<![CDATA[Kotaku: Kojima]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Kojima]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/kojima http://kotaku.com/tag/kojima <![CDATA[Kojima Productions Announces An Announcement]]> On a recent Kojima Productions Podcast, the Metal Gear studio announced that it would be announcing announcements at E3. It also announced that it would be announcing "something special" (an announcement?) next week before E3 starts. [VideoGamer] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5806185&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hideo Kojima And Yoichi Wada, Talking. On Twitter.]]> At the 2008 E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada appeared on stage and tapped Microsoft exec Don Mattrick on the shoulder. At the 2009 E3, Hideo Kojima did the same. But why? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5473538&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kojima Apologizes; Says 'No Greater Crime' than a Delay]]> Hideo Kojima is taking the delay (in Japan) of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker very seriously, and has posted a personal mea culpa asking for fans' forgiveness and their continued trust. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5460800&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kojima Weighs In on Obama's Nobel Prize]]> On his blog, Hideo Kojima found a tie-in, albeit a tenuous one, between his upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama yesterday. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5378697&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Walks To PSP In 2010]]> Hideo Kojima made a guess appearance at Sony's 2009 E3 press conference to announce Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PlayStation Portable. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5276018&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mega64: The Kojima Code]]> We've all pondered the ominous clouds found in Kojima's teaser...um clouds. Fortunately, Mega64 is here to set us all straight. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5268948&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is Kojima Working on Lords of Shadow?]]> The stream of vague reveals and teases regarding Hideo Kojima's next game continues to trickle out. Here's the cover of a page from the latest PSW magazine, purportedly showing in silhouette the new game's main character. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5267167&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warning: Producer of Metal Gear Solid touch *is* Female]]> This week's Famitsu has an interview with Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear Solid Touch producer Yasuyo Watanabe. The headline for the story is very careful to accentuate that Watanabe is female. How careful, you ask? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5113995&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MGS4 (and Leigh!) in the New York Times]]> The New York Times tackles MGS 4 in brief — discussing both the story ('What does it mean?') and people's reactions to the game, including a couple of choice quotes from our very own Leigh Alexander. Several other game writers weigh in on MGS 4's story and execution: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018661&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Blind Spot of 'Genius': Kojima and Griffith]]> I'm really fond of the Brainy Gamer, mostly because Michael Abbott's posts almost always live up to the title of the blog; this week, he tackled the question of 'genius' and auteurs, amongst a lot of MGS 4 talk (especially in reference to Citizen Kane). Abbott looks at the parallels between D.W. Griffith (director of Birth of a Nation and Intolerance, among a lot of others) and Kojima Hideo of Metal Gear fame. Leaving aside the question of whether Kojima 'is' a genius (at the very least, he is an auteur), Abbott draws parallels between the two, especially in terms of a 'blind spot': More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018653&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Extremely Limited Edition UK MGS4 Watch]]> Isn't she lovely? This lovely Limited Edition Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots timepiece, now up for preorder at UK online retailer Gamestation, has been lovingly crafted using the finest stainless steel, engraved and numbered, and packed in a lovely black box with a silver MGS4 logo stamped on top along with a certificate of authenticity from Konami. Approved by Kojima himself, only 500 of these babies are being released on October 31st of this year, and they're only going to be available through Gamestation...who only ships to the UK, making me sad. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5017626&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[No Place For Hideo: MGS 4's Hidden Themes]]> [The following article discusses the themes of Metal Gear Solid 4 and contextualizes them with Hideo Kojima's directorship. It contains no plot spoilers, but nonetheless those wishing to avoid all thematic details should steer clear.] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5016255&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The First 10 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid 4]]> Earlier this morning Ashcraft attended a press event in Japan for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, where Kojima himself played through the game for about 40 minutes. Game Videos was kind (or evil) enough to commit the first 10 minutes of said gameplay to video, essentially capturing the experience of starting up MGS 4 for the first time. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390011&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Americans Brag, PS3 No Letdown, Kotaku is Wrong]]> No, no, no! When Hideo Kojima said the MGS4 graphics on the PS3 weren't to his "satisfaction" or that he realized there were lots of "restrictions" the PS3 posed, he didn't mean it. He was just trying to be humble, you know! He's not disappointed with the PS3 at all. He is totally happy with it. The PS3 is awesome. Says Kojima: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5008653&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[BBFC Says MGS4 Has "Implied Child Rape" [Updated]]]> Metal Gear Solid 4 violent? Let's hear what the British Board of Film Classification says:
