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Metal Gear Solid Gets 4K Remaster Thanks To AI
Thanks to ERSGAN(Enhanced Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Networks) and the work of tophergopher1, this is Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (the GameCube version/remake) featuring full 4K visuals, with none of the upscaling having been done by human hands. Instead, machine-learning has looked at the game’s old textures and cleaned them up the best way it saw…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanImagining A Theme For The Metal Gear Solid Movie
This is not the official theme for director Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ still-in-the-works Metal Gear Solid cinematic adaptation. It is another barn burner by MGSV singer Donna Burke. Besides voicing the iDroid in Metal Gear Solid V, Burke sang “Heavens Divide” for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and “Sins of the Father” for Metal Gear Solid V:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2019 -
Metal Gear Solid Retrospective: ‘You Enjoy All The Killing, That’s Why’
After Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the titular character went into retirement—both in the series’ fiction and real life. It would be another eight years before fans would play a Metal Gear game. That game was Metal Gear Solid, and it helped codify the stealth genre forever. Solid Snake’s story is full of betrayal, blood,…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 6, 2019 -
A Dedicated Fan Is Remaking Metal Gear Solid In Dreams
We’ve already seen some really cool things being built in the early access release of Dreams on PS4. Now we can add this Metal Gear Solid remake project to that growing list of cool stuff. While it isn’t finished yet, the first footage of the project looks really good. This fan-made Metal Gear remake is…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 12, 2019 -
Big Smoke’s Famous Fast Food Order From GTA San Andreas Said By Solid Snake
David Hayter is well known as the voice of Solid Snake, providing the voice of the character in multiple games, including cameo appearances in non-Metal Gear games like Smash Bros. And now thanks to a fan request, Hayter lets us hear how the super spy would order from a fast food joint. In the world…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 11, 2019 -
David Hayter Delivers A Rousing Performance Re: Solid Snake’s Ass
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Metal Gear’s Solid Snake has a big fat ass. This basic underpinning of our universe has now reached all corners of the internet, including Solid Snake’s longtime voice actor. Solid Snake is the leading character in a game about stealth, so it stands to reason that he would…
By Gita Jackson Published February 22, 2019 -
Video Game Propaganda Posters Are Winning The War
Artist Fernando Reza has just finished a huge range of illustrations turning classic video game series into Second World War propaganda posters. They are fantastic We’ve featured Reza’s work before—like his line of Zelda recruitment posters—but this new collection covers all kinds of bases, from Metal Gear to Mario to Space Invaders They’re all available…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2018 -
ReviewsHardwareGame SystemsPlayStation Classic: The Kotaku Review
PlayStation Classic is a faithful reproduction of the experience of playing original PlayStation games in the mid-1990s. In that respect, it succeeds. What it lacks is passion. This piece originally appeared 11/27/18. We’re bumping it today for the PlayStation Classic’s release. With Nintendo roundly rejecting the idea of a Nintendo 64 Classic in the foreseeable…
By Chris Kohler Published December 3, 2018 -
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Metal Gear Mecha Brought To Life As A Small Robot
Students at the Aichi Institute of Technology in Japan have built a miniature robot version of the Metal Gear Solid 4 Rex mecha. And yes, it moves. The parts were customize built and then wired Here is the Rex robot in action Cool project!
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2018 -
Fan Recreates Metal Gear Solid In Lego Worlds
A fan tribute to Metal Gear Solid is always welcome, but when it comes with a hefty helping of Lego it is hard to ignore. Lego Worlds has allowed for some really fascinating creations, including a Dark Souls replication, and YouTube user Craig Kelly has used the extensive Lego tools to do an incredible job…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 6, 2018 -
Metal Gear Solid’s Intro Has Been Remade In Unreal Engine 4
It’s been 20 years this week since the release of the original, groundbreaking Metal Gear Solid, and to celebrate a fan has taken the 1998 game’s intro movie and completely remade it in Unreal Engine 4. Here’s the original in all its blocky glory: And here’s the new version made by Erasmus Brosdau, which not…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 5, 2018 -
Metal Gear Retrospective: Snake’s Punishment Begins
Metal Gear wants the player to fail. The game’s rough edges are part of the growing pains of an early genre, but taken in the context of the entire Metal Gear series, these challenges also feel like horrifying defense mechanisms. As Solid Snake infiltrates Outer Heaven, the player intrudes upon the game’s world. Neither are…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 5, 2018 -
Real-Life Metal Gear Solid Sneaking Game Coming To Tokyo
Starting September 12, a Metal Gear Solid-themed real-life stealth game will open in Tokyo’s Shinjuku. Just like in Metal Gear Solid, the real-life game lets players sneak into Shadow Moses, avoiding detection to destroy a Metal Gear. According to the game’s official Mystery Circus site (via SoraNews and AnimeNewsNetwork), a team of one to three…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 4, 2018 -
Fans Congratulate Metal Gear Solid On 20 Years
Twenty years ago today Metal Gear Solid was first released on the PlayStation. Fans have been uploading images, art and memories to say thanks. While Metal Gear Solid was released on September 3, 1998, it was released the following month on October 20 in North America.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2018 -
I Never Knew About The Amazing Throwback Mission In Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is an interesting experience, but I can’t say that I’ve thought much about it since the release of The Phantom Pain back in 2015. Now a let’s play series has got me appreciating an excellent mission that I missed before. Chip and Ironicus are some of my favorite let’s…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 19, 2018 -
David Hayter Returns As Voice Of Snake In Touching Metal Gear Solid Tribute
David Hayter, who voiced Metal Gear Solid protagonists Solid Snake and Naked Snake until he was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland in Metal Gear Solid V, has returned to the former role in a short video produced by filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts in celebration of the Metal Gear franchise’s 31st anniversary. The video was posted earlier this…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 18, 2018 -
CultureCheck Out Some Concept Art For The Upcoming Metal Gear Solid Movie
Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is directing the Metal Gear Solid movie, and to get the pre-production ball rolling he’s got some of the best artists on the planet to create some very early concept art. Vogt-Roberts personally commissioned the artists—many of whom we’ve featured here on Fine Art previously—as part of the visual development…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 15, 2018 -
Metal Gear Solid, Only With An Anime Intro
Oh hey, people are still doing this anime intro thing, excellent. This one’s for the original Metal Gear Solid It’s weird, at the time this game looked amazing. Then for a very long time people thought its crude 3D visuals looked like shit. Now it looks amazing once more, and we can rejoice in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 9, 2018 -
Konami Updates Metal Gear Solid V: TPP, Makes Quiet Playable On FOBs
In July 2017, Konami updated Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, making Ocelot playable. Now a year later, the game has been updated once again. This time, Quiet is playable. It’s not possible to change the character’s outfit, and the character has no other head options. The update also brings new items, such as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 25, 2018
