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MGS HD Will Let You Touch the Vita in Different Ways

Alex Co — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:30:51 +0000

Hideo Kojima has taken to twitter to explain a few tricks up their sleeves over how the PlayStation Vita’s rear touchpad will allow players an all-new way to control Snake.

Kojima revealed that you can slice an enemy’s throat throat with a knife if you flick the rear touch pad. Not only that but the rear touchpad can also be used to control the camera. He adds, ”If you pinch out left and right on real touch panel with first person camera, you can stretch up yourself.”

We’re not sure what “stretch up yourself” means, but maybe as a zoom out option? In any case, hopefully this is just but a teaser on what Kojima has in store for the Metal Gear Solid HD PlayStation Vita version. Rear touchpads to crawl, anyone? Perhaps one-handed gestures to pick up the in-game dirty magazines? The possibilities are endless!

Source: CVG

Metal Gear Solid 5 Sort of Confirmed Again, A Bit

Sam Naylor — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:03:25 +0000

Hideo Kojima has resumed his favourite pastime- teasing fans about the existence of another “proper” Metal Gear Solid game.

While at the press conference for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (possibly one of the stupidest titles for a game ever), Kojima answered a number of questions. As part of this, he said:

For those of you desire for authentic stealth MGS, I want you to patiently wait for the sequel coming in future.

So that’s Metal Gear Solid 5 confirmed then. Well, sort of. A bit. It’s a confirmation that something exists.

Twitter via Destructoid

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection May Be Coming to the PS3

Matthew Sims — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:39:41 +0000

According to Official Playstation Magazine, there are rumors in the air about Solid Snake getting an HD makeover for his first three MGS titles. The makeover would be in the same vein as the current HD packages in the works, such as the Sly Cooper and ICO/Shadows of the Colossus HD upgrades.

Apparently the magazine has heard “inside whispers” about the remakes that are apparently forthcoming. It says that that Snake and the crew are in the “facelift queue” and that the “first three” MGS games are going to get a PS3 retail release. Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima also spent this morning revisiting and digging through old Metal Gear concept pieces. This could mean that Kojima is trying to get some ideas for the HD release, or that the man is simply cleaning out his office.

Whichever the case, Ripten will be there if and when he finds a sandwich that time has forgotten, and you better believe that we’ll have pictures.

[Source: thegamingliberty]

Kojima Productions Hiring for “Next Generation” Metal Gear Solid?

Sam Naylor — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:40:22 +0000

Kojima Productions have posted a job listing for a “Next Generation Metal Gear Solid Series Production Staff,” implying even more future entries in the series.

The listing seeks “general planners, level designers and scripters,” along with programming jobs in “graphics, network, plug-ins, audio and game character.” Other jobs include “concept art, 3D character modeling, 3D stage modeling, 3D character motion design, event scene production, effect production and interface design.”

Interestingly the platforms mentioned aren’t just PS3 and Xbox 360, but PC as well. Perhaps we could be seeing Metal Gear coming to the high-powered world of home computing?

So, nothing solid, but some promising things coming from this job listing, especially for die-hard fans of Kojima’s epic series. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Via Shacknews

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Guide to Secrets and Unlockables

Garrett Hartman — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:20:37 +0000

Looking to find all the secrets and unlockables in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood? Look no further, use this guide to find what you need.

Visit our Trophy / Achievement Guide and Glyph Location and Clusters Puzzles Guide.

It goes without saying: There are spoilers below!!

Unlockable: Costumes and Raiden from Metal Gear

Perform the following actions to unlock additional costumes for Ezio. You can wear costumes by equipping them in the Inventory menu.

