Many of you may have forgotten it by now, but “Metal Gear Online” still has quite the following—over one million registered members, to be exact. And, now, Konami is looking to bring new players into the fold with their "Welcome Rookie" campaign. Until February 16, 2009, all players who register the retail version of "MGO" will [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
"Kids can dance into the New Year at Subway restaurants with the all-new DanceDanceRevolution promotion," reads the first line of the latest Konami press release, which I am officially declaring Most Groan-Inducing First Line (So Far) in 2009. It seems that Konami and Subway have signed a bit of an agreement. When customers purchase a Subway [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 2, 2009
While Guitar Hero and Rock Band dominate the music genre in the West, in the East Bemani remains king. Their newest game, Jubeat (pronounced “you beat”) is entering the location test phase in Japan, giving arcade goers a chance to sample the possibly next big music gaming hit. According to Konami, the game will feature play [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Merry Christmas, everyone who loves classic RPGs! Minutes ago, Konami sent out a press release announcing that the classic and awesome PlayStation RPG, Suikoden, is available on the PlayStation Network today for the low low price of $5.99. (Not $9.99, like some guessed when the game's name first appeared on the ESRB website.) While Suikoden isn’t [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sony's Asian PlayStation website reveals some pretty sweet upcoming content packs for their neglected baby, Little Big Planet. Not only will users get several awesome themed costumes for their sackboys, and now sackgirls, but also a brand-new Metal Gear Solid level pack. The costume selection currently consists of Snake, Meryl, and Screaming Mantis so far, but [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Some earlier Internet sleuthing combined with some Japanese magazine scans already had us pretty convinced that the next MGS game was coming to Apple's devices, but if you were still skeptical, Konami has confirmed that with their latest press release. According to the release, MGS Touch will be based off of MGS4's story, and contain [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Hello there, starved off Metal Gear Solid fans. Well, you're only starved if you're not owners of Sony's little big machine, as MGS4 seemed to satisfy most of those fans. Anyway, I'm sure that when the new Konami-powered teaser website came up, proclaiming that "A NEXT METAL GEAR IS..." many of you were hoping it [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 13, 2008
People who played through Metal Gear Solid 4 may have enjoyed the game, but if you’re like me you noticed one thing: the Metal Gear theme was oddly absent from the finale. Many of us suspected that it was due to Kojima Productions being accused of plagiarism, but there was never an official explanation from [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
Since 2001's Circle of the Moon on Game Boy Advance, every portable Castlevania title has not only been a solid entry in the series, but also a defining moment for the very system that hosts it; a must-play game on the order of a Mario, a Metal Gear, a Metroid. Does Order of Ecclesia stand tall beside its predecessors? Or will this be the game that finally breaks Konami's wondrous streak?
Continue reading...Friday, December 5, 2008
For years, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has been the master of screwing with gamer's heads. Today, it seems that he couldn't resist doing so once more. By crafting a teaser that cleverly integrates elements of several popular game systems (the green color of Xbox and the lower-case 'I' used in DSi and iPhone) as [...]
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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