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Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Charts, Germany, Konami, RPG, Shooter, Spain, Square Enix | No Comments »
Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots has taken pole in the Spanish and German software charts for week ending June 22, GI reports. According to figures from Media-Control GfK International, ... Read more..Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 4 Comments »
After the link. This 152-minute video shows someone earning the Big Boss Emblem in Metal Gear Solid 4, which involves beating the game on the highest difficulty with no deaths, ... Read more..Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3, Retail, Sony | 7 Comments »
IGN's reporting that MGS4 has shipped a total of 3 million units worldwide. We already know the game has sold 1 million in Europe in its first week, and that it ... Read more..Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3, Shooter | 7 Comments »
Free London newspaper the Metro has reviewed Metal Gear Solid 4 with a 3/5 (equivalent to a 6/10), Videogamer.com reports. The paper hilariously insulted all Kojima fans by saying the plot ... Read more..Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, Journalism, Konami, PS3, Shooter | 4 Comments »
As Metacritic shows, Metal Gear Solid 4 is now the seconf-highest scoring console exclusive this generation, next only to Mario Galaxy. MGS4 has an average score of 95 percent, while the ... Read more..Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Japan, Konami, PS3 | No Comments »
Speaking to 1UP, MGS4 associate producer Ryan Payton has admitted that running up to the game's launch was more than a little taxing. "It's all kind of a blur," he said. ... Read more..Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Action, Charts, Konami, PS3, Trade, UK | 16 Comments »
Metal Gear Solid 4's gone top of the UK chart, becoming the second fastest selling PS3 game in Britain yet, second only to GTA IV. Last week's charts here. List ... Read more..Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3, Shooter | 1 Comment »
We love you Hideo. Speaking to Der Spiegel - translated here by GamingInGermany, Kojima has summed up the past 21 years of Metal Gear as only he could: by making ... Read more..Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in America, PS3, Trade | 4 Comments »
Gamesradar is reporting that EEDAR's Jesse Divnich reckons MGS IV will drive PS3 hardware sales harder than GTA IV. "Sony's PlayStation 3 can claim a relative small victory as its hardware ... Read more..Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Konami, PS3, Sony | 6 Comments »
According to this eu.playstation.com thread, the MGS4 in-game podcast says that you can play music stored on your HDD on your iPod - although this isn't currently possible in the ... Read more..Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3, Retail, UK | 9 Comments »
Konami's just sent through some photos from the London midnight Zavvi opening for MGS4's launch. Looks jolly, doesn't it? Read more..Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | No Comments »
After the link. The footage shows Snake's camo options in action, and it's all looking rather good, to be honest. Nearly good enough to go about and buy the game ... Read more..Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 8 Comments »
Except us it seems. Still PS3F has got the skinny, with a ton of pictures of bundle-packs and limited editions sent in from around the world. Check it out in envy. ... Read more..Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, Japan, Konami, PS3, Shooter | 2 Comments »
In some of the best Engrish we've read from a Google translation in a while, you can just about make out the Konami has cancelled its Japanese Metal Gear Solid ... Read more..Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Blu-ray, Konami, PS3 | 16 Comments »
Someone over at NeoGaf has posted the in-between-chapter install times for MGS4, the total install being 4.6Gb. This comes at the same time as an in-game conversation between Snake and Otacon ... Read more..Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, Konami, PS3, Retail | No Comments »
It seems Wal-Mart has sold early copies of Metal Gear Solid 4, breaking the official street date of June 12. Hideo Kojima however, remained contemplative. "Despite the measurements taken by any publisher, ... Read more..Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, Europe, Konami, PS3, Shooter, Sony, UK | 11 Comments »
According to P3F, the exclusive-to-the-US 80GB MGS4 PS3 bundle sold out on Amazon.com in just seven minutes. Demand for the bundle was so high, that it actually brought the retailer giant ... Read more..Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 2 Comments »
MTV's claiming that journalists reviewing MGS4 in the US were told to not mention the length of the game’s cut-scenes and the size of the title's PS3 install by Konami. ... Read more..Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 51 Comments »
Oh Lord. It's internet-snapping time. Eurogamer's given Metal Gear Solid 4 8/10, which has a rather Halo-esque ring to it. The score's in contrast to almost blanket top scores from ... Read more..Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, Europe, Konami, PS3, Retail | 15 Comments »
