Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid Trailer Recut Will Give You Chills

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain‘s 12-minute-long trailer has inspired a lot of people lately. Here’s YouTuber José Mellinas and his edit: a trailer for the first Metal Gear Solid, in the style of the upcoming one. He should do one for every MGS title. This one really gave me chills. Metal Gear Solid…

Wild Theory Explains the Origins of Metal Gear Solid V’s Sniper

Metal Gear Solid fans aren’t waiting idly for the next MGS game: rather, they’re devoting a lot of time to interesting theories about the different characters in Metal Gear Solid. Take Quiet, the mute (and controversial) sniper, for example. Already, we’ve seen a few theories about Quiet, most of which focus on why she dresses…

The leaf on Totoro’s head seems a bit small when he’s replaced with a REX from Metal Gear Solid The iconic scene was reimagined by Dragunovi, and The Omega Nerd added a rain animation to it. Not sure if any bus would stop for these two. My Neighbour Rex by Dragunovi [DeviantART] – Rain Effect…

How True are Japan’s Latest Gaming Rumors?

The gaming industry is constantly full of rumors. More so in April where you have the gullible falling for all the crazy April Fools pranks that pop up. This week, Japanese gaming mag Weekly Famitsu went through the trouble of gathering up a bunch of rumors and seeking the validity of them a la Mythbusters…

Metal Gear Solid iDroid iPhone Case

Hideo Kojima posted pictures of an iDroid iPhone case and said details are coming tomorrow. Larger photos below: Previously: MGS Ground Zeroes selfie You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Metal Gear Solid selfie

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes selfie Previously: MGS: Ground Zeroes free iOS companion app

David Bowie Is Every Metal Gear Solid Character Ever

This was doing the rounds over the weekend, so apologies if you’ve already seen it: watch as David Bowie is revealed to be every bloody character in Metal Gear Solid ever. As cool as this is, it’s technically already been done. David Bowie is in pretty much every video game ever. Actually, scratch that. David…

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – PS4 vs. Xbox One vs. PS3 vs. 360

With every new cross-gen video game comes a new opportunity to compare technical performances across most of today’s big gaming consoles, and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is no exception. The super-technical folks at Digital Foundry have put together a great breakdown of the technical specs in the latest MGS game, complete with video…

Hideo Kojima’s Top Five Metal Gear Solid Characters

If you’ve played the Metal Gear Solid franchise, you probably have a few favorite characters. Guess what, Hideo Kojima does too. Some of his picks—like Snake and Otacon—are to be expected. Others, like Raven, Psycho Mantis and The End are a bit more surprising. If you watch this video by IGN, you can hear the…

The New Metal Gear Solid Game Was Censored for Japan [Updated]

Japan’s getting a slightly different version of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes than everyone else. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, the separately sold prologue to the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is out this week. The Western version will feature the vocal talents of actor Kiefer Sutherland as Big…

You Can Save Someone Special In Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes

Note: This article contains spoilers! One of the side ops missions in Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes is a little bit different. It’s a short rescue mission, where we have to infiltrate a military base and find someone… special. Well let’s see who that special person is: It’s Hideo Kojima! Those Twitter photos from 2013…

A boatload of Metal Gear cosplayers, hanging out with series creator Hideo Kojima. As you do.

You Can Beat Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes In Ten Minutes

The new Metal Gear Solid is short. Really short. Kirk called it “a sliver of a larger, more complete game,” and even Hideo Kojima admitted last year that it’d have been ideal if Ground Zeroes was part of the real Metal Gear Solid V, which will be out at some undetermined point in the future.…

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes: The Kotaku Review

“How can I best describe Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?” I asked myself. “Ah, yes. I’ll describe it as a small plate at an expensive restaurant.” So, okay, let’s do that: You’re at one of those restaurants where they serve gourmet food in very small portions. You’ve been given your entree—a intricate thing that…

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, the free iOS companion app, is available for download

Snazzy Snake: check out the awesome reversible cover on the physical copies of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Here’s the front cover, for comparison’s sake.

How Solid Snake And Big Boss Have Changed Over 27 Years

It took 27 years and a lot of plot twists for the main character of the Metal Gear series—whether it’s Big Boss or Solid Snake—to become something more than just a bunch of pixels or polygons. Here’s a cool, lengthy infographic from Halloween Costumes, lining up all the main games, and in-game models from 1987’s…

A “Concise” Guide To Metal Gear’s Overblown Story

Metal Gear’s story is a mess. Hideo Kojima might make great stealth games, but boy, dude also needs an editor. With Metal Gear Solid V (and its prequel) on the way, there might be people who have never played a Metal Gear game before wanting to get in on the action. Or veteran players who…

Metal Gear Solid V Just Got Real

Yeah, we posted some images from this same Metal Gear cosplay shoot only recently. But screw it, because these news ones that just landed on my desk are way better. This is what happens when cosplayer Rick Boer and photographer Cynthia Veekens get together. It’s called magic.

Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima, Transformed Into LEGO Minifig

This…portrait (?) of the famous developer isn’t fan art, it’s an official LEGO image, done by Warner Bros. and LEGO as a courtesy for Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. Shame it’s just an image, and not an actual minifig you could buy. Then have it tweet about its lunch and the DVDs it bought all…