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Konami’s Metal Gear Online Update Brings New Map and Old Snake

Chad Lakkis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:13 +0000

Konami recently announced that they will be releasing an update titled “Scene Expansion” for Metal Gear Online. Inside will be a new map and an old face.

The new map is called “Icebound Inferno” and oddly resembles the Shadow Moses level from MGS4, and the old face is none other than Old Snake. Enjoy.

Source: Game Watch

Metal Gear Solid coming to PSN

Sam Naylor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:17:28 +0000

Joystiq reports that the classic PS1 title Metal Gear Solid is coming to the PlayStation Network as a downloadable title. The game will be coming to the North American PSN on June 18 for just $9.99, but there’s no word on the European release just yet. Since Metal Gear Solid is pretty much the best game that was ever released for the PS1, this is a great chance for those of us who foolishly sold their MGS1 disc in their naive youth. Of course, that doesn’t apply to me. I live in Europe.

Funny MGS4 Skit Featuring Kojima and Cliffy B

Chad Lakkis — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:12:23 +0000

The next time you attend a gaming convention like GDC, make sure to pack some gaming related costumes. Throw them on and beg a few recognizable developers to cameo in your own handheld movie. If done correctly, you too can be internet famous.

Hit the jump for the video.

Source: Mega64 Via: Patrickzine.co.uk

GDC09: ‘The Next MGS’ Awaits Us, May Star Raiden

Sal Romano — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:03:16 +0000

Hideo Kojima, creator of the famed Metal Gear Solid series, held a keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today. Towards the end of the conference, he revealed his next mission: ‘The Next MGS’.

In the image, we see a person who looks like it’s definitely Raiden turning his back towards the text. So the next Metal Gear Solid awaits us, and Raiden may be the star this time around.

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Ripten Readers’ Choice: Game of the Year Nominees

Ripten Staff — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:26:43 +0000

2008 was a big year. There were so many great games released that it’s incredibly hard to decide which one deserves to be the Game of the Year… so that’s why we’re going to make you do it. Have a gander at our nominees and let us know which game you think deserves top honors. Additionally, we want to spark some debate as we also want to know which of our nominees is least deserving of Game of the Year.

The best commenter (best arguments, most interesting or humorous comments – as decided by Ripten staff) will also be rewarded with a super awesome prize: a free game! Let your voice be heard!

Our nominees are:

Left 4 Dead

Metal Gear Solid 4

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Grand Theft Auto IV

Fable II

LittleBigPlanet

Fallout 3

Gears of War 2

Not satisfied with our picks? Well, make your case for your Game of the Year and why we should have included your game instead of one of our nominees. Write-ins are acceptable (obviously, since all votes are technically write-ins).

Metal Gear Solid Animated Short: Cold Blooded

Dan Landis — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:44:39 +0000

The Duo Group has recently released a new animated short film set in the Metal Gear Solid universe, entitled Cold Blooded, and you can watch the whole thing right here.

The Duo Group has released some pretty awesome video shorts before, my favorite so far being the Untold Story of Dig Dug. Take the next five minutes to watch Cold Blooded, and then head over to TheDuoGroup.com to check out their previous works.

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