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Hideo Kojima Might Work on the Metal Gear Movie Script [Update]
In late August, a new Metal Gear Solid movie was announced. This wasn’t the first Metal Gear project Hollywood had seen: back in 2008, there was another MGS film that never got off the ground. Some fans are probably happy about the possibility of seeing Metal Gear Solid on the big screen. Others are not.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012 -
The Brand New Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengeance Trailer (And Its Sexy New Bad Guys)
At Tokyo Game Show 2012, Hideo Kojima revealed the latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengeance. In the new trailer, 3 new enemy bosses are revealed. View each image to see who they are. The new trailer also shows Raiden’s slicing combat system in action, as well as his hacking of an enemy drone.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 20, 2012 -
Metal Gear Phone Games Sure Have Come a Long Way
The last big Metal Gear for a phone was 2009’s Metal Gear Solid Touch. It was…look, I’ll be kind and say it was serviceable. Only three years later we’ve come quite some way. Thanks, advancing mobile phone technology! I don’t know how this is going to play, but I imagine Metal Gear fans will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2012 -
Metal Gear’s Insane Plot, as Told by Someone Who Hasn’t Played the Games
The wonderful Zac Gorman gets more detailed about the plot for the Metal Gear games than I could ever manage. He’s pretty much spot-on, right? The plot to the Metal Gear Solid series as described by someone who has never played it [Magical Game Time]
By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2012 -
Here’s Another Kojima-Ordered Look at Snake, to Prove He’s Not a Geezer in Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear fans thought they were getting Old Snake a second time after viewing the 10-minute in-game demonstration of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, which series creator Hideo Kojima said was a misperception created by backlighting. Still, people continued to press the issue. So Kojima asked an artist to remove the goggles from this promotional…
By Owen Good Published September 5, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Raiden, You’d Make a Wonderful Teenage Manga Character
Japanese manga artist Hiro Mashima (Rave, Fairy Tail) was blown away by Raiden at the recent Metal Gear Solid event. So, he decided to do his take on the character—see above! The result looks younger—like a manga character should—and quite different from the way Konami’s in-house artist and character designer Yoji Shinkawa draws the character.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 5, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Relax, Snake Isn’t an Old Man in the New Metal Gear
We’ve already seen Old Snake—heck, we had a whole game with him. While the promotional artwork for Metal Gear Sold: Ground Zeroes shows a younger looking Snake (Naked Snake), the game’s debut footage seems to show an older looking one. Or does it? Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima attempted to clear up the confusion on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 5, 2012 -
Kotaku East
How to Annoy Metal Gear‘s Creator: Ask Him About Project Ogre
Remember when Hideo Kojima jokingly told Kotaku readers to petition Konami so that he didn’t have to make Metal Gear Solid anymore? Good times. But as the stunning debut trailer for the newest Metal Gear Solid, the open world game MGS: Ground Zeroes, proves, yes, Hideo Kojima does have to make Metal Gear Solid. That’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2012 -
Watch 11 Minutes Of Stunning In-Game Footage From Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
This is the unreal footage from Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes that director Hideo Kojima showed off at an event today in Seattle. Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5, Kojima said at the event. As you can see, it looks pretty damn good. Enjoy the video. [Update] Here is another video,…
By Jason Schreier Published September 1, 2012 -
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Is A Prologue To Metal Gear Solid 5
The next Metal Gear Solid game is considered a prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5, director Hideo Kojima said today at a PAX presentation. He also showed off some stunning gameplay footage from the upcoming open-world game. Snake is back: and he actually looks younger than he did in Metal Gear Solid 4. The original…
By Jason Schreier Published September 1, 2012 -
Let’s Help Hollywood Find the Perfect Snake for the Metal Gear Movie
Hollywood is making a Metal Gear movie! Again! It sounds like production on the flick is just getting started (again). The project has a producer, but there’s no word of a director or screenwriter. More importantly, who is going to play Snake? Getting the jump on those big time Hollywood casting agents, Kotaku is here…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2012 -
Three Reasons Most Video Game Movies Don’t Work, and One Why I Hope a Metal Gear Solid Movie Will
Film adaptations of popular games are almost as inevitable as game adaptations of films—and often, just as terrible. Early this morning, we learned that Konami once again have plans to take Metal Gear Solid to the silver screen. The film seems to be in the very early planning stages, so it’s too soon to say…
By Kate Cox Published August 30, 2012 -
No Metal Gear Solid 5, But Here’s All of Last Night’s Big Metal Gear News
In Tokyo earlier today, Konami held a 25th anniversary party for Metal Gear. Twenty five years! The time has just flown by. If you were hoping for Metal Gear 5, you’re going to be disappointed. But if you were hoping to be wowed, then wowed you will be. Here are the highlights from the event:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Want 800 Pages of Metal Gear? How About Metal Gear Tights?
Today at the 25th anniversary event for Metal Gear, Konami showed off a slew of Metal Gear related goods. Some of them you might want. Some, you might not. There was the usual array of gaming t-shirts (here, a collaboration between Uniqlo and Konami) as well as the more unusual: Metal Gear tights. They are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Looks To Be Full Of Clichés, But It Has a Chainsaw-Wielding Robot Dog
After initially being announced back in 2009 as Metal Gear Solid: Rising, and rebranded in 2011 after facing cancellation, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance looks like it’s “gearing” up for its finishing lap before release with some new info (pardon the pun). In an announcement in this week’s Weekly Famitsu. Konami has revealed the sword-wielding cyborg,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 30, 2012 -
Metal Gear Is Going Hollywood (Again) with a New Movie
For years now, there has been chatter of a Metal Gear Solid movie. The project was at one time moving forward. Then, it seemed to die. Today, Konami stated that the movie is back on. Metal Gear Solid is going Hollywood. At today’s Metal Gear Anniversary event in Tokyo, photos show banners with the slogan…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2012 -
Culture
Metal Gear Ain’t Metal Gear Without Yoji Shinkawa’s Iconic Art
Last year, Fine Art looked at Ashley Wood’s contribution to the Metal Gear universe with his scratchy, chaotic images. While those have become popular of late, for many long-time fans the man they think of first when they think of Metal Gear’s look is Yoji Shinkawa. Beginning his career on cult hit Policenauts, Shinkawa quickly…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 9, 2012 -
Kotaku EastHD Games Are Like Putting on Tons of Make-Up. Wait, What?
While I can appreciate the skill and art that goes into make up, I find this Sony teaser to be baffling. It’s comparing HD editions of video games to a woman being made up. The central point is that a woman whose face is covered in make up is the same woman underneath. But the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2012 -
We Will See The Tech Behind The Next Metal Gear Solid On August 30
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima will show off his new Fox Engine on August 30, he said in an interview posted on the PlayStation blog today The Fox Engine, which Kojima and his team have been developing since the release of Metal Gear Solid 4 in 2008, will run the next Metal Gear Solid…
By Jason Schreier Published July 23, 2012 -
This Truly is The Box Solid Snake Belongs In
It’s almost like a Wheel of Fortune-style before-and-after. “Solid Snake in a box” + “a box full of kittens” = “Solid Snake in a box full of kittens!” The artists, Becky & Frank of webcomic Tiny Kitten Teeth, painted this particular rendition of Solid Snake (“in his natural habitat,” they explain) for artist Olly Moss,…
By Kate Cox Published July 20, 2012