If you’ve been under a rock or down on the farm for the last few hours, you might have missed out on Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima showing up at Sony’s E3 2016 press conference this year. It’s true! He brought out his new game Death Stranding, which stars Norman Reedus in his best birthday suit, and what’s most euphoric about the whole situation is that Konami is nowhere to be...
The Suikoden games have weathered the trials of time and survived as one of the most beloved cult franchises in the history of video gaming. It’s just a shame that it is now owned by an infamous gambling and fitness company by the name of Konami. We all know that Konami has all but abandoned video games for more lucrative businesses, but that won’t stop the die-hards from demanding...
So, Konami finally played into the new stereotype it has set up for itself and made a Metal Gear Solid pachinko machine. There is no justice in the world. Maybe Big Boss was right after all. Still, you all know me as one who loves to live in the past, and I would much rather remember the happier days with Konami than focus on a future in which it will not be part of our lives. After...
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is running on the Fox Engine used to power Metal Gear Solid V. It looks great. Wait, it’s a pachinko machine? Of course it is. Less than a year ago, we were mourning Silent Hill, fresh off the cancelation of Silent Hills, being turned into a slot machine. Now, it’s Metal Gear‘s turn. Creator Hideo Kojima is no longer with the company and onto other...
Silent Hills is canceled and Hideo Kojima has left Konami. Nothing’s going to change that. The teaser for Silent Hills, called P.T., left an indelible mark on games, though. Fans were understandably disappointed when the game’s teaser disappeared from the PlayStation Store and rightfully angry when they realized that a deleted copy of P.T. couldn’t be re-downloaded as with most...
For over a decade, David Hayter was the voice of Metal Gear Solid protagonists Solid Snake and Big Boss. Hayter and Snake were, and still are for many gamers,inextricably linked. It was a huge blow to fans and to Hayter himself when he lost the role to Keifer Sutherland in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain. It turns out, though, that we were almost having this...
Konami has released its financial reports for the most recent fiscal quarter, and you’d be surprised to learn that it even mentions video games. However, it’s true. Konami has devoted a few lines, in between its health, gym, and pachinko results, to mention that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has sold 6 million units to date. The game, developed by Hideo Kojima, is the only major...
Think you’ve seen everything Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has to offer? Think again: Konami has unlocked the game’s previously hidden “Nuclear Disarmament Event” for play, announcing the conditions required to unlock it, listed below: You must have completed Mission 31. You must not own or be currently developing a nuclear weapon, and must dismantle any you might have in stock...
No one wants to be in a position where they need a prosthetic limb, least of all when they didn’t before. But if you have to have one, it might as well be one that looks cool as hell – and what’s cooler than Snake’s arm in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain? Konami is working on the Phantom Limb Project with Sophie De Oliveira Barata, a sculptor who, along with her team, works to...
And no, it doesn’t add an option for David Hayter’s voice. I get the feeling that this patch is not something Director Hideo Kojima wanted to see happen, but with him no longer employed at the company, Konami can cave in to fan demands all it wants. So just remember, if you exploit this latest patch, you’re supporting Konami and telling Hideo Kojima he was wrong. What’s it gonna be? *...