Last week, Konami teased its Metal Gear Solid 1984 collection. For about 5 seconds, we all got super excited that some kind of Metal Gear remake was coming to make us not hate Konami for all the bad moves they’ve been making with regard to Silent Hills. Then someone spoke up and reminded us that the last “Metal Gear Solid Collection” was a clothing line and everyone started tweeting...
Please take a minute from foaming at the mouth about Konami’s recent treatment of its fanbase, and stop to remember the good times. One of its best and brightest titles of all time just celebrated a birthday, and that has to count for some form of fond remembrance, am I right? Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow was released in Japan on May 8, 2003 in a surprising move that saw the American...
P.T. is gone. Kaput. No more. If it’s still on your PlayStation 4, do not delete it. Normally, when a piece of software disappears from a service like PSN or Xbox Live – even non-functional multiplayer betas – anyone who downloaded the file can still see and re-download it into their library. After word got out that P.T. would disappear from PSN, many fans frantically re-downloaded it...
“Step back into the 80’s with our new MGS collection coming very soon! Stay tuned!” That’s what the caption says for the image above, posted today to the Metal Gear Facebook page. Before you get excited about a remake of the original Metal Gear games, though, wait up. This is part of Konami’s Metal Gear clothing line, some of which they showed off at TGS last year. This looks to be a...
It’s been over a week now since Konami confirmed the cancellation of the highly anticipated survival-horror game, Silent Hills, and the pill is still proving hard to swallow. And at least for 50,000 people out there, hope still remains that it could come out it they get down on their knees and beg. A petition over at Change.org is asking Konami and famed Director Hideo Kojima to set...
I was thinking about doing a typical Ron’s Retro Reviews for the fan-favorite Super Nintendo platformer, Legend of the Mystical Ninja. However, while pushing through it on this lazy, empty Golden Week afternoon, I noticed a whole wealth of subtle hints and jabs at local customs throughout the different regions of Japan our heroes travel to. Having lived in Japan for over 7 years now, I...
This story has gone from a goofy Internet rumor to being the real deal over the course month. What at first seemed like Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima trying to flex his nerd muscles in the face of Konami executives has now evolved into Konami possibly pulling itself from not only video games but doing business in America all together. A supernova implosion before our very eyes...
No seriously, this is real. You can’t accuse Konami of not making Contra games anymore, because it has just uploaded a new one to the Star Wars: Force Collection card-based game. Just what the heck do Star Wars and Contra have in common? Well, not much, but that doesn’t really seem to matter here. This Chewbacca mini-game puts everyone’s favorite wookie in the role of Contra stars Bill...
If you are expecting Battlefield sized skirmishes in the upcoming Metal Gear Online multiplayer mode, then you might be in for a little disappointment. Konami has confirmed that the game will be supporting only 16 players across all three current generation platforms: the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. That’s not cross platform play, to be clear. That’s each different platform capable...
I see how this works! I get it now! Gaming companies are sitting on a treasure trove of classic beloved favorites, but they are only going to release them when people are angry with them to try and ease tensions. A kind of ace-in-the-hole if you will. Take Konami for example. Long time fans are a little antsy over the rift between it and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, and what...