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=382937&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Konami ID Dojo: Metal Gear Online? More Like Offline]]> Another week means one thing: More Metal Gear Online mess-ups! In today's extra special clusterfuck, Konami errors persist. We're getting word that even though the servers are live, but many are getting network errors up the whazoo or this message: "The GAME ID or password is incorrect. Unable to log into server.(0911:00000003)." Keep in mind, these folks are entering their correct user names and ids. Konami's running regular updates on the Japanese Metal Gear Online homepage about how the servers are getting overloaded and how sorry it is for the hassle. Another thing to keep in mind: The Beta starts today! Hooray!! For those unable to log in, here's the online manual. You can read it and imagine the fun you'd be having. That is, if Konami hadn't dropped the ball and then kicked it across the room. We're sure Konami will figure out this internet thing sometime today, tomorrow or maybe even before the game goes on sale this June. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=381891&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Metal Gear Solid 4 Rated By ESRB]]> Let's cut to the chase: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=381318&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MGS4 Double-Secret Hands On]]> GamePro got a hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 4, with some other "gaming insiders" (not us) at some Cheyenne Mountain-style hole-up for Konami and Kojima over in Japan. It's a comprehensive look at an A-list game for 2008, and I know a lot of you can't wait to get your hot little hands on it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=376593&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Coming Soon had a chance to speak with producer...]]> Coming Soon had a chance to speak with producer Michael De Luca (21, Ghost Rider) and he passed along news that a Metal Gear Solid movie, based off the long-running hit espionage video game franchise, is once again going ahead. The project has been in the very early stages for sometime (see eerily similar Slashfilm post from Feb ‘07), and faced a set back from the writer’s strike. Moreover, De Luca says that a meeting will take place in the “next few weeks” with writer/director Kurt Wimmer about adapting a screenplay for the film. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5003980&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Metal Gear Solid 4 Screens To Look At]]> While Kojima has already apparently moved on to other things, we haven't! Check out these new Metal Gear Solid 4 screenies. Looks like aqua green is the new brown! The game is out June 12th. Everywhere. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366690&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Bundle Announced]]> It's happened. The bundle we've all been waiting for will indeed be coming to store shelves. Sony is releasing a PlayStation 3 bundle for the release of Metal Gear Solid 4. It will include an 80GB system, the game and one Dual Shock 3 controller for $499. We assume that this bundle will hit June 12th alongside Metal Gear Solid 4. Expect slippery aisles, wet with fanboy...drool. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=360996&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection Confirmed]]> While we'd already seen the pre-order at places like Play Asia, Konami has confirmed their upcoming Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection for PS2. Retailing at $29.99, the package includes the original Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2 (director's cut) and Metal Gear Solid 3. It's not as sweet as Japan's MGS Anniversary Collection—a purchase that I considered momentarily in Akihabara before realizing that something might be lost during those conversations with Otacon in my non-native tongue. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=352799&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Do You Believe That MGS4 Will Be On Xbox 360]]> Rumors that Metal Gear Solid 4 will make its way to the Xbox 360 have been repeatedly denied by a variety of sources whenever they surface. But, with all the back and forth between speculation and PR rumor control, you have to wonder—has the damage already been done? Does the public really believe that MGS4 will forever be PS3 exclusive? Or will a collective inkling of doubt keep those PS3s from flying off shelves when the game hits?
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=340718&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hideo Kojima Tells Jade Raymond About Violence]]> Ubisoft's Jade Raymond recently interviewed Metal Gear god Hideo Kojima for a piece in Famitsu—yes, sounds like an interesting setup for an article, doesn't it? (Aside: please Jade, don't put us all out of our jobs). In the interview, Kojima had some harsh but fair points about violence in video games, and his perspective on the matter.:
I don't think there are many games that tackle violence head on...When you hit someone or inflict pain, faces get disfigured for example, and I want to make games that show that sort of thing.
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=340037&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Konami Says This Gen Will be Totally Fair]]> Last generation was all about the PlayStation 2. (This generation is only sorta about the PS2, but w/e.) Sony isn't dominating like in year's past. Nintendo's come back from the dead and is posting very strong, early numbers. Meanwhile, Microsoft keeps forging ahead. Is it too early to call this gen's winner? Has the playing field leveled? Whenever I have questions like this, I wonder what Konami thinks. A statement from the company that Metal Gear and Pro Evolution Soccer built had these insights to offer: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=321938&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MGS4: 5 Locations and Live Action Open?]]> As Luke reported last week, we now know three of the locations in Metal Gear Solid 4: the Middle East, South America and Eastern Europe. But there's more: When I was interviewing Ryan Payton for last week's Game Head at the E For All Expo, he also let slip that there are two other top-secret locations. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=319231&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MGS4 Bundle Coming to Europe? And Before Easter?]]> According to an interview with MeriStation.com, Europe Sony VP James Armstrong made a major announcement over a possible Sony/Konami bundle that just might have something to do with the most anticipated PS3 game in the short history of the platform. Here's the quote from the Spanish site, autotranslated roughly:
I am going to advance something to you; yes, we are working in pack of PlayStation 3 that includes Metal Gear 4 Solid and the new DualShock. We want that it is in the street before Easter and that is our fight at the moment.