The first images of the European limited edition of Metal Gear Solid 4 have sneaked out, and it looks like a box with some pictures on it. A nice box ... Read more..Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 1 Comment »
On PS3Fanboy. Well, all over the internet, really, but there we are. Please bring out DualShock 3 very quickly so we don't have to spend even more money just to ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 1 Comment »
Missed this in the Gamer's Day noise yesterday, but Kojima's announced a world tour to promote the launch of Metal Gear 4. The developer will personally travel to London, followed ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Japan, Konami, PS3 | 1 Comment »
After the link. There's a lot of stuff there to keep you going. This is all from the press event in Tokyo today, as covered by Kotaku. See for yourself. ... Read more..Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 9 Comments »
In an Edge interview posted in its entirety by Kotaku, MGS4 man Hideo Kojima has retracted some earlier comments about PS3 not being up to the job, saying the meaning ... Read more..Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Japan, Konami, PS3, Sony | 26 Comments »
Sony's shown off the limited edition steel PS3 for its Japanese Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle. In all fairness, this does look pretty cool. There's approximately no chance of this ... Read more..Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | No Comments »
Here. If only the words "shots released" in that headline could have been replaced with "bundle announced for Europe". Then we could have all been happy. The game releases in ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | No Comments »
Here. The shots are taken from five different maps from the online starter pack, namely Ambush Alley, Gronznyj Grad, Midtown Maelstrom, Urban Ultimatum and Blood Bath. MGS4 was confirmed today ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 14 Comments »
According to this, MGS4 will only include one language per region because of disc space. "Unfortunately because of disc space, we don't have the space to include other languages, other voice ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Europe, Konami, PS3 | 2 Comments »
According to this, MGS4 will be released on June 12 in Europe as well as the US. The piece says it's from an announcement, but we haven't seen it yet. Update: ... Read more..Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in America, Europe, PS3, Racing, Retail, Sony | No Comments »
SCEA and SCEE are obviously comfortable in their decisions. According to this, SCEA isn't going to be bringing the two European bundles we saw today to Europe. "On Tuesday we announced ... Read more..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, Japan, Konami, PS3 | No Comments »
Here. There's plenty to see in the pages, including weapon attachments and a ton of character art. Go have a look while you're trying to make your mind up about ... Read more..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, Japan, Konami, PS3, Retail, Sony | No Comments »
According to this, Japanese gamers are going to be able to choose between three ways of buying MGS4 when it hits this summer. The game's base pack includes MGS4 and Metal ... Read more..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Europe, PS3, PSP, Sony | 3 Comments »
Looks as though you may not want to hold your breath if you're banking on a European version of the MGS4 or God of War: Chains of Olympus bundles announced ... Read more..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in America, PS2, PS3, Sony | 3 Comments »
According to this and numerous other reports, a Sony PR rep has seemingly confirmed that the upcoming MGS4 bundle announced last night by SCEA will feature limited PS2 backwards compatability. "Yes, ... Read more..Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3, Rumour | No Comments »
A June 12 release date for MGS4 is being rumoured here. The news has apparently come from a retailer conference. Don't expect any confirmation from Konami until its German office ... Read more..Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Konami, PS3 | No Comments »
Oh dear. According to this, MGS4 isn't going to be on show at GDC. Which is a bit odd, if you think about it, considering the game was at CES ... Read more..Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, Journalism, Konami, PS3 | 4 Comments »
Oh dear. Kojima Productions associate producer Ryan Payton has gone on the record and said that the widely reported quote attributed to him by Reuters journalist Kemp Powers (real name?) ... Read more..Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS2 | 8 Comments »
The rumoured Metal Gear Solid: Essential Collection for PS2 isn't rumoured after all, and is now available fro pre-order at Gamestop in the US. There's no word on a European ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Trade | No Comments »
Lazard Capital Markets' Colin Sebastian reckons console gaming's going to be the hot story of the first half of 2008 thanks to GTA IV, MGS 4 and DMC 4, whereas ... Read more..
