliche you can muster in this generation of video games
Still, Zombie Apocalypse looks pretty darn fun. Nihilistic Software have confirmed via their blog that the hordes of undead will rise on the Playstation Store from this week for just $10. We're looking forward...
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 These Silent Hill My Little Ponies Are Frightening
Viewers of a nervous disposition, look away, now
Too late? Aww well. Enterprising ebay member clickclackcat has concocted these disgustingly awesome My Little Pony designs based on Pyramid Head and a Zombie Nurse from Silent Hill. They're vile and we wouldn't want to put them anywhere near our house. Still, you can kinda see how they're also really...
News Trophies Might Be Heading To Metal Gear Solid 4 Afterall
Hear this Metal Gear Solid fans: Kojima Productions know you want trophies
As part of the latest Kojima Productions podcast, the company talk a little bit about the word on every MGS-avid's lips; trophies."I just wanna tell everybody out there right now that your voices are being heard and that we're not ignoring you. We hear everything that...
News Konami Are Bringing Back Solid Snake & Friends To The Playstation 2
Eurogamer are reporting that you Europeans who missed out on classic Konami Playstation 2 titles will get another chance
The first batch of games will include Suikoden Tactics, Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and will later be joined by Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3 and Silent...
News Kojima Productions Are Attempting "PS3 Quality" With Peace Walker
Hideo Kojima is treating the PSP's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as Metal Gear Solid 5
Despite the drop in hardware possibilities Kojima reckons the team working on it are "aiming for PS3 quality because they were creating MGS4 on the PS3 not too long ago". Kojima did not comment on how Peace Walker's multiplayer would work but he has...
