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Hideo Kojima Interested In Western Collaboration, Not Metal Gear Remakes
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has made no secret of his interesting in pursuing a more Western-style game development model, but hasn’t made clear what his intentions are beyond Metal Gear Solid Touch. Kojima tells Kikizo in a newly published interview that the Kojima Productions head, who was also recently promoted is “very interested” in…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2009 -
Metal Gear Solid Mega 64: Super Stealth Kojima
Mega 64 stealths their way through the streets of San Francisco, Metal Gear Solid style, until the characters they are portraying finally meet their maker. In a brilliant callback to their 2007 Game Developers Conference Mario skit, which featured a cameo by creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Mega 64 runs into the creator of the Metal Gear…
By Mike Fahey Published March 30, 2009 -
Kojima Stands And Delivers A Keynote
In case the text of our liveblog wasn’t enough for you, here’s some pictures direct from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima‘s GDC keynote session. Witness Hideo Kojima, recipient of the Game Developers Choice 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, as he dynamically discusses all things Metal Gear and Metal Gear related. See him standing, talking…standing AND talking…
By Adam Barenblat Published March 26, 2009 -
Hideo Kojima Announces An Announcement
*tap* *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Because game designer Hideo Kojima has something to announce. First and foremost, Kojima is best known for creating stealth series Metal Gear Solid. That doesn’t mean you should pigeonhole him as an action guy. In a GDC interview, he states: Well, to give you maybe a surprise, people…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
Hideo Kojima Has A New Role At Konami
Creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, Hideo Kojima is responsible in large part for Konami’s success. His games do well, Konami does well. What does that mean? Fancy white collar job titles, that’s what. While “Chief Of I Can Do Whatever I Want” would have been an obvious choice, his new title starting April…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2009 -
Solid Snake Gets Squared By Michael Lau
Seminal urban vinyl toy designer Michael Lau riffs on Hideo Kojima’s Solid Snake with his upcoming collection of Gardener figures, planned for a release later this month at the CS Booth 16 event in Hong Kong. Lau’s Snake Square nods not so subtly to the Snake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, packing geometric…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 16, 2009 -
Kojima on MGS Touch: “Simple, Yet Solidly Playable”
Hideo Kojima gave an interview to Famitsu iPhone magazine, and gave up a lot of detail on the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid Touch. Your next Metal Gear is a 20 stage game but, ruh roh, you don’t get them all at once. “Of these, 12 stages will be available initially,” according to Anoop Gantayat at…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 -
Job Listing Mentions New Metal Gear “Development”
Metal Gear Solid 4 was a big hit. Konami isn’t ready to walk away from the franchise anytime soon. (Example: Metal Gear Solid Touch.) A Konami job listing shows how eager the company is. The job listing is for an experience programmer and mentions mostly the obvious: Staff wanted for home console games and cell…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 9, 2009 -
Konami Smacks Down 100+ Metal Gear Online Accounts
Konami told Metal Gear Online gamers that it’s “taken action” against 113 alleged cheaters. From the tone of the announcement, it sounds like a response to months of complaining of glitching and other abuses. Here’s the note Konami sent out to players late yesterday afternoon: Konami has a firm policy regarding cheating in Metal Gear…
By Owen Good Published February 7, 2009 -
Snake Makes a Solid Tat
There seems to be no shortage of the impressive art gamers are both willing to pay for and have etched into their skin. Reader Aaron S. – I believe emailing from Japan but I could be wrong – sent us that one, which he says is a picture of his friend. Not him. Because that’s…
By Owen Good Published January 24, 2009 -
Rent 15 Movies That Influenced Metal Gear Solid
That’s Hideo Kojima. He makes Metal Gear Solid games and really likes movies — that last part is hard to believe, we know. Kojima has teamed up with video rental shop Tsutaya and wants to recommend 15 flicks that influenced the Metal Gear Solid series. The campaign is taking place at Tsutayas in Tokyo, Osaka,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2009 -
Kojima “Addicted” To Left 4 Dead, Considers Renouncing His Japanese Status
The man behind Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima, has got Left 4 Dead fever, a first-person shooter addiction rare in the typical Japanese video game fan. “Maybe I should quit being Japanese,” Kojima joked. In a newly published Famitsu interview, by way of 1UP, the Kojima Productions head worries further about the disparity between Japanese…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 14, 2009