Metal Gear Solid

Konami Denies Hideo Kojima Has Left, Says He’s ‘On Vacation’

Earlier today, The New Yorker published a story reporting that Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima parted ways with Konami earlier this month. The Tokyo based game company is denying this report, saying that Hideo Kojima is still an employee and is currently “on vacation.” Update 7:32am – The author of The New Yorker piece,…

Report: Hideo Kojima Has Left Konami

According to The New Yorker, Hideo Kojima’s last day at Konami was Friday, October 9. Kojima’s farewell party was reportedly a “cheerful but also emotional goodbye.” The publication says Kojima’s non-compete extends to sometime in December. For more details on what went down, you should read the piece.

One Unexpectedly Awesome Week With Metal Gear Online

I’ve spent the last week playing through the multiplayer portion of Metal Gear Solid V—and I gotta say, despite the initial launch hiccups, I’m pretty sure I like it better than the base game. Let me explain. Metal Gear Online is everything that makes Metal Gear Solid V so damn good—the wonderful tension of sneaking…

Metal Gear Style Robberies Sure Look Goofy 

For the past two years, a 40-something year-old man has allegedly robbed over 180 different locations across South Korea. If true, how did he evade capture? Stealth, it seems. According to Korean TV media (here and here), the suspect, who is surnamed Choi, allegedly made off with over $60,000 worth of goods during his two-year…

Metal Gear Solid V Looks Beautiful When It Breaks

What you’re seeing here isn’t a mod, or a tweak. It’s a bug, which kingoddball KOB discovered while trying to play Metal Gear Online on PS4, that means most of the game world’s textures simply fail to load. I wish it was a mod, though, or a settings option, because it looks great! Like a…

Getting Fultoned In Metal Gear Online Might Be Worse Than Getting Teabagged

And now to broadcast a moment of utter embarrassment for me in front of thousands of people. After spending many hours trying to get Metal Gear Online to work yesterday, I was finally able to find an actual match this morning. Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t at all prepared for how hardcore Metal Gear Online…

Metal Gear Player Majestically Escapes Death With Cardboard Box

Today on Highlight Reel we have mind-bending goals, some classic 80s hits in Metal Gear, tanks, warships, boxes, and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Destiny – EXTREMELY LUCKY…

Hilariously, Metal Gear Solid V’s wandering Mother Base soldiers will actually recognize you if you’re in a box! This, along with other rumors are tested in DefendTheHouse’s latest mythbusting video.

Fan’s Remaking The Original 1987 Meal Gear In Unreal Engine

Sounds like an ambitious project, but not an impossible one. Hideo Kojima’s 1987 one-man sneaking title Metal Gear is much smaller game than the ones that followed. A revamped fan-version makes sense. Metal Gear fan Boker posted early shots of this project here. We can see the tanks and the environment of the game’s first…

Konami Goes Microtransaction Crazy with Metal Gear Solid V…Insurance [Update]

Metal Gear Online is launching today. We previously checked out the game at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. It’s a lot of fun as is Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain. You know what isn’t fun? Charging people for what’s essentially a cheat mode. 10/6/15 – 8:35am Update: The title and text were changed to…

Sounds Konami could be making Metal Gear Solid…pachinko. KPE, Konami’s pachinko company, has filed a “Big Boss” trademark. It covers video games, board games, smartphone games, medal games, slot machines, pachinko machines, etc. The pictured image was included with the filing.

An Ocelot Never Lets His Prey Escape

Revolver Ocelot, the eccentric gunfighter of the Metal Gear series, returned as a rather calm and reasonable figure in Metal Gear Solid V. He changed a lot. But for some people on YouTube, such as Lakitouille, it wasn’t enough. The top gif is just a tiny part of Lakitouille’s clip. He made an entire compilation…

Pausing In A Porta Potty In Metal Gear Solid V Makes Me Happy

As I write this, Venom Snake is waiting in a Porta Potty north of Kabul during a sandstorm. I feel a little bad about it, to be honest. I’d rather leave him at Mother Base or with Pequod in his helicopter. In a pinch, though, when Snake is in the field conducting an operation and…

Did you know you can blind your enemies with the water gun in Metal Gear Solid V? Check out the latest ep of DefendTheHouse’s mythbuster series on MGS—it’s full of fun factoids like that. Contact the author at [email protected]

An Open Apology To D-Dog

D-Dog. I’m sorry. You’ve had a hard life. Such a hard life. When I found you, you were naught but a pup, abandoned. What happened to your mother? I don’t know. Perhaps we’ll never know. I found you helpless in the Afghanistan desert. I took you in. I wasn’t around much, but Ocelot treated you…

Holy Shit This Metal Gear Cosplay

Japanese cosplayer Masazi dressed up as Raiden for this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and it is one of the most impressive cosplay outfits I have ever seen. I mean, the suit itself is enough to get hands clapping, but the work that’s gone into that motorized helmet just boggles the mind. You can see more…

Metal Gear Solid V’s Stealth Is Flawless

They don’t call Big Boss a legend for nothing, you know. While there are many different ways of infiltrating a base in Metal Gear Solid V, my favorite so far is this ridiculous strategy developed by Venom C. You can do it too! Step one: get a jeep. Step two: throw a smoke grenade into…

This Is Not Hideo Kojima

I have been going to the Tokyo Game Show since 2004. I believe this is the first year that Hideo Kojima is not appearing on stage. Here is 2004. [Photo: Game Impress Watch] And 2005. [Photo: IT Media] 2006. [Photo: Sieca] 2007. [Photo: DogSV] This is 2008. [Photo: 4Gamer] And 2009. [Photo: 4Gamer] 2010. [Photo:…

The Metal Gear Solid V Players Trying To Do The Impossible

One of the biggest secrets in Metal Gear Solid V may not actually be possible—but that’s not stopping players from coming together and trying to achieve it anyway. First, some background. Yesterday I wrote about a hidden ending of sorts that players found while datamining the game on PC. It looks like this, uploaded courtesy…

Konami Is Putting People’s Faces on The Phantom Pain

Hideo Kojima’s name might not be on the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain box, but that doesn’t mean your face can’t be! At the Konami booth, there is a small photo studio where visitors can have their photos taken for a personalized cover shot. This is Julien from GameBlog.fr. He was nice enough…