There’s been a little bit of confusion as to whether Metal Gear Solid V is one thing or two things. Ground Zeroes was apparently its own entity and then it wasn’t, as was The Phantom Pain which became the only thing and now it’s not the only thing. Well, Konami has offered some clarification regarding the situation.

The undoubted highlight out of all of the trailers that were shown at the 2012 Spike Video Games Awards, was this mysterious little number. Titled ‘The Phantom Pain‘, the game is made by just-popped-up Moby Dick Studios and appears to show the main character with a hook arm, struggling to move his atrophied body out of medical facility which is under attack by various suited heavies. With lots of crawling around, a [...]

Hideo Kojima has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 5 is a real thing, even though this news isn’t exactly new. Either way, Kojima has confirmed some factoids to French magazine IG.

The latest in cool commercials comes from Sony, this time with the PlayStation 3‘s Long Live Play marketing campaign. The ad below features your favorite native PS3 characters, like Nathan Drake, Infamous’ Cole, Kratos and Solid Snake. Also included are Final Fantasy XIII‘s Lightning, Isaac Clarke from Dead Space and even a silent appearance by Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal. Check it out below the cut. It’s really awesome and [...]

Box use Solid Snake for cover. Clever Twitter user MikeMov89 created the “Snake Camo” for Solid Box to use.

According to a report at Kotaku, Metal Gear Solid: Rising is set for a 2012 release date. Not that it was ever slated for any kind of release date, but at least there’s some ballpark figure. Zone of the Enders 3 slated for 2015. /joke

Step aside Mario, because Solid Snake has ended your plumber reign as best video game character of all time. At least according to Famitsu readers. Snake punched, kicked, grenaded, and box-snuck his way to top spot beating long-standing favorites such as Mario, Link, Sonic and Cloud Strife.

David Hayter, recently known for his role as co-writer in the recent Watchmen movie, and most famously recognised amongst video game fans for providing the legendary voice of Solid Snake, has announced today the formation of his own company, Dark Hero Studios. Dark Hero Studios will be “a company that will generate film, TV, Internet and video game projects in the action, sci-fi and horror genres,” according to the company’s [...]

Following the recent surprise announcement that Konami is“looking into” bringing MGS4 to Xbox 360 Microsoft’s Xbox Live boss has “informed” MVC that the Xbox 360 easily has the power to “handle” Metal Gear Solid 4. John Schappert, the firm’s corporate vice-president of Live, Software and Services, pointed out that that he would “love to see the game come [to 360]“. His comments come in light of Konami’s Yoshitaka Arai alleged [...]

The repeatedly rumoured arrival of Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360 has been thrust back into the spotlight once again, as a Konami representative admits the company is “looking into” it. Earlier in the year, Konami denied that they were even considering it and definitively said back in January: “For the record, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a PlayStation 3 exclusive and there are no [...]