Tag: Metal Gear Solid

Konami on the meaning behind Metal Gear Solid Delta’s name

It turns out the triangle in Metal Gear Solid Delta’s name indicates Konami’s approach to remaking the classic stealth game

Konami finally unveiled Metal Gear Solid 3 remake during the PlayStation Showcase, with one slightly unexpected addition to the title: a Delta symbol. It turns out the triangle in Metal Gear Solid Delta’s name indicates Konami’s approach to remaking the classic stealth game.

“The Delta symbol (Δ) was chosen because its meaning fits the concept of the remake project,” Konami said on the series’ official Twitter page. “Delta means ‘change’ or ‘difference’ without changing structure.”

While that’s true if you Google the word and read the first entry on Wikipedia, the definition is maybe not as fixed as Konami said. Delta has several meanings, and only one of them in mathematics means “change,” usually a change in an object or idea’s status.

Anyway, if you were concerned about Metal Gear Solid 3 remake taking wild liberties with the story, Konami is very keen to assure you that is not going to happen. Right after the PlayStation Showcase, Konami posted a longer message – similar to Bloober Team’s assurances about Silent Hill 2 remake – saying the remake is essentially a remaster. The team won’t be making changes to the story. Instead, it’s an opportunity to bring Big Boss and his Snakelings’ origin story to life with the latest graphics and audio technology.

When that might happen is still anyone’s guess. Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta has no anticipated release date yet, but Konami does plan on launching the original MGS, MGS 2, and MGS 3 in one collection sometime in fall 2023.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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Konami announces Metal Gear Solid 3 remake and Metal Gear collection

The long-rumored Metal Gear Solid 3 remake is real, and Konami’s new vision for the stealth game is coming soon

The long-rumored Metal Gear Solid 3 remake is real, and Konami’s new vision for the stealth game is apparently less revolutionary than you might expect from a remake. The publisher said that Metal Gear Solid Δ: Solid Snake Eater – the game’s official name – is a “faithful” recreation of the original.

The trailer shows ants, reptiles, and a bird getting eaten – fun times – but not much of how the game’s rebuilt graphics actually look. While remaking Metal Gear 3 might seem an odd choice without 1 and 2, it makes more sense than you might think. The original Metal Gear Solid 3 is a prequel to the series, so you don’t really need to know much about everything else. It places a heavier emphasis on stealth and making good use of your environment as well.

If you’re keen on playing the older Metal Gear games, though, Konami is making good on its promise of a big year for Metal Gear by bringing them back as well. The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection bundles the first three Metal Gear Solid games together in a single volume and is expected to release sometime in fall 2023. 

“Volume 1” suggests more Metal Gear collections are incoming, though Konami didn’t say anything further on the matter.

The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake has no firm release date yet.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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Metal Gear Solid producer teases “long-awaited” announcements for 2023

Konami has something up its sleeve for 2023, but whether it’s a new Metal Gear game or something else remains to be seen

It seems Konami has some big plans for 2023, as producer Noriaki Okamura teased a “long-awaited” announcement in Famitsu’s yearly roundup of brief developer comments as a sneak preview of the year ahead (translated by Gematsu).

“Other than [the educational edition of Momotaro Dentetsu announced last year], 2023 will be a year of many announcements! Stay tuned!” Okamura said. He also said his keyword for 2023 is “long-awaited.”

Okamura previously worked on several Metal Gear games, including the original Metal Gear Solid, Peace Walker, and Metal Gear Solid V. It’s been nearly eight years since MGS V was released, and with “long-awaited” as his keyword, some fans naturally think Okamura is teasing the stealth game series’ return.

With Konami also bringing Silent Hill back in more ways than one, it seems a reasonable assumption to make as well. During the recent Silent Hill broadcast, Konami announced a remake and three brand-new projects for that franchise.

However, a revival isn’t the only possibility. Okamura has worked on other franchises as well, including Contra and Frogger. The games-to-TV or film trend – or radio show, in Splinter Cell’s case – also shows no sign of slowing down in the near future, so Konami may have something along those lines planned for Metal Gear.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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Konami confirms that the Metal Gear series will return

As the stealth action series celebrates turning 35, a couple of ‘temporarily unavailable titles’ will eventually be back on digital storefronts.

