Metal Gear Solid

Apparently Big Boss Recorded A Country Album

I know Kojima leaving Konami is tough, Snake, but it’s not your fault. Kiefer Sutherland, aka the actor who replaced David Hayter in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, released a music video for an upcoming country-tinged album. The single, Not Enough Whiskey, is pretty…on the nose. In the video, Sutherland drinks whiskey. It’s…

How To Make Metal Gear Solid V Cosplay Better

This is terrific Metal Gear Solid cosplay. But you know what really sells it? The ball of fire. Previously, Kotaku reported that pyrotechnic cosplay eventswere being held in Japan. Blowing shit up packs that extra punch for MGS get-ups. Great work cosplayers, dog, and explosive experts. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

Original Snake Voice David Hayter Has No Love For Hideo Kojima

“I was kinda hoping that Konami would take me back now that he was gone.” In a special edition of the Game Informer podcast, actor and screenwriter David Hayter talked about his “humiliating” replacement as Metal Gear’s leading man and how he really feels about the series creator who wanted him gone. If you’re interested…

Ten of the Best One-Night Games

Whether it’s an RPG that tells a story over dozens of hours, or a strategy game that takes months to master, games are often a considerable time investment. For many people this is central to gaming’s appeal: nowhere else in art can you find such complete worlds to lose yourself in or such stern challenges…

Metal Gear Solid HD Fan Remake Suddenly Shuts Down

Remember that great-looking Unreal Engine 4 fan remake of Metal Gear Solid? Remember how you’ve spent every waking moment since it was announced dreading its unceremonious cancellation? Well, haha, about that… The remake, which made ever our grumpiest Metal Gear skeptic, Luke Plunkett, go weak in the muscles he’s built up from years of playing…

The Real Metal Gear

Metal Gear is a series that’s (at least partly) about giant mecha and Cold War drama. It may be pure fantasy, but in the early 1960s, the US did actually build a giant two-armed military machine: the “Beetle”. This story was originally published in June 2010. Built by Jered Industries in Detroit for General Electric’s…

Metal Gear Online’s getting a new DLC update this March. First mentioned here, the upcoming Cloaked in Silence add-on will add Quiet as a playable character and three maps to the game’s multiplayer component while a separate free update introduces a competitive mission called Sabotage. Pricing details are below. Expansion Pack: ‘Cloaked in Silence’ (3…

Fallout 4 Mod Lets You Play As Big Boss And Quiet

The Diamond Dogs have arrived at the Commonwealth, ladies and gentlemen. What you’re looking at above is not a photoshop. Actually, it’s a Fallout 4 mod that lets you play as Metal Gear Solid characters, and you can download it here. To some of you, this might seem like an odd combination, but let’s be…

Not Your Everyday Metal Gear Cosplay

Omi Gibson, the Queen of Metal Gear cosplay, has over the years taken on some of the most iconic characters in Kojima’s series. This, though, is a little more niche. 2010’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker featured a “model viewer”, where players could take an isolated look at the characters featured in the game. Skilled…

Health club company Konami announced that Metal Gear Online launches today on PC, its one-week beta period now over. If you need help deciding whether to check it out or not, you can read about the week Patricia spent with the console version here.

Fans Remaking Original Metal Gear Solid In HD, And It Looks Great

Metal Gear fan Airam Hernandez is leading an effort to recreate the entire original 1998 Metal Gear Solid for the PC. Only this time it’ll be using Unreal Engine 4. With a little help from Dan Meadowcroft, who is handling music, they’ve just released the first trailer for the project, which is called Shadow Moses…

Metal Gear Online PC Temporarily Disabled After Players Bypass Microtransactions

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. “Due to a possible exploit, we’ve removed access to the Beta temporarily while a hotfix is being prepared,” Konami community manager…

What Game Would You Fund With Your Powerball Winnings?

As a relatively poor human being, I enjoy fantasizing about what I would do were I to suddenly become obscenely wealthy. As the Powerball jackpot has shot through the roof, to $1.3 billion for this coming Wednesday’s drawing, I’ve naturally been thinking about that a lot this week. Hello! I’m Phil, and I’ve returned to…

Always Make Sure Metal Gear Solid Supplies Are Dropped In A Clear Area

Well, that’snot good. This isn’t Just Cause 3, climbing up the roof here is a little bit more complicated. (via r/metalgearsolid)

That Time Kojima Deceived Everyone About Metal Gear Solid 2‘s Main Character

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was one of the most anticipated games ever. 1998’s Metal Gear Solid blew everyone away with its attention to detail and imaginative world. The sequel, one of the first big PS2 games, would herald Solid Snake’s triumphant return. Snake came back…but not for the entire game. In 2015,…

Geoff Keighley: Konami Barred Hideo Kojima From Accepting Metal Gear Award

Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima was apparently not allowed to attend tonight’s Game Awards, per an announcement by host Geoff Keighley. A lawyer for Konami reportedly barred Kojima from attending, nor accept his awards. The Phantom Pain’s Kiefer Sutherland accepted one of Metal Gear’s awards on his behalf. When the news was revealed, the audience…

Metal Gear Solid V‘s Not-So-Secret Nuclear Disarmament Event Is Go, Still Seems Impossible

Uncovered via datamining way back in September, Konami has confirmed Metal Gear Solid V’s Nuclear Disarmament event. All players need to do to activate it is dismantle every nuclear weapon in their platform’s region, a task so easy Superman could do it. Nuke are the ultimate deterrent in The Phantom Pain’s FOB (Forward Operating Base)…

The Weird Thing that Happened to Metal Gear‘s Japanese Voice Actor

In Japan, the voice of Snake is Akio Otsuka. He’s famous! In the past, he would often appear at Metal Gear events, which make recent claims by a Japanese TV show all the odder. Namely, that he refuses to show his face. On late night talk show Shabekuri 007, actor Tori Matsuzaka was asked what…

Metal Gear Solid V Patch Allows Players To Recruit An Old Buddy Again

How do you feel about playing a mission seven times in a row? Warning: There are The Phantom Pain spoilers to follow! Go away! Seriously! At the end of The Phantom Pain, your trusty sniper companion, Quiet, decides to leave you. This isn’t just a story development, either—she’s no longer a buddy you can call…

Students Remake Metal Gear Solid’s Heliport in Unreal Engine 4

A nine-week class project carried out by four people, resulting in some cool Metal Gear Solid fanart. The heliport was one of the first areas Snake entered on Shadow Moses Island in MGS. It’s also revisited much later, in a dream sequence, during MGS4. As far as Metal Gear locations go, it’s fairly iconic—which is…