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Holy Crap, This Metal Gear Toy is ENORMOUS
Ashley Wood’s threeA toy company has for years been teasing the release of a figure based on Metal Gear Rex. Why the wait? Because, um, it’s as big as a dog. Seriously, get a load of this thing. Earlier pictures made it look like it’d be, oh, 10 inches. 14 inches tops. This must be…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2012 -
Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D Out Next Month (or March!)
Konami’s latest in a never-ending line of Metal Gear Solid remakes, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D, will be out on the Nintendo 3DS in the US on February 21. Those living in Europe or Australia, there’s a slight delay, and you’ll be getting the game on March 8. I played the game at the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2012 -
What Are the Chances of a (Another) Metal Gear Solid Remake?
Released back in 1998, the first Metal Gear Solid is one of those titles for which gamers continuously cry “remake”. Hideo Kojima, the game’s creator, seems perfectly happy with the game. “Looking back, there’s not anything in particular I want to go back and fix. If you change anything, you change the game—and I want…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 26, 2011 -
Metal Gear Creator’s Next Game is Set In a “Very Open World”
Hideo Kojima, creator and curator of the Metal Gear franchise, sure loves a tease. Speaking with CNN recently, he starts to get into details about his upcoming game, then like all good teases do, pulls up short just before you get to the good stuff. Having shown it off last week with APCs and women’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2011 -
Let’s Look at New Zone of the Enders Figures!
A new Revoltech figure of Z.O.E. character Anubis went on sale in Japan. Website Moeyo got up and close with the figure, manhandling the box and taking some snaps of the figure. Zone of the Enders is a mecha game from Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. A sequel is long overdue and not coming…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2011 -
Stealth Will Return in Next Metal Gear Solid Sequel
Metal Gear Rising is a hack-and-slash game. It’s not a stealth game—no biggie MGS creator Hideo Kojima pointed out. It’s a spin-off game, and stealth will return to the next MGS sequel so wait for that. [@Kojima_Hideo]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2011 -
Metal Gear Rising Was Killed Off
For a spell there, Metal Gear: Rising fell off the map. That’s probably because the game had been canned. Now, as evident in the game’s latest trailer, Rising is back in a big way. During the latest Kojima Productions podcast, it was revealed that the game’s core mechanic, the ability to chop up whatever, was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 -
Watch Metal Gear‘s Creator Breakdown and Apologize A lot
During the VGA Awards, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima took the stage and introduced the new trailer for Metal Gear: Rising. Things didn’t go smoothly. At all. Whether Kojima was simply nervous or there was a teleprompter problem, I don’t know. I do know that things went south pretty quick. As someone who gets nervous…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 11, 2011 -
Metal Gear‘s Iconic Mecha Will Dominate Your Desk
If you populate your desk with figurines and models, no doubt you choose your plastic and resin statues carefully. What you choose, says much about you. And if, next January, you select this Metal Gear Rex, it will say this: You have excellent taste. Going on sale next January, this Metal Gear Rex is being…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2011 -
Metal Gear Is Coming to Life. Again.
In Metal Gear Solid IV, Snake has a little robot companion called the Metal Gear Mk. II. And one day, you might have one of your own. But, it might look an ostrich, and it won’t be created by Otacon and Sunny. This isn’t the first real metal gear. As previously posted, the Cold War…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2011 -
Watch Men Recreate Insane Metal Gear Solid Gun Tricks
In Metal Gear Solid 3, there are a few points where Ocelot hits the ridiculous button and spends an eternity spinning pistols like a cowboy in a beret. It looks too crazy to be able to pull off in real life, right? Right? Wrong! There’s an entire movement on YouTube devoted entirely to recreating the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011 -
Ready to Pre-Order Some Solid Snake? How about Cyborg Ninja?
Spotted at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, there are Solid Snake and Cyborg Ninja figures incoming from Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line. Pre-orders are now underway! The Solid Snake figure lists for ¥5,800—ditto for the Cyborg Ninja figure. Both are available at lower prices online, however. They’ll be released next February. That’s the future,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 2, 2011 -
Metal Gear Team Feverishly Checking Plastic Boobs
Hideo Kojima, creator of stealth series Metal Gear, and his team are approving a series of figurines based on Metal Gear Solid characters. Serious questions around the office being asked about this Meryl figure include: “Are her boobs like this? Are they big?” This is the latest prototype, and according to Kojima, the figure needs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2011 -
The Four Video Games That Shaped Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series—which turns 25 next year—says he’s drawn influence from four video games above all others. They are four very different games, each “very important” he says. What are they? The game designer who says “70% of my body is made of movies” in his Twitter profile tweeted that…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2011 -
Get Your RISK: Metal Gear Solid Limited Edition Before It’s Too late
The tactical espionage action of Metal Gear Solid meets the world-conquering strategy of Risk for Australia-nuking, Outer Haven-occupying fun with RISK: Metal Gear Solid. You can get it now. And now might be a very good time to do so. RISK: Metal Gear Solid, detailed right here and here, turns the conflicts of Metal Gear…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 3, 2011 -
The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Limited Edition is More Than Just an Art Book
What, you want more than just HD remastered versions of Metal Gear Solid 2, 3, and Peace Walker? Then what you want is the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, which comes with an art book and so much more! Okay, one thing more. And it’s technically not even a thing, really. It’s packaging, with designed…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2011 -
Culture
The Dark, Moody Metal Gear Art of Ashley Wood
If you like Metal Gear, chances are you’ve heard the name Ashley Wood before. While these days the Australian artist is kept busy with things like comics, art books, toys, TV and movies, he’s also had a long-running and very successful stint as an artist for Konami’s blockbuster stealth franchise. What’s cool about Wood’s Metal…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2011
