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    June 14th, 2009

    MGS4 engine tweaked for MGS: Rising because the Xbox 360 can't handle it

    Kojima made it very clear from day 1 that the Xbox 360 could not handle the MGS4 engine. When it was announced at E3 that the MGS franchise would be coming to the Microsoft platform I wondered if Kojima had made progress in making the MGS4 engine compatible with the Xbox 360, but that appears to be untrue. During the latest Kojima podcast, Sean Eyestone stated that Kojima has reworked the… → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    May 13th, 2009

    Xbox 360 rumor madness: Metal Gear Solid 4 on the way (and Microsoft's secret kill switch)

    Man alive, this is more exciting than the Pentagon Papers. Apparently someone who used to work at Microsoft in some capacity has revealed a whole host of state secrets about the company, some of which may genuinely interest you. One: Konami and Microsoft are working on bringing Metal Gear Solid 4 to the Xbox 360; and two: All Xbox 360s have a built-in, remote kill switch that will disable the… → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    July 28th, 2008

    MGS 4 in bargain bins already?

    We’ll start the day off with a video game story, since summers in the tech industry are slower than Biggs’ metabolism. Metal Gear Solid 4, in Japanese bargain bins already? Copies of Hideo Kojima’s opus have been found in such bins at Sofmap, a Japanese retailer. There, the game is going for the equivalent of $37; it was originally priced at $82, which is madness. Don’t be… → Read More

    Doug Aamoth, Contributor
    June 9th, 2008

    Wal-Mart sells new ‘Metal Gear Solid’ game early

    A big, shiny gold star goes to Konami for being cool about Metal Gear Solid 4 being sold before the June 12th release date. According to PlayStation Universe, “This week, a couple of Wal-Marts were reported to have sold the Metal Gear Solid 80GB PS3 bundles up to a week before the scheduled release of the title on June 12.” Konami’s response to this happy little accident shows that the… → Read More

    Matt Hickey
    June 6th, 2008

    Amazon goes down: Metal Gear Solid 4/Playstation 3 bundle to blame?

    Amazon’s site has been down off and on today, completely out of service. The company’s been mum on the topic, but it went down shortly after the Playstation 3/Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle the fans have been drooling over went on sale. Gamers in the PS3 forums have been speculating that the demand for the bundle is at fault. It makes sense that the fanboys would be all trying to get their… → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    June 6th, 2008

    Video: The most awkward moments of Metal Gear Solid

    http://www.gamevideos.com//swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&src=http://www.gamevideos.com/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D19209%26ordinal%3D%26adPlay%3Dfalse Another Friday, another opportunity to share silly videos with y’all. In anticipation of Metal Gear Solid 4 (remember, June 12!), 1UP has collected five of the most awkward moments from the at-times campy… → Read More

    Doug Aamoth, Contributor
    June 5th, 2008

    MGS4: 90-minute cutscenes ‘grossly exaggerated’

    Earlier reports of feature-film length cutscenes have been denied by the game’s production company. According to Kotaku, Ryan Payton, assistant producer at Kojima Productions, said the following; I’m surprised nobody has stepped forward to debunk this rumor. There are no 90 minute cutscenes in MGS4. The ending is long, but 90 minutes is a gross exaggeration. And here I thought gamers liked… → Read More

    Devin Coldewey
    January 3rd, 2008

    Rumor squished: Metal Gear Solid 4 not coming to 360, it's final

    The longtime whispers of MGS4 coming out on the 360 have been smushed by a Konami rep, who says that it is indeed a PS3 exclusive and there are no plans to develop a 360 version. People thought that even with epic sales it would be impossible for the team to break even, given the enormous development costs of this gaming juggernaut. Thus the rumors were born and propagated — perhaps a later… → Read More