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  • Hideo Kojma Talks Metal Gear Solid V, Developing For PS4

    In just one week, Metal Gear fans will get to experience the next chapter in the Metal Gear Solid saga. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – launches on March 18 for PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360. Before the launch, Sony invited the series’ creator – Hideo Kojima – to talk about the game and the PS4.

    As has been demonstrated multiple times already, Ground Zeroes is probably the biggest departure for Metal Gear Solid yet. No more will players be confined to Big Shell, the jungles of Russia or the deck of Arsenal Gear. Ground Zeroes takes place in an open world where stealth is but one of the many options available to players as they attempt to clear missions.

    As for the PS4 hardware itself, Kojima seems especially interested in the Share button. Due to Ground Zeroes’ open nature, he wants players to share their gameplay strategies with others. He says that 100 players presents 100 different strategies and he hopes the Share button brings those to the forefront.

    Perhaps the most interesting thing Kojima has to say in the interview isn’t about Metal Gear Solid V or the PS4, but rather about gaming in general. He says game consoles used to be solitary experiences that only experienced vertical evolution as they became more powerful. With the Internet, however, game consoles can now experience horizontal evolution as players become aware of each other through the Internet and can share the experience of games together.

    Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes launches on PS4 next week and comes with an exclusive mission for those who buy the PS3 or PS4 version.

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  • ‘Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes’ Coming Spring 2014

    Konami today announced that Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be released sometime in “Spring 2014.” The game will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 consoles. Boxed copies for current-generation consoles will cost only $30, while digital versions will sell for $20. Digital copies for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will cost $30.

    The company is describing Ground Zeroes as an “entry experience and prologue” for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the larger entry into the Metal Gear cannon. Players will enter a Cuban prison camp on a rescue mission. The events that take place during the prologue will propel the events of The Phantom Pain, similar to other Metal Gear Solid game prologues.

    The content will supposedly introduce players to the new gameplay elements that will be seen in Metal Gear Solid V. In particular, the preview will act as a “bridge” between previous Metal Gear Solid titles, which have been largely linear, and The Phantom Pain, which features a large open-world environment.

    “The advanced capabilities of the FOX Engine have allowed me to tell the new story in a new way,” said Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid games. “There will be a significant difference in what Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain brings to the series, so we want to ease players into the new open world environment and its potential. As such, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes has been designed to introduce key elements, allowing them to fully benefit from all that the new game will offer.”

  • Here’s The English Opening For Metal Gear Solid V

    At E3 2013, Konami announced that longtime Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter would be replaced by Kiefer Sutherland. We got to see what he would bring to the table as Solid Snake, but we didn’t get to really really see what the other English cast members sounded like.

    For those wanting to hear more from the English cast of Metal Gear Solid V, Konami has shared the opening of Ground Zeroes. For those just joining us, Ground Zeroes is the prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. It will presumably explain why Snake wakes up in a hospital and missing a hand in The Phantom Pain.

    The opening is your typical Metal Gear Solid game. There’s talk of political intrigue, military installations, civil unrest, threat of nuclear weapons and the strange antagonist with an undoubtedly troubled past.

    As for Sutherland, it’s still going to take a while to get use to the sudden change in Snake’s voice. He’s not bad, but fans have been with Hayter for more than 10 years now. We’ve grown accustomed to the gruff voice of Snake whereas Sutherland brings a smoother voice to the character.

    You may have also noticed that there’s some gameplay right as the opening ends. If you want to see that, check out the gameplay demo from Tokyo Game Show where Hideo Kojima himself plays through 12 minutes of Ground Zeroes.

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  • TGS 2013: Here’s 12 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid V Gameplay

    At E3 2013, we got out first look at Metal Gear Solid V gameplay. At TGS 2013, Kojima took to the stage to show off even more gameplay from his latest title.

    In this latest gameplay demo courtesy of IGN, we get 12 minutes of pure gameplay from the PS4 version of Metal Gear Solid V. The running commentary and in-game voices are in Japanese, but the gameplay should be pretty easy to follow for Metal Gear veterans. Stealth is still the focus of this game with Snake having to sneak into a compound.

    The gameplay trailer does show some new features, however, in the form of X-ray vision that lets Snake see enemy soldiers through walls and environmental obstacles. Snake can also pick locks and drive vehicles. Speaking of which, MGSV is the first game in the series to go open world so players will be able to employ all sorts of transportation when traveling throughout the world.

    There’s still no solid release date for Metal Gear Solid V, but the title will be released on both current and next-generation consoles.

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  • GDC 2013: The Phantom Pain Revealed To Be Metal Gear Solid V

    At last year’s Video Game Awards, a title called The Phantom Pain from Moby Dick Games was revealed. Within minutes of being shown, the Internet was convinced that it was Metal Gear Solid V. Since then, all manner of conspiracy theories emerged all pointing to The Phantom Pain being the next entry in Hideo Kojima’s venerated franchise.

    Well, Internet, pat yourselves on the back. You were right. At GDC 2013, Hideo Kojima unveiled Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. It would be much more of a shock if the Internet didn’t already have pages of evidence pointing to this conclusion, but it’s still nice to be vindicated nonetheless. What is legitimately surprising, however, is that Metal Gear Solid V is also Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, an open-world stealth-action game revealed last year.

    So, how does this all fit together? Kotaku reports that The Phantom Pain trailer shown at the VGAs is the opening of Metal Gear Solid 5. It takes place right as Snake has woken up from a nine-year coma. Once Snake escapes the hospital seen in that trailer, the game becomes the open-world title that we saw in Ground Zeroes.

    There are not many details available regarding Metal Gear Solid V just yet, but the trailer did offer a few tidbits of information. For starters, Kojima is back in the director chair on this one. He’s also credited as a game designer and producer. Series veteran Yoji Shinkawa is back on board as character and mechanical designer as well.

    As for platforms, the game looks like a next-generation title. That might be because the trailer was taken from the PC build, but the trailer also said the game would be coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360. It’s unknown at this point if the title will show up on the PS4 and the next Xbox.

  • The Phantom Pain Trailer Gives Off Metal Gear Vibes

    Over the weekend, Spike TV hosted its annual Video Game Awards. There were few surprises outside of an announcement for Dark Souls II, but one trailer in particular is still causing fierce discussion and speculation across the gaming world.

    On Friday night, an unknown developer called Moby Dick Studios revealed its newest game, The Phantom Pain. The trailer features an amputee as he is trying to escape a hospital while everything around him is going to hell. It also appears that the main character may also be hallucinating as he sees people and horses made of fire while a giant flying whale eats a helicopter. It’s kind of hard to explain so you should just check out the trailer:

    Shortly after the trailer went live, speculation began to run rampant that this trailer is just a clever ruse orchestrated by none other than Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear Solid fame. Many elements from the trailer hearken back to previous Metal Gear games with the man in the fire looking a lot like Volgin from Metal Gear Solid 3 and the main character in question looking too much like Snake for it to be a mere coincidence. You can find out more about Metal Gear nods in the trailer by checking out the comprehensive thread over at NeoGAF.

    Many speculate that The Phantom Pain is in fact Metal Gear Solid V. They note that the V in this case is not the roman numeral for five, but rather the letter “V” for victory. Some argue that this may be a prequel to the already announced Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, Kojima’s open world game that’s running on his studio’s FOX engine. We won’t know anything for sure until Konami or Moby Dick Studios spills the beans.