An MGS4 bundle sounds like an absolutely wonderful and completely obvious way to sell some PS3s. But isn't it an odd circumstance when we've heard so many differing viewpoints from so many differing Sony execs for so long that we don't believe it until the information is on press release? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=309836&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is MGS4 Really Kojima's Last? Konami Begs to Differ.]]> Hideo Kojima has gone on record that MGS4 would be his last Metal Gear game. But will that really be the case? In one word, "no," at least according to Konami marketing VP Anthony Crouts.
I'm sure he's never going to let go of Metal Gear Solid—trust me. [Snake's] a big character, so as a franchise I think he'll always hold it near and dear to his heart...In one capacity or another, he will always be involved in the Metal Gear franchise.
In one capacity or another, we've sort of stopped believing Kojima when he says he's done with Metal Gear. And apparently, so have his colleagues. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=305597&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[You Too Can Wear a Kojima Pro Shirt]]> The Tokyo Game Show is over, but the t-shirt offers live on! That, that is a Konami Metal Gear Solid 4 TGS booth shirt worn by the Kojima Productions staffers. Not bad, eh? It says "Nice style" in Japanese on the back and has the MGS 20th Anniversary logo on the front. The shirt is available on the Konami site from October 5th to November 16th for ¥3,465 (US $30). I agree. Nice style, indeed! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=304643&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MGS4 Live Action Briefing]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302735&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Justify Your MGS4 Cosplay]]> More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302238&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Metal Gear Online Trailer]]>
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=301784&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tokyo Game Show MGS4 Trailer]]>
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=301781&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Christian Bale Up for Solid Snake?]]> According to game forum PS3Forums, the newest edition of UK lad mag Nuts [NSFW] has an interview with Batman Begins actor Christian Bale who apparently says he's in the running to play Solid Snake in the 2009 movie Metal Gear Solid. Not sure how valid this info i, because PS3Forums didn't have a link, and I can't find anything over than "Assess My Breasts" on the Nuts site. Which were spectacular. There's no mention of an interview with him, either. Still, Bale would be a good choice for Solid Snake as Kojima makes quirky games, and Bale's a quirky actor. And have you seen his facial hair? SOLID.
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=299350&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kojima Not Tired of 360 Questions, Favors Unified Platform]]> Kojima Productions just posted a podcast conversation between Hideo Kojima, Assassin's Creed producer Jade Raymond and AC creative director Patrice Desilets. The chat runs about twenty minutes — 8 of which is them saying how much they dig each other's games. Though, there is some grist towards the end when KP's Ryan Payton puts forth the PS3/Xbox 360 cross-platform question, asking if they like the rumors and speculation. While Patrice says he personally finds it "fun," Jade adds:
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292582&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Metal Gear Solid 4 Games Convention Trailer]]>
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292179&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Famitsu Pollers Love Nintendo, But Kojima More]]> The Japanese love their Nintendo! How much?? This much! (see photo for irony) At E3, Famitsu polled their readers as to the biggest news (Wii Fit), most anticipated hardware (Wii), and the company they left them with the biggest impressions (Nintendo). More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=287301&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MGS Portable Ops+ Expansion Announced]]> MGS Portable Ops+ has been announced for the PSP. Released in Japan sometime during September, the game will feature new playable characters, multiplayer stages and single player mode called Infinity Missions. But the news is pretty ho hum until you realize that this title is an expansion being released on the PSP. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=279261&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rumor: Rumble Sixaxis In November]]> Could the PlayStation 3 be getting last-gen's rumble functionality before the end of the year? According to the rumors section in the latest issue of PSM, the answer might be yes. The magazine even gets into specifics, saying that the Sixaxis rumble controller will be announced at E3 this year with a projected release date of November 13th. Seems sort of odd that a rumor would have such a concrete date attached to it, doesn't it? Sounds more like someone either a) has a big mouth or b) enjoys playing games with magazine editors. Word is that Kojima wanted rumble included, and considering the importance of MGS 4 to the PS3 platform, Sony listened. More »
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