Metal Gear Solid

A Metal Gear Solid Restaurant, It Can’t Be 

Dubbed “Metal Gear Cafe,” this temporary restaurant recently opened in Paris. Besides “Le BigBoss Burger,” there are also Phantom cocktails and Mother Base themed desserts (above). And yes, it’s serving up “hot Diamond Dogs.” [Photo:Kaizerkunkun] [Photo:Kaizerkunkun] [Photo: NAYSHOW] [Photo: Shinkendo] The Metal Gear Cafe will be open until the game is released on September 1,…

Konami Is Pulling 31 Mobile Gaming Apps in Japan

Today, health club company Konami announced that it will be removing thirty-one iOS gaming apps on September 10. According to Inside Games (via Dr. Serkan Toto’s blog), the apps will not be updated to support iOS 9 or later. Some of the apps have English versions, such as Metal Gear Solid Touch (above), but Konami…

The New Metal Gear Trailer Sounds Like Kojima Saying Goodbye

If this is Hideo Kojima’s last Metal Gear trailer, he’s going out with a bang. My personal history with the franchise is complicated; loved the first and third games, couldn’t get into the second and fourth games. The deeper Metal Gear dug into its mythology, the more it pushed me away. (It’s weird, too, since…

Australian Retailer Sticks It To Konami

Ah JB, you truly are the cheeky little schoolboy of Australian retail. First it was your incredible in-store reviews, now it’s stores throughout the country taking sly potshots at Konami’s decision to remove Hideo Kojima’s name from the cover of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Thanks for the reminder JB. Just in case…

Ask Us Anything About Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

You’ve got lots and lots of questions about the fifth (and probably final) Metal Gear Solid game. We’ve got some answers. Maybe. So far, I’ve spent just over 30 hours playing The Phantom Pain. I’ve done around 20 missions and a whole bunch of side-ops. I’ve spent a ton of time resetting because I don’t…

Konami Slams GameSpot For Report On MGSV Microtransactions

When reports come out that renowned pachinko manufacturer Konami treats its game developers like prisoners, you won’t hear much. But when a website suggests that the new game Metal Gear Solid V has required microtransactions? Konami comes out swinging. Last night, the website GameSpot reported that a section of Metal Gear Solid V—specifically, the PVP…

The Metal Gear Franchise, Sorta Explained In Under 12 Minutes

Metal Gear lore is remarkably complicated and goofy. Michael Huber at GameTrailers tries to quickly sift through it all and distill it down to the main points. I think it pretty much works! There’s a ton of noise in these games (I mean Para-Medic talked about movies so much, and that one guy kept shitting…

PC owners can’t pre-load Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, according to the game’s community manager.You can pre-load on consoles! However, you’ll be able to start downloading (and apparently, playing) the game as soon as it’s available in the earliest country, New Zealand. That’s almost like pre-loading? You can reach the author of this…

The Official Metal Gear Timeline

Do you know where Metal Gear Solid falls in the chronology? What about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker? Or Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake? For the past three decades (three decades!), the Metal Gear games haven’t been released in chronological order. For example, last year’s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is set in 1975,…

Metal Gear Solid V Is Already Redefining Stealth Games

Hideo Kojima is a genius. Also: that farting sound is disgusting and hilarious. Video games.

Sources: When You Work At Konami, Big Brother Is Always Watching

Konami, the company behind Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill, does not appear to be a fun place to work. That’s according to reports in the Japanese press and new information shared with Kotaku by people close to the company. They describe a game development environment where Big Brother is always watching and where…

Metal Gear Solid: A Celebration (And A Takedown)

Ashly & Anthony Burch (you know, from HAWP and Borderlands) have just written a book. It’s all about Metal Gear Solid. What follows is an excerpt. Called…Metal Gear Solid, it’s out on August 17, from Boss Fight Books. The summary: Before they co-created the hit web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?, Ashly and Anthony Burch…

Comparing Metal Gear Solid V: TPP‘s Graphics on Different Platforms

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC. Let’s see how the versions stack up. The game’s official Japanese page has comparisons between PS4/PS3, Xbox One/Xbox 360, and PS4/PC. You’ll have to do the PlayStation/Xbox comparisons yourself! Previously, we saw how Ground Zeroes…

You’re going to have to wait a little bit to play Metal Gear Online. Konami just announced that the PC version of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will be coming out at the same time as the console versions. But Metal Gear Online apparently needs more time, and will come to consoles and…

Metal Gear: The Cartoon Series? Would Watch.

If Assassin’s Creed works as a cartoon, then Metal Gear can too. Each episode would probably run for 127 hours, 126 of which was verbose political dialogue, but fans wouldn’t have it any other way. These pics, by msynowicz(via Super Punch), may not be as anime as some would hope for, but I’m digging the…

Seven Times Game Creators Cameoed As Themselves

Whether it’s a classic adventure game, or a shooter that came out a few months, ago it doesn’t matter. Some developers and publishers just can’t resist putting themselves in their games, usually as a hidden easter egg, but sometimes they’re just right in front of us. YouTubers at OutsideXbox collected seven of these cameos. All…

It’s Official: No Kojima On Metal Gear Solid V‘s Box

Konami, a well-known Japanese spa manufacturer, yesterday uploaded final versions of Metal Gear Solid V’s box art. As you might expect, there’s no “Hideo Kojima” in sight. Previous versions of the cover of MGSV, which comes out September 1, featured both the Kojima Productions logo on the bottom left and the words “A Hideo Kojima…

Metal Gear Solid‘s Cast, Redrawn As Cartoon Characters

Artist Matt Synowicz’s Metal Gear Solid drawings are just like concepts from a Saturday-morning cartoon. It makes me sad we didn’t have a MGS-themed one. Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis, Vulcan Raven, Revolver Ocelot and Decoy Octopus are above and here’s a few more below. Obviously it’s not the entire cast of the series, but the…

Kojima Productions Was “Dissolved,” Says Snake’s Japanese Voice Actor

Iconic voice actor Akio Otsuka might have shed some light on the murky Metal Gear Solid situation. According to him, Kojima Productions is no more. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this. Rumors have been swirling for months, and the Kojima Productions logo seemed to vanish from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’s…

Artist Recreates Iconic Moments From Metal Gear Solid… Quickly

Pretty cool stuff from concept artist Lap Pun Cheung, who’s currently redrawing all the key moments from Metal Gear Solid, in the form of speed paintings. A total of thirty-seven pictures. They’re all very nostalgic. Here are the best ones. Go check out his ArtStation or DeviantART gallery for the complete set. To contact the…