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0  Kojima Tweets About Trophy and 3D Support For Metal Gear Solid 4 Wed, Sep 1st, 2010, 10:07 pm (EST) BY COLIN Hideo Kojima is at it again, replying to curious fans over Twitter. This time around he candidly said that he would love to make a "Complete Edition" for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Similar to what Substance and Subsistence did for Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater; however, it would support both 3D and Trophies. More »

	0  Metal Gear Solid: Rising Spearheads Konami's TGS Line-up Wed, Sep 1st, 2010, 10:05 pm (EST) BY COLIN Konami have confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be showcased at the Tokyo Game Show. We last saw a trailer of the watermelon dicing action hero at E3 and it's good to know that Raiden will be making an appearance on home turf. No word if the game will be playable. More »

	0  Rumour: This Is Vegas Cancelled, Had Cost Around $50 Million Wed, Aug 25th, 2010, 9:40 am (EST) BY DARRYL According to a source close to CVG, This Is Vegas has been cancelled by Warner Bros. after the product spent around three years in development. More »

	0  Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Gets Release Date Fri, Aug 20th, 2010, 2:19 pm (EST) BY COLIN MercurySteam's reboot of Konami's classic side-scrolling, vampire hunting franchise has received a release date. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will hit retailers on October 5 in North America and October 8 in Europe. More »

0  Metal Gear Solid: Rising Keeps No-Kill Tradition Fri, Aug 20th, 2010, 2:07 pm (EST) BY COLIN It's a well known tradition in the Metal Gear Solid franchise that players can opt to play through the entire saga without staining their conscience, aka kill a fellow human. From tranquilizer guns to rubber rounds to stun knives and rods and CQC, the Metal Gear games have given players every non-lethal tool possible in order to finish the game with zero kills. More »

0  Microsoft Readies Huge Xbox Live Push on WP7 Tue, Aug 17th, 2010, 1:18 pm (EST) BY SHAWN While we already knew Microsoft would be bringing the Xbox Live experience to Windows Phone 7, we didn't know much about what the service would entail, or how close it would be to the experience gamers are accustomed to on the Xbox 360. Microsoft has unveiled the official lineup for the device's Fall debut at GamesCom, and there's some pretty heavy-hitters included. More »

0  Hideo Kojima Unveils Peace Walker Drama CD Sat, Aug 14th, 2010, 1:07 am (EST) BY COLIN Kojima teased earlier this week that he was prepping a big announcement this weekend, although it wouldn't be as big as a ZOE3 announcement. The man didn't lie, it certainly isn't. As it turns out, it's the unveiling of a Peace Walker Drama CD. The Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Summer Camp More »

3  Hideo Kojima Teases Big Announcement This Weekend Thu, Aug 12th, 2010, 2:57 pm (EST) BY COLIN The entire industry probably knows how much Kojima has fallen in love with Twitter so it comes with little surprise that he's teasing an announcement on said social networking platform. According to Andriasang, Big Boss Kojima teased his followers with a rather curious tweet saying that he has something to announce over the weekend. More »

0  Metal Gear Solid: Rising Won't Have Old Snakes Wed, Aug 11th, 2010, 9:26 pm (EST) BY COLIN What's this? A Metal Gear Solid game without ye old familiar faces? No Snakes? No Ocelots? That's exactly what producer Shigenobu Matsuyama has said about Metal Gear Solid: Rising, which is a game that Hideo Kojima doesn't seem keen on being involved with. In an attempt to make the game more accessible to newcomers, Matsuyama revealed that Rising won't lean too much on the mind-boggling history and backstory of the Metal Gear canon. More »

	1  Metal Gear Boosts Konami's Earnings By Triple Thu, Aug 5th, 2010, 3:13 pm (EST) BY COLIN Konami has recently published their financial earnings report for the first quarter and it's good news for the company as their earnings have tripled in comparison to the first quarter of last year, thanks largely in part to the recently released Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. More »

