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December 5th, 2009 at 04:30pm
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Though we still don’t know much about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s cast of characters, Konami sent out a batch of glamour shots for a few of the assumed super spies you’ll be cavorting with during your time with the game. Our personal favorite? Definitely Chico. It takes a special breed of man to pull off an Ascot that expertly.
Check out all the portraits, as well as a bunch of new screenshots, in the gallery below.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker character art’s got style originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 4th, 2009 at 04:21pm
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We found out
yesterday that the PSP sequel to
Metal Gear Solid 3 will hit shelves in the UK on May 28 — following a
March 18 debut in japan — and today Konami has announced that
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will arrive (via cardboard box, fittingly) at US retail three days earlier on May 25.
Although Kojima Productions is at work on a localized English language Peace Walker demo, the Japanese demo, released during Tokyo Game Show ‘09 (and later improved for release on PSN Japan) is pretty easy to pick up on — and definitely worth playing. We’ve contacted Konami in hopes of confirming a digital release of the game for the same week the physical copies hit shelves, and maybe — just maybe — we’ll get la-li-lu-le-lucky and score a special / limited edition for the States.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker steps onto US soil May 25 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 1st, 2009 at 12:30pm
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This week’s issue of Famitsu lifts the cardboard box off Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s release date, outing the PSP title for a March 18, 2010 release in Japan. Given Konami’s history of timely Metal Gear localizations, it might not be too long until the game reaches its excited Western audience.
We loved what we played at TGS and we’re willing to bet those of you who braved the Japanese demo likely felt the same. If you were frightened by the lack of understandable words, have no fear — an English demo is currently in the works!
Famitsu: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker strides into Japan on March 18 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 28th, 2009 at 02:00pm
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Some days you feed on a tree frog … and some days you get a new Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo! Kojima’s official blog brings word that a new demo will drop on the Japanese PSN this Sunday, November 1st. It’s not quite the same as the one we got our hands on — this one will be a tweaked version of the demo that was available exclusively in a special section of Konami’s booth at the Tokyo Game Show.
Kojima Productions has modified the controls based on player feedback, adding an unlockable third control scheme on top of the original two. The developer also improved the enemy AI and behavior, and changed the CQC system a tad, all in an effort to make the game easier to play.
Kojima explains that this process of releasing demos is a game of “catch ball” with the players and that he’s looking for more input after they’ve tried this second demo. Sharing is caring, after all.
[Via andriasang]
New MGS: Peace Walker demo on Japanese PSN this Sunday originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 08:55pm
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Assassin’s Creed 2 head Patrice Désilets and MGS: Peace Walker head Hideo Kojima had a war of compliments in the most recent issue of Famitsu. It seems that the two gentlemen have a bit of a game industry bromance going on, lauding the other’s current project in a back and forth translated by 1UP. “I think there are three games that stand out above the rest of the pack in the remainder of this year. One is Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, one is Uncharted 2, and the third is Assassin’s Creed II,” said Kojima.
“If I had to give my impression of Peace Walker, I’d have to say that I want to play more,” Désilets responded. “It was great fun; I can’t wait for the retail version.” Kojima expanded a bit on his appreciation for Désilets’ “focus on game design” over style, and said that he’s currently considering the possibility of them “maybe, kinda” going steady. Okay, we made up that last part.
Kojima and Desilets trade praise over Assassin’s Creed 2 and Peace Walker originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 16th, 2009 at 03:00pm
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With fingers crossed, we turned to the latest Kojima Productions podcast, hoping beyond hope that the studio had taken our recommendation to refresh the voice of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s bearded protagonist. Our nominee for Solid Snake’s new pipes? Bobcat Goldthwait. Sure, Mr. Goldthwait would likely take the series in an unexpected direction — but what unsuspecting player wouldn’t be swept up in an exploration of Snake’s rarely discussed history as a rabid, nigh-incomprehensible stand-up comic? Now there’s a 90-minute cutscene we can get behind.
Alas, Konami’s recently announced voice cast for Peace Walker is actually (gasp!) sans-Goldthwait. Of course David Hayter will reprise the role for, like, the hundredth time. The rest of the totally unsurprising list can be found after the jump — but why not watch this beautiful excerpt of the Peace Walker that could have been instead?
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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker English voice cast announced originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 13th, 2009 at 09:30pm
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Ever the consummate hype man, Hideo Kojima is fluffing up Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker by teasing an apparent system-selling feature. “I haven’t announced this yet, but there’s another feature in [Peace Walker] that will surprise people, to the point where they’ll want to go out and buy a PSP right now!” Kojima blabbed in the latest issue of Famitsu (as translated by 1UP). Short of some sort of in-game subliminal advertising (hey, these guys like to experiment), we’re thinking The Two-Hundred-and-Forty-Nine-Ninety-Nine-Dollar Feature — or maybe it’s just “The Buck-Seventy Feature” — could get lost in translation. After all, the two Peace Walker features that have been newly revealed seem distinctly Japanese in their appeal.
Also plucked from the pages of Famitsu, is the revelation that Peace Walker will feature Yamaha’s Vocaloid software. (Yeah, we’d never heard of it either — just wikipedia it.) If we understand it correctly, Vocaloid will allow certain weapons in the game to sing and scream. Mm-hmm, sounds incredibly annoying.
Also revealed: Those 2D-illustrated cut scenes? Yep, like this one. Well, they’re interactive. “For example, if you zoom in on the scene where you first meet Paz, you can see the uniform she has on under her coat, and then what’s under that,” art director Yoji Shinkawa explained … rather creepily. “It’s an idea I came up with while thinking about what makes games different from movies or animation. I think it’s pretty interactive.” Hopefully, not too interactive.
MGS: Peace Walker to feature Vocaloid, interactive cutscenes … and a surprise that’ll make you buy a PSP? originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 11:10pm
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Last week, the Tokyo Game Show brought in over 100 posts worth of news, previews, interviews, galleries, and videos. Clearly,
a lot happened. If you’re looking for a comprehensive list of all the goings-on during
TGS 2009, Joystiq has you covered —
and organized!
Click on a platform below to scan the highlights:
(On the far right: that’s “News” and “Culture” on the top and bottom, respectively)
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TGS 2009: The Recap Post originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 28th, 2009 at 09:57am
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Sharing a flimsy, cardboard box with another soldier is sure to be an inexhaustible supply of awkward discomfort. Aside from the clear violation of personal space, there are two major concerns for the occupants of Metal Gear Solid’s iconic camouflage: (1) Who’s driving this thing? And (2) that better be your gun poking me in the back, I swear.
Thankfully, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker has an elegant solution for the former problem. Holding up on the PSP’s d-pad will “sync” you with your sneaking partner(s) and, as long as the button remains held down, you’ll stay in automatic lockstep with the leader. Remaining a cohesive group is an essential strategy for a silent approach, though splitting up offers its own advantages as well.
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TGS 2009: Hands-on: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (co-op) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 24th, 2009 at 11:40pm
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Hideo Kojima wasn’t kidding around when he said his crack MGS4 development team was going for an epic, console-quality Metal Gear experience with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker on PSP. This freshly released TGS 2009 trailer for the game is proof positive that Kojima Productions is putting its all into the release — it looks absolutely amazing, clearly building on the presentation and gameplay of both MGS4 and MGS3: Snake Eater.
Of course, you don’t just have to settle for the trailer. Once it’s got you good and pumped up to choke out some fools as Big Boss himself, check our post from yesterday to down-la-li-lu-le-load the TGS demo for play on your very own PSP. How cool is that?
TGS 2009: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s epic 10-minute trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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