Category Archives: Konami

Hideo Kojima has teased the brand new anime opening scene for Zone of the Enders 1 HD. The series’s producer TwitPic’ed off-screen shots of the opening in action, showing Jehuty from ZoE1 in an anime form. The first game consisted of a realistic look, while its sequel The 2nd Runner was formed with an anime look.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection is expected to launch this year for PS3, 360 and Vita. Thanks, Andriasang.

This week’s Famitsu’s confirmed that Metal Gear Rising’s director is Kenji Saito. Saito, who was the main programmer on Bayonetta, was confirmed to be in the role as a part of a roundtable interview for the game featuring Hideo Kojima, Platinum CEO Tatsuya Minami and producer Atsushi Inaba. It was previously speculated that Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya was directing the project, but it was something he continuously denied on Twitter.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Hideo Kojima’s confirmed in this week’s Famitsu that a playable build of Metal Gear Rising will debut at E3 in June.

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Konami has announced it plans to dissolve Japanese developer Hudson Soft on March 1, after which it will officially be absorbed into Konami Digital Entertainment. The move was agreed upon by members of the Hudson board of directors during a meeting held last week. Komani purchased a majority stake in the Bomberman firm during early 2011, and it is still unclear if any of the firm’s classic titles will continue development under the Komani brand. Additional information can be found via Andriasang. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Here is a trailer for a video game which made me laugh aloud. This is by way of being a calendar event.

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Definitive dates for Silent Hill HD, Downpour, and Book of Memories have been handed out by Konami, and all are coming in March.

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Konami’s confirmed this afternoon it’ll release Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater in Europe on March 8.

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If you’re a big fan of the horror exploration elements of Silent Hill, but turn into a flailing mess when the combat starts, Downpour has you covered with the return of dual difficulty sliders.

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Konami has confirmed we won’t be seeing the Silent Hill HD Collection in January.

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Konami has released a new set of screenshots for its Silent Hill HD Collection, and the full lot can be found over on the Silent Hill Historical Society. Each one shows different scenes and locations from the collection, and reminds us of just how creeped out Silent Hill 2 and 3 made us. Now we just need to decide which platform we’re getting this for: PS3 or Xbox 360. It’s out in March.

InXile’s reboot of the classic helicopter action series, Choplifter HD, arrives in the US next week, according to Destructoid. The PlayStation Network version goes for $14.99 and drops on January 10, with a 1200 MS Points Xbox Live Arcade release due on January 11. Konami is publishing, so expect details of international dates and pricing soon. No word on an expected PC version.

“I’d love for [Akira Yamaoka] to be involved. Unfortunately, he left Konami, and can’t do the music for the new games [which is] a Japanese business politics sort of thing. We’d like for him to be there, but he’s not. So we took seriously finding a replacement, because you can’t throw in just any old sound guy. So we found Dan Licht, who does the music on Dexter. He was actually our top choice, so we were fortunate that he was willing to jump in.” – Silent Hill: Downpour producer Tomm Hullet to GameFront.

Silent Hill: Downpour producer Devin Shatsky has said when designing the game, Vatra decided to add more realistic weapons and combat to the game, making it stand out from the last entry in the series, Homecoming.

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OPM UK’s gone live with the full Hideo Kojima interview it featured in its last issue last month. The chat discusses the history of the MGS series and Kojima’s thoughts on MGS1-4, as well as details on Metal Gear Rising, Project Ogre and discussion on Metal Gear Solid 5. You can get it here. It’s definitely worth a read.

Hideo Kojima has told CNN his next project, Project Ogre, will be open-world, a switch-up from the linear path that Metal Gear Solid games have provided in the past.

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Siliconera is reporting today on a listing made by a Japanese retailer that seems to indicate MGS3: SNake Eater 3D will get a first-person mode as well as an over-the-shoulder camera mode.

The FPS mode has been criticized in past MGS games for making certain sections overly easy. MGS3: Snake Eater 3D is due out in Q1 2012 in North America and March 8 in Japan. The European release date is still TBA.

Remedy’s confirmed it will be the publisher of Alan Wake for PC when it launches on Steam early next year.

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Hideo Kojima, ever the teasing master he is, has posted two shots showing off the new Fox Engine, one of which is from a prototype of his next game, codenamed Project Ogre.

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Platinum Games producer Atsushi Inaba has confirmed PS3 is the lead platform for development for Metal Gear Rising.

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In a recent red carpet interview, MGS-creator Hideo Kojima said that while he likes what Platinum Studios is doing with the game, it would have been quite a bit different if it were his game. More »