Of course, this is just a rumor for now. The recent amount of HD collections that have been released leads this writer to think that it’s more than just a possibility. If this is the case, and Sony do really have a “facelift queue”, then what other gems could we see in HD? Only time will tell. If this rumor turns out to be true, and there is indeed an MGS HD trilogy in the works, I will – to use a technical term – ‘flip my shit’.

Source: God Is A Geek

The game will be available to download in Europe on Thursday and will cost £8. Not bad for the best game ever made, eh?

That’s right people, the date is set for the best (yes that’s a fact) game to ever be released on any console ever to come to the PlayStation Store. Hideo Kojima’s masterpiece, Metal Gear Solid, is coming to a PS3/PSP near you this month.

The game is coming to the U.S. on June 18th and I wouldn’t bet against it also appearing in Europe that week or a week later akin to the classic release of Final Fantasy VII. No pricing has been formally announced, but you can bet that it’ll be $9.99/£7.99.

I can’t wait to play this game on the go again (sorry for the obvious pun).

Hideo Kojima was doing another, rather cool, talk in San Francisco today. Away from the hustle and bussle of GDC, the esteemed creator of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, confirmed that he would be talking about a new Metal Gear Solid title at this years E3 at a Metal Gear Solid Touch Q&A in a San Francisco Apple store.

Of course we have no idea what this game will be, or what platform it will be on, but judging by what was said during his GDC keynote speech about “the next Metal Gear Game” it seems pretty likely that it will be on home consoles.

Come on Kojima, don’t lose faith support team Sony. Those Microsoft big wigs can’t love you like we do.

Thanks to Patrick Klepek (formerly of MTV Multiplayer) for the info and for the picture that tops this post.

As the picture above shows, Kojima was talking Metal Gear Solid in his keynote at GDC. As always, the Japanese mastermind, provided those watching with more questions than answers, but the vote is still a good one when it comes to his keynote.

The image that tops this post, is obviously the talk of the keynote, if not the whole show. It teases a bright, yet somewhat predictable future, where MGS4 isn’t the last of the Metal Gear games. It looks to be a future full off…what’s that in the top right? Raiden? Quite possibly. The image comes courtesy of Joystiq who have, handily, blown the image up to show the mystery figure (below).

Well…it definitely could be Raiden, it does seem like natural progression for him to be Snake’s successor in the Metal Gear franchise. Especially now he’s so bad ass and not a blonde, skinny wimp who cartwheels around with his arse out. Only time will tell, god this better be at E3 (and PS3 exclusive) because Sony are going to have one hell of a show if it is.

Konami have unveiled the latest update to hit the, pretty underwhelming, Metal Gear Online. Dubbed the ‘SCENE’ pack, players who purchase this pack will get three new maps and characters (Vamp and Raiden) to use in the game.

Konami have also announced that players can pre-order the pack and are able to pre-pay for the content using their PlayStation Wallet or PayPal. Those who pre-order at Konami’s online shop will also get access to the “hilarious classic “cardboard man” head gear” as a free gift. Pre-orders will be taken one week before the pack launches in March.

Hit the jump for the press release.

Pre-Order Metal Gear Online SCENE Expansion to Receive the Special “Cardboard Man” Head Gear

Konami today announced SCENE Expansion, the latest Metal Gear Online expansion pack for the ultimate squad based, tactical shooter based on the Metal Gear Solid Universe. Available in March, SCENE is the third Metal Gear Online expansion pack and features a vast amount of new content – including new maps, special characters, new gear and more. In order to make SCENE as accessible as possible, players, for the first time ever, can now use PayPal along with the PlayStation® Network Wallet prepay system as a form of payment. Additionally, players who want to be the first to get their hands on the latest expansion for the popular, multiplayer shooter hit, can pre-order SCENE via MGOnline’s in-game shop and Konami’s shop (https://mykonami.net/mgo/). All Metal Gear fans who pre-order SCENE will receive the hilarious classic “cardboard man” head gear as a special free gift. Players will be able to pre-order SCENE one week before launch.

Additionally, on February 26, Konami will debut an all-new trailer on the PlayStation® Store that will offer fans a sneak peak of this highly anticipated expansion.

Please find below further details on some of the new content in the expansion pack:

• 3 New Maps
o Outer Outlet – An Industrial Wasteland, made up of buildings and underground/above ground areas. Suitable for medium to long range attacks.
o Hazard House – An enormous three story mansion. Suitable for close to medium range combat.
o Ravaged Riverfront – Clock Tower, made up of underground, above ground, and under water areas. Suitable for medium to long range combat.

• 2 new special characters
o Raiden and Vamp – two highly anticipated characters with extraordinary physical abilities and overwhelming offensive power.

Metal Gear Online is the online multi-player experience that is included free in the retail version of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, developed exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

Surely this is some record. At 45 years of age Hideo Kojima has now received (or is about to receive) two Lifetime Achievement Awards in one year. The revolutionary Japanese game designer is at the helm of Kojima Productions and is the creator of the Metal Gear Solid franchise so it comes as no surprise to me, and hopefully many others, that he deserves it.

Kojima will recieve this new award at the Game Developers Choice Awards on March 25th. Surprisingly, not everyone sees this as a good thing. A number of others in the industry are wondering how Kojima deserves this award seeing as he’s only 45. They seem to think that he should be of a more “advanced age” before recieving the presigeous award.

Well, there’s always a few isn’t there.

It was announced yesterday that, for the first time ever, legendary game designer Hideo Kojima would be delivering a keynote speech at this year’s Game Developers Conference. The Metal Gear creator will apparently be focussing on conquering development obstacles with creative design, obviously using the Metal Gear series as reference.

Kojima’s speech, “Solid Game Design: Making The Impossible Possible”, will take place on Thursday March 26th from 10am – 12pm.

Is it me, or is this amazing news. To hear Kojima speak about anything would be cool, to hear him speak about game design, well that’d be amazing.

[By Anthony]

YouTube is a great place. Full of music videos, old movie clips, and people like UltraNeko. After a friend showed me a couple of her videos I have grown to hate this woman with, let’s just say, a passion.

For those who don’t know UltraNeko hosts a ‘show’ on YouTube called ‘Sadie’s Gaming Infection’. Which is usually horribly bad, but this week it was a little different.

Sure, the presence of UltraNeko herself was a little annoying (ahh the voice!) but she had with her a few very special guests.

*Drumroll*

…The cast of Metal Gear Solid 4, well some of them at least. Somehow UN had gotten them all together to do some Metal Gear Improv. Hit the jump and have a look.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN2WkHLIweE&hl=en&fs=1]

‘Dr. Sadie’s’ voice aside i’ll admit that was an extremely funny video. I’ve not seen anything like that,well, ever. I don’t know how she got them to do it, but god it was good.

“Snake, Snake, Snaaaaaaaaake!” = )

EDIT: I would like to retract all statements pertaining to me hating UltraNeko. I now realise that it seems a little over the top to say you hate someone based on the sound of their voice.

Yesterday LittleBigPlanet got patched up to version 1.06, which, well, seemed to make no improvements. Today MM have also given us so patchy goodness (?) with the V 1.07 update. This update just seems to add the ‘LittleBigStore’ to the game as well as some stuff involving the new Metal Gear content (including trophy list.)

At least Media Molecule are supporting it.