The Metal Gear series is officially 35 years old as of today, well within a midlife crisis age range. Surprisingly, Konami isn’t done with the franchise yet.

For years, Metal Gear has been in an awkward limbo. After series creator Hideo Kojima left Konami in 2015, most fans had no confidence that there would ever be another installment. Especially after Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater were delisted last fall. Although it’s looking like both will be back on digital storefronts soon.

“Today Metal Gear celebrates its 35th anniversary, first released on July 13, 1987,” Konami said on Twitter (translation via GLHF). “We are making preparations to resume the sale of temporarily unavailable titles.”

Konami gave no dates for when either title might be on sale again, but it’s a start. Hopefully, the still PS3-exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots comes to modern platforms someday too. Don’t hold your breath on that one, though.

The last mainline entry was Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, which came out in 2015, shortly before Kojima’s departure. Since then, the spinoff Metal Gear Survive was released in 2018 but didn’t win over fans or critics. It’s currently sitting at 60 on Metacritic — dismally low for this franchise.

Kojima, on the other hand, has been doing well for himself. Death Stranding was a massive hit, and there’s probably a sequel coming. The famous director is working on an untitled Xbox exclusive, and rumor has it that also he’s making a horror game.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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I fed an AI Hideo Kojima’s Wikipedia page and interviewed it

We made a Hideo Kojima AI and interviewed it. Here are the results.

The future is here. I’ve been messing around with Open AI’s text prompt beta, which can tell a range of stories, all grammatically correct. You just put in a prompt and out pops the text. 

For example, I asked for a story about a living poop, and it gave me this masterpiece: “There once was a living poo who was quite happy living in its owner’s intestine. But one day, the poo decided it wanted to see the world and so it started to travel up the intestine. The further it got, the more uncomfortable it became, and the more it realized this was not a good idea. But it was too late to turn back and so the poo kept going until it finally exited through the owner’s anus. 

“The poo found itself in a strange new world, and it was not sure what to do. It tried to go back into the intestine, but it could not find its way. It tried to find other living poos to ask for help, but it could not find any. It was all alone and it did not know what to do. 

“The poo tried to make the best of its situation, and it started to explore the world. It found new and interesting things, and it even made some friends along the way. But no matter how much it tried, the poo could not forget about its old life in the intestine. It missed the warmth and security, and it longed to go back.” 

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It sure is a strange new world. 

Another thing you can do with the AI is tell it who it is. So I told it that it was Hideo Kojima and fed it his entire Wikipedia page for context. Here’s the resulting interview. 

The 10 best stealth games ever

From Metal Gear Solid to Hitman, here are the best stealth games.

Stealth gaming never became as popular as it deserved. These days, pure stealth games are relegated to the shadows, but the mechanics of stealth still appear in every other genre. You can creep up on cowboys in Red Dead Redemption 2, and even Link likes to bonk bokoblins while they’re sleeping in Breath of the Wild. Rather than becoming a popular genre, sneaky play has become a popular mechanic. 

Still, there are plenty of great stealth games out there. As a genre, it’s one of the most consistent. Sure, there are a few stinkers, but the best of the best are all-timers. That makes it hard to whittle it down to just 10, but we’re going to do it anyway. So let’s stuff the corpses of the ones that didn’t make it into the nearest bin and crawl through the ventilation shaft of gaming’s greats. 

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance concurrent players up 1000 percent thanks to memes

Jack is back, baby.

It’s been more than nine years since Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance came out. Astonishing, I know — it’s almost as if time loves toying with our minds. Incredibly, the action-adventure title from Platinum Games is having a resurgence for the most bizarre reason.

According to PlayTracker, a website that tracks stats on games, concurrent player numbers for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is up by 1000 percent on Steam (Thanks, IGN). That’s roughly 2000 players on average, about the same numbers Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance saw back during its PC launch in 2014! Up significantly from the 200-600 range that Steamcharts recorded last year. 

This surge is apparently due to the “Jetstream Sam Thinking” meme, which features the titular character stroking his chin inquisitively. Primo reaction and caption image material, that. One of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance‘s villains heralds memes as “the DNA of the soul” during a comical tongue-in-cheek speech. It’s such a wonderfully stupid game.