	1  Konami Brings Dance Dance Revolution To PS3 Tue, Aug 3rd, 2010, 10:03 pm (EST) BY COLIN Konami's just announced something via their Facebook group. Something big. All you PS3 dance and music fans out there prepare to bring your A game as Konami is bringing Dance Dance Revolution to the PlayStation 3. More »

0  Front Mission Evolved And Metal Gear Collab Is Decals Sun, Jul 25th, 2010, 1:32 am (EST) BY COLIN As it turns out, that secret collaboration between Square Enix and Konami for Front Mission Evolved is, wait for it, wicked decals for them Wanzers - those giant mechs that skid around laying out the destruction like it's George Bush's birthday. More »

0  Konami Dismisses Castlevania October Release As Speculation Wed, Jul 21st, 2010, 4:56 pm (EST) BY COLIN Konami has spoken out regarding the October release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, their reboot of a classic franchise. Speaking to Eurogamer, they stated that no concrete release date has been set yet and as such, to treat any talk of one as "speculation." More »

1  Kojima: Japanese Developers Lack Passion Fri, Jul 9th, 2010, 1:44 pm (EST) BY COLIN Hideo Kojima, creator of the hit success Metal Gear Solid franchise, has spoken out today in regards to the current situation of the gaming industry in Japan and why they aren't keeping up with developers elsewhere in the world. Tweeting as usual, Kojima thinks that it's probably because Japanese developers are currently "lacking the motivation" to move forward. Kojima made these statements right after a TV program that showcased foreign exchange students. More »

	0  Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Coming This August Wed, Jul 7th, 2010, 4:44 pm (EST) BY SHAWN Konami has announced the official release date for Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, as well as news about DLC for the title, which will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade as part of Microsoft's Summer of Arcade event on Xbox Live. More »

1  Hideo Kojima Thinking Of Metal Gear Solid 5 Wed, Jul 7th, 2010, 1:37 pm (EST) BY COLIN Many people may have noticed that Hideo Kojima has been rather Twitter-happy as of late. Even to the point of teasing a new "taboo" game in the making. Speaking in an interview with Famitsu, however, Kojima's next project may indeed be Metal Gear Solid 5. More »

0  E3 2010: Hands-On With Rush n' Attack: Ex-Patriot Mon, Jun 28th, 2010, 3:40 pm (EST) BY COLIN Konami seems to be doing quite the number of classic reboots as of late, including Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Harmony of Despair as well as Hard Corps, which is a homage to Contra. Surprisingly, a lesser known title from the 80s is also being given the reboot treatment in the form of Rush n' Attack: Ex-Patriot, a side-scrolling adventure downloadable game for both Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. More »

0  E3 2010: First Look At Hard Corps: Uprising Mon, Jun 28th, 2010, 1:05 pm (EST) BY NICK Many gamers will remember the old Konami series 'Contra', they will also remember how good it was. Contra was a simple run and gun style shoot-em-up; players would travel from left to right annihilating all enemies that stood in their path. Hard Corps: Uprising is exactly the same because as some people may not be aware, it's a Contra game! Hard Corps: Uprising is actually a prequel to Contra: Hard Corps which was released back in 1994 on the Sega Mega Drive. The story and its place in time in the Contra series may be a little confusing, but the simple gameplay ideal that made the Contra series great is still there. More »

4  Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Review Fri, Jun 25th, 2010, 4:11 pm (EST) BY COLIN Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is the latest venture for Kojima and his merry band of developers at Kojima Productions. It touts to be the next story in the Metal Gear canon and picks up after the events of Operation Snake Eater and Portable Ops. That's right, Big Boss is back and he is packing every punch into this next epic adventure for the PlayStation Portable. More »

0  E3 2010: First Look At SAW II: Flesh And Blood Fri, Jun 25th, 2010, 2:39 pm (EST) BY NICK When the original SAW video game first hit store shelves, gamers merely passed it off as a movie tie-in to cash in on a franchise that currently holds six film titles under its belt. Although this may be true depending on perspective, the game definitely had its moments in the form of set-pieces. SAW is all about the diabolical torture machines that Jigsaw, the franchise's villain, uses to 'test' his victims on whether they deserve to live or die. More »