It may be a rare sight today, but a demo is one of the best things an upcoming game can do for its audience. Of course, not all demos are created equal—the best demos generate excitement and set expectations for what’s to come, while the worst demos convince us not to buy. What makes a great demo?
The official Metal Gear Twitter account states that Metal Gear Solid V’s recent nuclear disarmament was a false alarm. Servers were sent false numbers that concluded there were no nukes. Looks like you need to invade a few more FOBs, soldier!
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has a secret ending that plays only if all players dismantle their nuclear weapons. It requires players to disarm all nukes in the game, a nearly impossible task thanks to hackers and hoarders. Last week, the end suddenly triggered even though countless nuclear weapons still exist…
Konami’s alternate reality Metal Gear Solid V spin-off Metal Gear Survive arrives on Xbox One, PS4 and PC on February 20. Fans of the series eager to pre-order can do so here. Oh sorry, I meant here.
Never mind that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain came out in September 2015 or that most people are now playing something else. Konami released an update for the game, making Ocelot playable on Forward Operating Bases.
Horror game P.T. was released in August 2014, and canceled months afterwards. Fans kept digging for secrets a year later, but by 2016, most of us would assume we’ve found everything. Well, not quite.
One of Metal Gear Solid V’s most important plot points, Mission 51, ended up on the cutting room floor. Today, Konami said it does not plan to finish this mission.
On October 11, Konami is re-releasing MGSV Ground Zeroes along with The Phantom Pain and both games’ DLC.
Real talk: Metal Gear Solid V’s Quiet is a very sexy video game character, one (reportedly) designed specifically to encourage cosplay. Well, ask and ye shall receive, Mr. Kojima.
Look, people have opinions about Quiet’s character design. If you don’t like it, that’s totally understandable. If you do, there are companies ready to take your money.
Hideo Kojima was fucked over at last year’s Video Game Awards, reportedly prevented from getting up on stage as his Metal Gear Solid V won awards. Last night at the DICE awards, a free man with a new studio, nothing was going to stop him getting his dues.
Some of the big sellers will not surprise you. Some of them might.
Well-known carpet distributor Konami has disabled the Metal Gear Online beta on PC following the discovery of an exploit that allowed players to get free MB coins, the in-game currency that costs real money.
I was familiar with the work of David Bowie from a young age, but I didn’t fall in love with the man and his work until 1999. That was when I played Omikron: The Nomad Soul, a video game that changed the way I felt about David Bowie entirely.
Well, that’s not good. This isn’t Just Cause 3, climbing up the roof here is a little bit more complicated.