Many consider Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance an all-time great action game. Everyone thought a sequel tease came during the 2015 Taipei Game Show, though it was unfortunately only a teaser celebrating the two-year anniversary of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It’s a crying shame. We could use more top-tier silliness like that these days.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Metal Gear Solid 3’s infamous ladder scene got broken by speedrunners

What a thrill, indeed.

Remember the hilariously long ladder scene in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater? Sure you do! Anyone that’s made it through Hideo Kojima’s magnum opus could never forget that long, arduous climb while a James Bond-like musical sting serenades your eyes. It’s glorious. 

However, if you’re not a fan of that infamous segment, there’s a recently discovered glitch that zips past it. Quite literally.

On Tuesday, a Metal Gear Solid speedrunner named Apel shared a clip of them t-posing up the ladder mentioned above in mere seconds. Like most other speedrunning glitches, pulling it off involves equipping items in a particular order. Check out the clip below to see it in action.

Typically, this sequence takes over two minutes to complete. Here’s a clip for context’s sake. So this skip will drastically cut down on times for any speedrunning looking to shatter any records.

For the uninitiated, speedrunning usually relies on ridiculous bugs like this one so that runners get things done fast. Elden Ring is getting blitzed through in less than 9 minutes through similar means. Depending on the world record category, it’s not considered cheating, partially because these tricks are very difficult to pull off in most instances.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Oscar Isaac updates everyone on the Metal Gear Solid movie

The Moon Knight star briefly touched on Solid Snake’s big-screen debut.

Sony Pictures has been working on a Metal Gear Solid movie since 2015, though details have been relatively infrequent even half a decade later. The announcement of casting Oscar Isaac as series protagonist Solid Snake did breathe some fan interest into the project, only for more silence from the filmmakers to follow.

During a red carpet event for Moon Knight on Tuesday, Isaac told IGN that the film’s storyline is a work-in-progress.

“We’re searching, we’re searching like Solid Snake,” Isaac said. “We’re climbing through air ducts, we’re looking for the story.”

Not exactly an in-depth update, but we’ll take what we can get at this point. Watch that brief info dump from Isaac for yourself below.

You’d hope some semblance of a storyline would’ve been inked by now, but alas. Metal Gear Solid is known for overly elaborate plotlines, so maybe making everything click in a different medium is holding things up.

Video game adaptations are rarely faithful (or good), but the Metal Gear Solid movie might be closer to Hideo Kojima’s games than anyone could have anticipated. Not since Metal Gear Solid 5 in 2015 has the series been active at all, aside from Metal Gear Survive, but we don’t talk about that one.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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‘Metal Gear Solid 2’ and ‘3’ delisted while Konami renews licenses

All digital versions of ‘Metal Gear Solid 2’ and ‘3’ have been delisted, and no one knows when they will return.

Both Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 have been delisted from all digital download services, Konami has confirmed in an announcement on the official Konami website. This includes all versions of both games, available across seven total platforms. This follows rumors of a Metal Gear Solid 3 remake.

This can’t be blamed on Konami purposefully delisting older content, as they did with Hideo Kojima‘s PT playable teaser for the canceled Silent Hills. Instead, this can be attributed to the licenses Konami held for the historical footage used in both games. These licenses have recently expired, and Konami states that they are actively working towards renewing the licenses so both games can return to digital stores.

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“We are currently working on renewing the licenses for select historical archive footage used in-game, therefore, we have made the temporary decision to begin suspending the sale of METAL GEAR SOLID 2, METAL GEAR SOLID 3 and all products that include these games from digital storefronts globally starting from November 8th, 2021,” Konami stated. “We sincerely ask for your patience and understanding as we work towards making these products available for purchase once again.”

Below you can find a full list of the games delisted, and their respective platforms.

PlayStation 3

  • MGS2 Sons of Liberty HD Edition
  • MGS3 Snake Eater HD Edition
  • MGS HD Edition

PlayStation Vita

  • MGS2 Sons of Liberty HD Edition
  • MGS3 Snake Eater HD Edition
  • MGS HD Collection

PlayStation Now

  • MGS HD Collection

Xbox 360

  • MGS HD Edition: 2 & 3

Nintendo 3DS

  • MGS Snake Eater 3D

GOG/PC

  • MGS2 Substance

Nvidia Shield

  • MHS2 HD for Shield TV
  • MGS3 HD for Shield TV

Written by Dave Aubrey on behalf of GLHF.

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