Category Archives: Konami

Konami’s announced it’s to close Metal Gear Online on June 21 after four years of service.

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Nintendo’s confirmed it’ll release the demo of Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater for eShop this coming Thursday, February 16. The demo will come ahead of the game’s March 8 release in Europe, a month after it released onto HD platforms with the MGS HD Collection. The 3DS version will come with new controls specifically for the handheld, as well as other features.

Thanks, MCV.

Konami has apparently confirmed a release date for Little King Story for PlayStation Vita in Japan, announcing it’ll release on March 29 for ¥6,480. This is according to a Japanese retailer (via Andriasang). LKS Vita is a sequel to the 2009 Wii original, released by Marvelous in Japan and Rising Star in Europe.

Konami will drop Metal Gear Solid 5 for a fiscal 2014 launch, according to one Japanese firm.

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Konami’s will release the first DLC for NeverDead on February 21. The Expansion Pack Volume 1 will bring, according to GamesRadar, “the enlargement of the Asylum and the new Gameplay Challenges accommodated by the change.” No idea what that means considering we haven’t touched it yet, but whatevs. New challenges include Egg Hunt, Fragile Alliance and Onslaught. Also included in the DLC are two new costumes: a dress for main lead Bryce and a Gaga outfit for Nikki.

Shots at the link. No prices, though.

Hideo Kojima’s further teased the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for Vita after the first round of his antics yesterday, confirming in some form touch pad support for the pack. Kojima confirmed it after mentioning he was overseeing voicework specifically with the pad controls with the Japanese voice actor of Zero in MGS3. He also teased more shots of it in action, this time on MGS3.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Last week’s release of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection sees continued success for remastered collections, and not just for nostalgia’s sake. Johnny Cullen explains all.

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Hideo Kojima’s taken to Twitter this morning to tease the Vita version of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. He posted two pics that highlight both MGS2 and MGS3. Kojima took the photos whilst recording new, Vita-specific dialogue for MGS3.

No date yet for the portable collection, announced at TGS last year. Thanks, Andriasang.

Konami has reported its financial results for the nine months ending December 31, and it was a rather prosperous period for the firm with a reported profit of ¥17.05 billion ($224 million), which is a 77.3% year-over-year increase. However, most of the firm’s profit came from sectors outside of its consumer games sector, which declined 40% year-over-year.

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Konami’s announced Tomoyuki Tsuboi as the US arm’s new president following the announcement yesterday that its previous head Shinji Hirano would become the new boss of European operations. Tsuboi-san has been at Konami for 14 years, and will now oversee Konami’s main properties in America, including MGS, Silent Hill and Pro Evolution Soccer.

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Konami’s confirmed to Game Informer it’s to release The Simpsons Arcade Game onto Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow, February 2. This is probably why it was delayed for PS Plus members in the EU Store update yesterday. Also, if our memory is correct, this is the first time an XBLA game will launch outside its typical Wednesday slot. It’ll set you back 800 MS points or $9.99, and will feature four-player co-op, bonus content and even a Japanese version of the game that’s not been seen before.

Konami has pushed back the European PlayStation Network release of The Simpsons Arcade to match that of the Xbox Live Arcade launch on February 8.

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Konami’s announced Shinji Hirano will become the head of its European operations, the company’s announced this morning.

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Critics haven’t credited Konami’s NeverDead with the immortality the title suggests.

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There were more perverted headlines, but there we go. Get the trailer below the break, via GT. The Rebellion action title launches in the US today and in Europe on Friday for PS3 and 360.

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Konami’s announced it’ll release the Silent Hill HD Collection in Japan. The pack, which will consist of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3, will release on March 29 for PlayStation 3. There’s no mention of the 360 version on Andriasang, but one would assume it’ll be there.

The western release for the collection is March 6.

Siliconera‘s gotten hold of some new art and a screen of Silent Hill: Book of Memories ahead of Silent Hill March, as well as a tiny bit of new info on the game. Besides the emphasis on combat compared to past games, you’ll be allowed to choose the protagonist’s gender from the beginning of the game, according to this week’s Dengeki PlayStation. Pyramid Head is back in this one as well.

Silent Hill: Book of Memories launches on March 27 for Vita.

PEGI has rated both Silent HIll 2 and 3 HD as discrete entities, suggesting individual release via the console networks is likely.

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“I understand people may think it is a silly game and even though we put serious work into gameplay too it is difficult to communicate that. Bryce [the main character] doesn’t need to evade or avoid [attacks]. If you get shot, it’s OK. It’s also hard to show this to the audience because it would change the way they play the game. It’s complicated just like trying to explain the story. It might be my fault, I’m not sure, but I’ll tell you honestly I tried to make the E3 trailer show Bryce’s true personality. I’m not sure if [it was] a success, but in the middle of the story it becomes more serious. He comes back to his young self, in his mind. NeverDead, when you look at it, is a story of vengeance. I need to make more effort to communicate this – I want people to know it’s a serious game with a guy who has a lot of bad luck.” – NeverDead director Shinta Nojiri to Siliconera.

Konami has announced Puddle, the Neko Entertainment-developed, physics-based puzzle game, will land on PSN and XBLA next week.

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