Raiden (from the Metal Gear Series) – Get a Bronze or better in all Virtual Training Challenges

Florentine Noble Attire – Purchase for 2 Uplay tokens

Altair (from Assassin’s Creed) – Purchase for 2 Uplay tokens

Altair’s Armor – Purchase for 2 Uplay tokens

Desmond Costume – Beat Sequence 8 with 100% Synch

Cristina Memories

A Second Chance- Achieve 15 percent Total Synch
Last Rites- 30 percent Total Synch
Best Man- 45 percent Total Synch
Persona Non Grata- 60 percent Total Synch
Love’s Labour’s Lost- 75 percent Total Synch

Capes

Auditore Cape- Complete the Rebuilding Rome metagame
Borgia Cape- Collect 100 Borgia Flags
Medici Cape- You need to get to level 30 on the “Assassin’s Creed: Project Legacy” Facebook game
Venetian Cape- Same as Medici Cape

Outfits

Raiden Skin- You need to receive at Bronze medal or higher in all Virtual Training challenges
Florentine Noble Attire- Need to buy these for 2 tokens via Uplay (Ubisoft service)
Altair’s Robes- same as above
Armor or Altair- same as above

Borgia Flag and Treasure Maps

Centra Flags Map- Unlocked by either finishing the game, or collecting 25 Borgia flags
Antigo Flags Map- Unlocked by either finishing the game, or collecting 25 Borgia flags
Campagna Flags Map- Unlocked by either finishing the game, or collecting 25 Borgia flags
Vaticano Flags Map- Unlocked by either finishing the game, or collecting 25 Borgia flags
Feathers Map- Unlocked by either finishing the game, or collecting 25 Borgia flags
You need to purchase these maps from an Art Merchant once they are unlocked

Shop Quest Rewards

Seusenhofer Pauldrons and Chest Guards- You’ll need to complete the Exotica Shop Quest (Blacksmith)
Spada Lunga- You’ll need to complete the Blood Money Shop Quest (Blacksmith)
Captain’s Sword- You’ll need to complete the Faith Shop Quest (Blacksmith)
Vaticano Treasures Map- You’ll need to complete the Trendsetting Shop Quest (Art Merchant)
Large Quiver- You’ll need to complete the Pulling Threads Shop Quest (Tailor)
Fast Poison- You’ll need to complete the Venomous Shop Quest (Doctor)

Rebuilding Rome metagame rewards

Cavalieri Mace and Butcher Knife- You’ll need to open 5 Blacksmiths
Spadone- You’ll need to open 10 Blacksmiths
Knife Belt Upgrade- You’ll need to open 4 Tailor Shops (next upgrade at 8 Tailor Shops)
Large Medicine Pouch- same as Knife Belt Upgrade (4 Tailor Shops)
Large Poison Vial- Open 8 Tailor Shops

Guild Rewards

Courtesans Guild Crest- Get each Guild to Level 2
Thieves Guild Crest- Get each Guild to Level 2
Mercenaries Guild Crest- Get each Guild to Level 2
Maria’s Dagger- Get each Guild to Level 3
La Volpe’s Bite- Get each Guild to Level 3
Bartolomeo’s Axe- Get each Guild to Level 3
Assassin’s Guild Crest- Complete all Assassins Guild Challenges
Sword of Altair- Complete all Assassins Guild Challenges
You’ll unlock these at Ezio’s Hideout

Rare Paintings

Self Portrait- Can be attained by completing Sequence 8, or collecting 15 Borgia Flags
Young Man with an Apple- Can be attained by completing Sequence 8, or collecting 15 Borgia Flags
Christ Blessing- Can be attained by completing Sequence 8, or collecting 15 Borgia Flags
Can be purchased from Centro, Antico, and Campagna Art Merchants

Portraits

You can get all the portraits listed below by defeating the associated target.

