Metal Gear Solid

Why Snake Is The Best Climber In Video Game History

Or Big Boss if you want to be pedantic. Point being video games are full of people who climb: Lara Croft, Nathan Drake, Ezio, um… The Ice Climbers. But after watching an early demo of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, it has become crystal clear. Snake is the Adam Ondra/Chris Sharma of video…

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will be out in 2015, Hideo Kojima announced today at the Tokyo Game Show.

Metal Gear Solid V Gets New TGS Trailer

Here’s a new, long, cinematic trailer (well, one of the game’s cutscenes) for Metal Gear Solid V. The quality of this vid isn’t the greatest, captured as it is off a livestream of a Tokyo Game Show stage event, but it gets the job done. Well, visually at least. We’ll swap in an English-language version…

Metal Gear Solid Characters As Pokémon Trainers

Otacon would probably take Professor Oak’s place, and the Pokémon themselves would look a lot different if the Metal Gear universe met Pokémon Japanese artist Ikuyoan transformed Snake, Liquid and Raiden (I like his new “sword”) to Pokémon trainers, with cuter versions of a Metal Gear REX or Blade Wolf. Fan-art by Ikuyoan [Pixiv, via…

A Real Aircraft Carrier Makes For An Amazing Cosplay Video

KantaiCon is a one-day anime convention in South Carolina which takes place on an actual aircraft carrier — the USS Yorktown. As demonstrated in Beat Down Boogie‘s video from last week’s event, it’s an excellent setting for cosplay. Not only does KantaiCon take place on the Yorktown, there’s a submarine and a destroyer on hand…

Snake and Ocelot’s “solid” friendship is a territory where no Metal Gear game has gone before. But that’s absolutely possible in Tomodachi Life. They look a bit different, but it’s possible. via Big Bosselot [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…

Take A Good Look at Metal Gear Solid V‘s Multiplayer

Konami’s finally giving the world a look at the multplayer component of the next Metal Gear Solid this week. First unveiled at Gamescom last week, The Phantom Pain‘s online portion will have players invading each others’ bases. This video from IGN starts off with the previously shown chunk of the single-player campaign;seven minutes of multiplayer…

Assembling A Huge Metal Gear Costume Is Not That Easy

YouTuber Mike Hecxz captured the moment when members of the awesome Pro Voltage cosplay group are assembling their Metal Gear REX costume at Otakon 2014. As you can see it’s so huge they need more than one people to help: But when it’s assembled, the result is just incredible. You can’t even see there’s someone…

15-Minute Metal Gear Solid V Demo Is Ridiculous And Amazing

Shown off today during a Gamescom livestream, here’s the newest demo for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which will be out for consoles and PC… eventually. It’s silly. Very silly. There’s horse poop and goat murder and boxes with bikini models. Enjoy. (video via Shirrako)

Watch The Metal Gear Solid V Show Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

Are you ready to learn more about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain? Maybe, say, a release date? Well, we’re not getting our hopes up too much, but today’s big Gamescom preview event should at least give us some more insight about what to expect from the next entry in Hideo Kojima’s batshit insane…

Metal Gear Solid V Is Coming To PC

Who needs next-gen consoles? The Metal Gear Solid series is hitting PC once again with entry #5—both Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain will come to Steam, publisher Konami accidentally leaked today just before a big MGS livestream. Looks like someone on Konami’s web team jumped the gun. This is the first time in a very…

Hideo Kojima And Guillermo del Toro Team Up For New Silent Hill

Yeah, this is actually happening. Classic horror game series Silent Hill is back, with Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and famed horror movie director Guillermo del Toro involved. Walking Dead TV show actor Norman Reedus is the star. It was revealed in the form of an interactive teaser on the PlayStation Store. You can…

You Can Wear A PS4 Box In Metal Gear Solid V

Today at Gamescom, instead of showing off actual new gameplay footage from Metal Gear Solid V, director Hideo Kojima came out and gave us this: Hahahahahahaha. Hideo Kojima, you are the best.

Robin Hood meets Metal Gear (in the fuuuuuuture) from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. Mike Bithell’s Volume continues to look equal parts sneaky and mysterious, and it’s coming “first” to PlayStation platforms. If you want more, check out this demo video Kirk shot

​”Snake? SNAAAKE?!”

A few-years-old cartoon about other Metal Gear Solid characters leaving messages in Solid Snake’s voicemail, done for PSM Magazine by Empowered artistAdam Warren [via Brian Michael Bendis’ Tumblr]

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Custom Metal Gear Rex Has A Working Gun

Made by really talented modeler NG78, this custom Metal Gear Rex is a bit more different than the ones we’ve seen so far. It might not be the biggest one, but with a custom built-in gun, it’s definitely the most dangerous. The builder shared a few more pics here: [Kotobukiya] Metal Gear REX Electromagnetic Gun…

News Station Uses Metal Gear Solid V Pic For Report On Child Soldiers

Metal Gear Solid V might take place in the 80s, but apparently it looked good enough to illustrate a topic on recent events in Africa. Child soldier turned hip-hop artist Emmanuel Jal talks about war in South Sudan and his tragic childhood on Russia Today when, out of the blue, the FOX Engine and MGSV…

An In-Depth Look At Metal Gear Solid V‘s Mother Base

We’ve already seen some footage from Metal Gear Solid V, including a tour of one of the most famous oil platforms in gaming, the Mother Base, that will serve as the main hub of the game. YouTuber YongYea is here with a detailed analysis of the Mother Base, along with the inevitable theories—it’s a new…

Phantom Pain-Style Metal Gear Solid 3 Trailer Is Surprisingly Powerful

Big Boss (and David Hayter) go nuclear in YongYea’s fan-made Metal Gear Solid 3 video. It was made to match the emotional E3 trailer of MGSV as closely as possible and we can’t say he didn’t succeed. Here’s the clip below. And obviously, watch out for Metal Gear Solid 3 spoilers: Metal Gear Solid 3…