Metal Gear Solid

The Man Who Brought Solid Snake To Life

Solid Snake is one of gaming’s iconic characters. And in Japan, his voice is as iconic as his look – if not more so. While the West has David Hayter, and now Kiefer Sutherland as the voice behind the character, Japan has Akio Otsuka, a veteran voice actor whose name has become almost as synonymous…

Airsoft Is Much Better With Metal Gear Solid Cardboard Boxes

Who needs scopes, flashlights, speed loaders or any special accessory when a simple cardboard box can turn the tide of the game. Japanese Airsoft site Hyper Douraku learned the lesson from Metal Gear Solid and imagined how cardboard boxes, similar to the ones in the series, would look like as actual, purchasable airsoft gear. To…

Deadline reports screenwriter Jay Basu is now writing the years-in-development Metal Gear Solid movie.

Where Is Hideo Kojima? Show Him To Me.

Have you seen this man? His name is Hideo Kojima and he makes video games. And since March 19 he seems to have vanished. Of course, he hasn’t vanished from the internet. There have been various stories about Hideo Kojima and how his production company seems to have vanished. Then, there was, in my opinion,…

Sounds Like Hideo Kojima Really Is Leaving Konami

For the past two days, rumors have been swirling that Metal Gear Solid bossman Hideo Kojima will be parting ways with Konami in the near future. Today, Konami issued a statement that seems to imply the rumors are true: Kojima will finish up MGS V, and then Metal Gear will continue… but they’re looking for…

A List Of Times Hideo Kojima Has Said He’s Done Making Metal Gear

In an interview published yesterday, Hideo Kojima said the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain would be his last Metal Gear game. I thought that sounded familiar, so I did some researching. Turns out… well, let’s take a look. December 12, 2000 – IGN IGNPS2: When you’re done with [Metal Gear Solid 2],…

Metal Gear Solid V Gets One Pretty PS4 

I would call this the most gorgeous PlayStation 4 released so far, but I prefer the 20th Anniversary model. That being said, this looks nice. Real nice. Konami has announced a special Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain PlayStation 4. The color combination is patterned after Snake’s bionic arm. Pretty slick! The console—and controller—both…

Metal Gear Solid V Will Be Out September 1

The next big Metal Gear Solid game is coming out this September, according to an inadvertent video leak on IGN. We’ll finally see MGSV: The Phantom Pain on September 1, 2015. For some context: MGS publisher Konami had partnered up with IGN to hype up the game and promise a big announcementfor tomorrow at 9am,…

Metal Gear Ray Pops Up In The Weirdest Place Possible

[“Rules of Nature” lute version playing in the background] That’s a perfect medieval Metal Gear by Deelekgolo created in Besiege

Sure Seems Like The Newest Metal Gear Lets You Smoke Weed

Here’s a small detail that seems to have slipped everyone’s radar. Like many Metal Gear Solid games, the Phantom Pain lets you smoke. Only this time, the game says that the cigar contains a “medicinal herb.” While this “medicinal herb” could be just about anything, The Game Theorists argue that the fact the herb alters…

Meal Gear Solid Fan-Film Is All About Cardboard Boxes

Instead of “Punished Snake” or dramatic monologues in the rain, Fury Fingers‘ Metal Gear short focuses on another aspect of the series. The enemy soldiers in this one chose the worst possible HQ—a warehouse full of Snake’s favorite infiltration aid: cardboard boxes. There’s behind the scenes footage as well with CG tanks and CG boxes.…

PC Modders Turn Metal Gear Solid Into A First-Person Shooter

The Metal Gear Solid games have allowed players to look around in first-person for quite a while, but to play the whole game like an FPS—with convincing movement and decent controls? This looks like a job for modders. The Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes first-person PC mod—which you can see in action courtesy of…

The Solid Snake You Never Knew

Solid Snake: Badass agent. Special ops legend. Unsuccessful illustrator – wait, what? For fans of the Metal Gear Solid games, Solid Snake is an iconic hero with a background steeped in legend. The clone of Big Boss who thwarted multiple potential nuclear catastrophes, the chiseled, bandana-wearing agent is a hardened hero. But back in his…

Killer Metal Gear Cosplay Is A Straight-Shooter

Rick Boer, King of Metal Gear Cosplay, returns with a new take on the series that leaves his regular Snake gig behind for someone a little fancier. If you think this Revolver Ocelot shoot has been heavily photoshopped, nope. That’s hardcore make-up work, all of it applied by Boer himself. Photos here taken by Nathalie…

Metal Gear PC Mod Turns People Into Birds 

You know how you can swap Snake’s model with Hideo Kojima’s in the PC version of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes? Well it seems like that trick isn’t limited to people. The video above is what happens when you overwrite the raven models with Kazuhira Miller’s (and add Queen.) As reddit commenter Einhander pointed…

Fans Make Hideo Kojima Playable in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes came out recently on Steam, and a PC version means one thing: mods. And since a model of game director Hideo Kojima is in the game, why not make him and his model the main character? Skip to 0:59 in the video above to see the true capabilities of…

Hideo Kojima Trolled Everyone On Christmas, Because of Course He Did

On Christmas day, diehard Metal Gear Solid fans faithfully tuned into a broadcast called Kojima Station. The hope was that Kojima would give fans a neat look behind-the-scenes on Metal Gear Solid V. Maybe he’d even give people a release date. Who knows! So fans watched this stream for almost three hours. Kojima opened presents…

Hideo Kojima’s Memories of the PlayStation

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear franchise, has many stories to tell about his experience with the PlayStation over the past two decades. He was kind enough to share a few of them. “I was in Kobe, and it was in 1993 when the precursor to Kojima Productions, Kaihatsu Gobu (開発5部 trans: Development Section…

Did Hideo Kojima Secretly Reveal Metal Gear Solid V’s Release Date?

Even if you watched The Game Awards last week, it’s easy to miss the detail that some Hideo Kojima fans are obsessing about right now. For most viewers, nothing about Kojima’s presentation of Metal Gear SolidOnline seemed out of the usual. But as fans such as YongYea point out, Kojima’s shirt is worth paying attention…

Your PC Must Be This Solid To Run Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Snake? Snake? SNAAAAAAAAKE? Oh, sorry about the yelling. Just wanted to know what you’ve got under the hood of your PC. Konami’s released the PC specs for the (phantom) painfully long-awaited PC release ofMetal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, the mini open-world prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Here’s what you’ll need…