Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, As Told by Steam Reviews

Steam reviews are often quite funny! This time they might even be, dare I say, touching? Originally, The Phantom Pain’s box art read “A Hideo Kojima Game” just like the previous Metal Gear Solid titles. But suddenly, it was removed, leaving people wondering if this decision was related to the rumored weirdness at Konami. While…

Metal Gear Soldier Climbs Invisible Ladder To Heaven

Today on Highlight Reel we have parachute shooting, Destiny comebacks, tiny covenant soldiers, invisible ladders to heaven, 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. Battlefield 4 – best moment…

I’ve Played 30 Hours Of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain And It’s Friggin’ Great

For the past few days, I’ve done very little but play Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, a new video game made by the well-known spa company Konami. I’ve been sneaking and shooting through deserts and forests. I’ve infiltrated bases, crippled soldiers, and taken four showers. It has been wonderful. UPDATE (8/31): I’m now…

If Wes Anderson Directed Metal Gear Solid V

Well this gives a whole new meaning to the collectible cassette tapes in Metal Gear Solid V. In a Wes Anderson version we’d probably have B-sides of counterculture-rooted rock music instead of additional story elements. YouTuber Jacob Rich and his friends imagined how Metal Gear Solid V would look as a Wes Anderson film. It’s…

Cute Metal Gear Solid Animation Solves All The Conspiracies

With just a couple of days left till Metal Gear Solid V’s launch, fan theories about the game’s plot and potential twists are already out of control. What’s the true identity of Chico? And Quiet? Is the doctor a real life surgeon? Yong and Bal’s superbly made short animation answers everything, and their revelation is…

Metal Gear Solid Weddings Are Both Romantic and Sneaky

If you are looking for a special theme for your wedding, how about Metal Gear Solid cardboard boxes like in this PlayStation ad? In this spot for The Phantom Pain, the bride thanks her father and Metal Gear Solid for the various things she’s learned over the past 28 years, such has never giving up…

Curiosity Killed The Solid Snake

Everyone: “Hey, Snake, why do you ask so many questions?” Snake: “QUESTIONS?”

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…