Cesare Borgia
Rodrigo Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia
Baron de Valois
Juan Borgia
Micheletto

War Machine Models

Tank Model- Acquired by completing the “Hell on Wheels” War Machine mission
Bomber Model- Acquired by completing the “Flying Machine 2.0″ War Machine mission
Machine Gun Model- Acquired by “Outgunned” War Machine mission
Naval Cannon Model- Acquired by “Loose Cannon” War Machine mission

Leonardo’s Inventions

Parachute- Acquired when you complete all the War Machine missions
Leonardo will offer you this when you complete them all

Ultimate Equipment

Dagger and Armor of Brutus- You’ll have to collect all six Keys of Romulus from Followers Lairs
Find these beneath Prospero da Siena’a Borgia Tower in a vault

Artifacts

All the artifacts below can be attained by leaving the Animus, and going to present day Monteriggioni. They will show up in your Sanctuary on some shelves.

Mario’s Sword
Medici Cape
Claudia’s Record Book
Maria’s Feather Chest
Ezio’s Belt

Uplay Rewards

Xbox 360/Playstation 3 Theme- Sign up for Ubisoft’s Uplay service and spend 1 token
The Hellequin- same as the theme (multiplayer character)
Pistol Upgrade- Sign up for Ubisoft’s Uplay service and purchase for 3 tokens (this is equipped automatically)

Subject 16′s Secret

The Truth- You’ll need to find all 10 Rifts and solve all Cluster puzzles to (can find this in the secret area of the Animus)

Cheats

Ride the Unicorn- 100 percent total synch on Sequence 1
Buns of Steel- 100 percent total synch on Sequence 2
Killing Spree- 100 percent total synch on Sequence 3
Sisterhood- 100 percent total synch on Sequence 4
Ultimate Guild- 100 percent total synch on Sequence 5
Unlimited Assassin Signals- 100 percent total synch on Sequence 6
Desmond Everywhere- 100 percent total synch on Sequence 8

Metal Gear Solid RISING Could be the Start of a New Series

Sam Naylor — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:49:26 +0000

Metal Gear Solid producer Shigenobu Matsuyama has stated that the new Raiden-focused Metal Gear game could be the start of a whole new arm to the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

Matsuyama has said that “MGS Rising is not a side story. We’re aiming for two Metal Gear Solids, making a series out of another standard.”

Metal Gear Solid RISING is set in between the events of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4, focusing on the katana skills of Kojima’s black sheep Raiden. The game is actually looking really nice, and it looks like it could be one of the best “cutting” games since Cooking Mama.

Fans of the series will be excited to learn more of the epic MGS universe, no doubt, but I think this game will attract a lot of news fans, especially with it coming to Xbox 360 as well as PS3. Seeing a whole new arc of the series unfold will entice a lot of these people into the universe, I’m sure.

Carpenter Gave Kojima His Blessing to Create Solid Snake

David Oxford — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:35:32 +0000

If you follow Metal Gear very much at all, then you have more than likely seen comments or comparisons which liken series protagonist Solid Snake to another Snake who is fairly well known among movie aficionados.

“Oh, ‘Snake,’ like the guy in Escape from L.A.,” one might say. Or perhaps “he was totally based on John Carpenter’s Snake.” Or, worst of all, someone might just flat-out say he’s a rip-off.

Certainly, Carpenter’s Snake did indeed inspire Kojima’s. But what may not be as well known is that Carpenter himself gave Kojima his blessing to draw that inspiration for his video game character, though it came a little later than one might expect.

Though Solid Snake has been infiltrating enemy strongholds since 1987, it was prior to the creation of 1998′s Metal Gear Solid:

“[Hideo Kojima] has written me and asked me for my blessing on the game and I wrote him back [to say] how about it?” said Carpenter. “He’s a very nice man.”

Why the late decision to suddenly ask permission? It’s difficult to say, though Metal Gear Solid‘s introduction of voice acting and more detailed characters and story might have been a factor.

Since then, Carpenter has tried his own hand at video game creation, and is currently at work on the story for Warner Bros.’ first-person shooter horror title F.3.A.R .

But, what if Carpenter were to decide to bring the world of his Escape movies into the realm of interactive entertainment? Is the video game world big enough for two Snakes?

