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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.

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.

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.

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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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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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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Hideo Kojima has revealed one idea surrounding Metal Gear Solid 5 was a game based on The Boss and the Cobras from the landing of Normandy. [Spoilers for MGS3 and part of its ending are below the break]

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Konami has released the English-captioned Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance video in which franchise creator Hideo Kojima explains the game’s abrupt shift in direction.

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Atsushi Inaba has been busy on Twitter, responding to fans criticising Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – and Kojima Productions.

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Hideo Kojima has raised the possibility that Zone of the Enders 3 could use the Fox Engine, but reiterated that he currently doesn’t have enough staff inside KP to actually make it.

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Konami’s put out a slightly extended version of the VGAs trailer for Metal Gear Rising that was shown on Saturday. The bits in particular are after Raiden takes out Metal Gear Ray, him cutting a cardboard box with an enemy in side and a credits bit. Get watching below the break.

Rising launches from Konami and Platinum Games under Kojima Productions’ supervision next year on PS3 and 360.

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Konami has launched a new website for Metal Gear Solid, sporting an interactive “Saga” section. As detailed in the explanatory video, fans can browse the franchise’s convoluted timeline, commenting and sharing individual elements, and even adding their own memories including images. Kojima Productions staff will respond to posts they find intriguing, and full social network integration means all this will be TweetBookPlus’d, too. Neat.

Thanks, IndustryGamers.

Following Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’s surprise VGA re-reveal, Kojipro has given a few more details and cleared up some misconceptions.

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According to Siliconera‘s translation of a Game Watch report, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D is not a port or an HD brush up. Not only has the game been entirely remade, it’s been optimised for the 3DS hardware. Nice. Snake Eater 3D hits Japan on March 8; Western release is not locked down beyond early 2012.

Thanks, D’Toid.

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has let slip some utterly nebulous comments on the nature of the mysterious Project Ogre.

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Metal Gear Solid: Rising may be a hands-off project for Hideo Kojima, but be warned, developers: mess up the series’s core principles and he’ll step back in.

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Hideo Kojima has given the clearest indication yet there will be a Metal Gear Solid 5, saying the sequel is something that Kojima Productions will “probably” have to develop.

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