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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.

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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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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.

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

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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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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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Not liking the direction Metal Gear Rising has taken? Simple: wait for the next, true Metal Gear Solid game, Hideo Kojima has said.

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Just in case you thought the full E3 rumour of Platinum doing Metal Gear Rising was going to come to fruition, you thought wrong. While the Bayonetta developer is now confirmed to be part of the project, Bayonetta boss Hideki Kamiya, initially thought to be involved, has confirmed he isn’t part of its development. In a tweet, he said: “Hey everyone, I said 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times that I have nothing to do with Metal Gear Rising.”

More details on Rising will drop today and tomorrow.

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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