Source: CVG (via MTV Multiplayer)

David Hayter Explains Why Movies Turned Into Video Games Don’t Work

Sam Naylor — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:28:34 +0000

David Hayter has been guest blogging on MTV’s Movies Blog this week, and as someone involved in both writing for big movies (the X-Men series) and being a part of big games (voice of Solid Snake), he’s definitely qualified to explain why games based on movies just don’t work.

“If you want to do a proper video game adaptation, well that really takes a good two years, if you’re going to do a good one. And [game developers] don’t have that kind of time, because they don’t know the movie’s going,” Hayter says. This is because “it takes a long time for people to agree that the movie is going forward and once it does, it just goes. And the filmmakers start spending money before the studio gets cold feet. So they drag their feet and drag their feet and drag their feet, and then they give the green light and suddenly you’re going, you have to be shooting this summer.”

Essentially, the reason movie games are generally shit is because to develop a good game takes a lot of time, much more than for a movie. That means that by the time the movie is confirmed, there’s a small window for the game to be developed and released to coincide with the film. Makes perfect sense, really, but it doesn’t excuse the practice when things like GoldenEye come out and are widely considered one of the best games of all time. Bit of a specific case, but it’s still true.

The article’s a good read if you’re interested, a big David Hayter fan, or both.

Hideo Kojima tricks entire gaming press (yes, including us)

Sam Naylor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:56:23 +0000

Remember the announcement in Hideo Kojima’s keynote at GDC? The one where he teased the new Metal Gear? Yeah, that was an April Fool’s joke. The video above was posted here, and it details the true extent to which Kojima was having us on. By the way, Kojima-san, you’re doing it wrong. You’re supposed to do the fool on the day; that’s how it got its name, actually. I still salute you for riling up your own fans, though. Good show.

Metal Gear-Inspired Rubber Band Gun – The Silver Wolf

Dan Landis — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:03:31 +0000

And the Lord said unto Japan “Let thine love for cool weird stuff be true”, and thus Japan begat a rubber band gun of supreme awesomeness. Supposedly inspired by Metal Gear Solid 4, the Silver Wolf Full Metal Rubber Band Gun features a laser sight, flashlight, and semi-automatically fires off ten rounds(?) of rubberbandiness. Video follows.

Source: Trendhunter

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Happy Birthday Hideo Kojima!

Rangebar Merani — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:53:30 +0000

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series, is 45 today, and we here at Ripten would like to wish him a very Happy Birthday.

Turning 45 doesn’t mean Kojima is old by any means, it just means that he’s got one less year left to give us more great games like Metal Gear Solid 4 before he retires. Happy Birthday Hideo!

CliffyB Calls Metal Gear Solid “Passive Entertainment”

Dan Landis — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:50:18 +0000

Cliff Bleszinski, lead game designer of Gears of War 2, cites Metal Gear Solid as the kind of game Epic doesn’t want to make. What were his exact words? Read on to find out.

In a recent interview with IGN, CliffyB was quoted in saying the following:

“Metal Gear Solid is our example of the game we’re not doing. Passive entertainment is on its way out.”

The story itself is just IGN’s preview of Gears multiplayer, which is interesting, but CliffyB’s quote kinda came out of nowhere. Am I sensationalizing this, or did CliffyB just totally dis Metal Gear Solid?

Source: xbox360.ign.com

New Metal Gear Remake For PSP?

Josh Pankratz — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:40:47 +0000

In this months issue of EGM’s Rumor Mill, Quarterman reported that Konami is developing another Metal Gear game for the PSP. Apparently it isn’t going to be a spin off such as we’ve seen from Portable Ops. The new title is said to “Hearken back to the early days”.

Could this be a new business model for Konami? It seems the Japanese development house has taken a keen interest in portable development of late. With the launch of Portable Ops Plus, and Silent Hill Origins all in one month. It seems Konami seeks to fill in the gaps between their triple A titles with portable games.