Metal Gear Solid

The Most Memorable Presidential Cameos In Video Games

U.S. presidents—fictional or not—have had a major impact on video games. When a game has something to do with the United States, there’s a good chance the Commander-in-Chief is gonna show up. We gathered a few remarkable U.S. president cameos below. Most of them are goofy, but there are a few serious appearances, too. [An…

For A Metal Gear Porn Parody, These Special Effects Are Okay!

Usually porn parodies seem content with just cosplay, but not this Metal Gear Solid one. It’s really gone the extra mile. Dubbed Metal Rear Solid: The Phantom Peen (heh), this is the latest game themed endeavour from the folks behind the Overwatch dirty movie and the FFXV skin flick. Besides groan-inducing puns like “Diamond Dongs,”…

Two Years Later, Fans Have Cracked P.T. Wide Open

Horror game P.T. was released in August 2014, and canceled months afterwards. Fans kept digging for secrets a year later, but by 2016, most of us would assume we’ve found everything. Well, not quite. Over at the Xentax forums, user luxox18 posted a datamine of P.T. that was completed just a few days ago, revealing…

Geoff Keighley Gives Emotional Speech For Hideo Kojima, Puts Konami On Blast

A year ago, Hideo Kojima was supposed to receive a trophy at The Game Awards for Metal Gear Solid V. Due to bullshit from Konami, Kojima couldn’t attend the event. Tonight, things have been set right. “Last year, I thought I lost everything,” Kojima said, accepting the award. “But I didn’t.” The whole thing was…

Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience is out today for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (EDIT 4:50pm— The PC version releases Thursday, October 13). The Definitive Experience includes The Phantom Pain, Ground Zeroes, and all the DLC. Here’s what we thought of MGSV when it first came out

Metal Gear Solid V cosplay by tniwe. Photo by Aku

Konami Has No Plans To Finish MGSV The Phantom Pain‘s Mission 51

One of Metal Gear Solid V’s most important plot points, Mission 51, ended up on the cutting room floor. Today, Konami said it does not plan to finish this mission. As Kotaku reported last year, footage of a deleted mission, made up of concept art, narration, and half-finished cut-scenes, appeared in the game’s previously released…

Metal Gear Solid V Definitive Edition Sneaks Out This Fall

On October 11, Konami is re-releasing MGSV Ground Zeroes along with The Phantom Pain and both games’ DLC. Dubbed Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience, the collection will be available on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam) for US$49.99. Below is all the DLC that comes with The Definitive Experience:

Metal Gear Solid 2 Was A Twisted Experiment in Mind Control

It was E3 2000 when I nearly lost my shit. The sequel to one of the best games I’d played on the PS1, Metal Gear Solid, was coming out on the PS2 and the graphics showcased in Sons of Liberty were unbelievable. Realistic rain poured down on a tanker as it is taken over by…

Konami Releasing New Metal Gear Game

Konami isn’tgoing to let the loss of Hideo Kojima stop them from using the Metal Gear license, announcing today an all-new game in the franchise: Metal Gear Survive It’s coming in 2017 for PC, Xbox One and PS4, and is described as a “co-op survival game”. Apparently it’s set straight after MSG V prologue Ground…

A Different Kind Of Sexy Metal Gear Cosplay

Real talk: Metal Gear Solid V’s Quiet is a very sexy video game character, one (reportedly) designed specifically to encourage cosplay. Well, ask and ye shall receive, Mr. Kojima. Most of the Quiet cosplay we’ve seen over the past couple of years has been pretty straight-up. So well played, Patrick Kennedy, for switching things up…

$300 Statue Of Metal Gear Solid V’s Venom Snake Includes Cute Puppy

I can see your pores, Snake. Being a statue, and not an action figure, this won’t be coming with interchangeable hands and weapons and accessories. Though you can take his scarf off, and the detail on some of his gear is crazy. It’s made by Gecco, the same people behind the Quiet statue from earlier…

People Are Mass-Disliking Metal Gear Pachinko 

Yesterday, Konami revealed Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater for pachinko slot machines. Today, people are mass-disliking its debut trailer. As of writing, the clip has been viewed nearly 450,000 times, while the dislike counter has hit 23,888 and there are 814 likes. That’s some ratio. This comes after a very strange yearfor Konami. Fans seems…

Rick Boer as Solid Snake.

Metal Gear Figure Is A Hopeless Plastic Loser

If you’re going to make an action figure based on knife/porn fodder like Metal Gear soldiers, you need to get the tone right. And Figma definitely have the tone right here. While he looks menacing enough initially… When you start breaking out his accessories… Things start getting very Metal Gear… It’ll be out this summer.…

Metal Gear’s Original Snake Voice Actor Returns For A Car Commercial

Think Konami’s gonna shut this down? Three years ago, fans were shocked to learn that David Hayter, the longtime English language voice of Metal Gear lead character Snake, wouldn’t be returning to his most famous role. Hayter’s lobbed a few darts at publisher Konami and Snake’s creator Hideo Kojima since it all went down. So…

Shut-Down Metal Gear Solid Fan Remake Reborn as Virtual Museum 

Lots of Solid Snake fans got sad when the folks making the Shadow Moses HD re-make of Metal Gear Solid suddenly announced that they were stopping development last month. It turns out that all of that work isn’t just evaporating into thin air. You’ll be able to walk around the environments of what could have…

Apparently Big Boss Recorded A Country Album

I know Kojima leaving Konami is tough, Snake, but it’s not your fault. Kiefer Sutherland, aka the actor who replaced David Hayter in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, released a music video for an upcoming country-tinged album. The single, Not Enough Whiskey, is pretty…on the nose. In the video, Sutherland drinks whiskey. It’s…

How To Make Metal Gear Solid V Cosplay Better

This is terrific Metal Gear Solid cosplay. But you know what really sells it? The ball of fire. Previously, Kotaku reported that pyrotechnic cosplay eventswere being held in Japan. Blowing shit up packs that extra punch for MGS get-ups. Great work cosplayers, dog, and explosive experts. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

Original Snake Voice David Hayter Has No Love For Hideo Kojima

“I was kinda hoping that Konami would take me back now that he was gone.” In a special edition of the Game Informer podcast, actor and screenwriter David Hayter talked about his “humiliating” replacement as Metal Gear’s leading man and how he really feels about the series creator who wanted him gone. If you’re interested…