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Tuesday, Nov 3
Konami expecting 82% drop in profit
“Even though the figures for the consolidated business performance for the six months ended September 30, 2009 were approximate to the projected ones in all segments, net revenues and profits of the consolidated interim results are expected to decrease when compared with the figures...
Monday, Nov 2
Hideo Kojima…a huge Twilight fan
Here’s a bit of news that I must have seen at least 10 times today, but I never thought to post. I think I was just taken back by the news that Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has confessed to being a very big fan of the Twilight series. This love of [...]
Saturday, Oct 31
Roles for the Elderly in Video Games
Article here How many games let you take on the role of an older character? Outside of Metal Gear Solid 4, it’s pretty hard to think of an example, isn’t it? It’s a shame that we don’t see more games that pay tribute to/respect the elderly. If Nintendo wants to take one of their [...]
Thursday, Oct 15
Kojima discusses opportunities for Metal Gear prequels, working on original titles
The info you’re going to want to hear isn’t until after the 4 minute mark… Direct link here The info you’re going to want to hear isn’t until after the 4 minute mark… Direct link here
Wednesday, Oct 14
TGS 2009 - Famitsu poll results show most wanted games, and more
1. Square Enix 2. Level 5 3. Konami 1. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square-Enix) 2. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP, Konami) 3. Ninokuni: The Another World (NDS, Level 5) 1. Dragon Quest VI (NDS, Square Enix) 2. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP, Konami) 3. Okamiden (NDS, Capcom)
Tuesday, Oct 13
Kojima discusses creating Metal Gear titles in a future where games aren’t bound by hardware capabilities
“Right now, games are always bound by the capabilities of the hardware. In the near future, though, we’ll have an era where you can just connect to a host computer with your portable and play all sorts of great games. I’d like to experiment a little and see what kind of Metal Gear game would be be...
Monday, Oct 12
Video Games Live heading to Dundee
Tickets for VIDEO GAMES LIVE are on sale now directly through the Caird Hall in Dundee. Please visit http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=CAIRDHALL&organ_val=22960 and select Video Games Live from the event schedule menu to make a booking. For more informati...
Tuesday, Sep 29
Kojima open to the idea of another developer remaking original Metal Gear
Seeing the original Metal Gear remade would be pretty interesting . I can only imagine all the crazy storyline elements and 20-minute cut-scenes that would be added in. If that game were to get remade, who would you want to see handle it? Link
Monday, Sep 28
CESA ‘future awards’ winners
TGS 2009 attendees were polled on the games that they thought would be big show-stoppers when they were released. After the votes were tallied, a list of winners was put together. Here are your CESA ‘future awards’ winners. Final Fantasy XIII Tales of Graces Ni no Kuni Assassin’s Creed II Met...
Kojima admits that he wants to do something other than Metal Gear
…I myself am interested in doing something besides Metal Gear, but, right now, I am working on Peace Walker. Eventually, after the project is done, I might think about it. If you write that ‘Kojima-san doesn’t have to make Metal Gear any more’ every day on Kotaku, and write to the CEO of Konami...
Friday, Sep 25
Japanese software sales - Sept. 14th to 20th (top 50)
11./06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) 18./04. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) 35./21. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 46./34. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) 47./22. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 48./25. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (Konami)
Sunday, Sep 20
Video Games Live in Japan during Tokyo Game Show
”Game concerts have been a part of Japanese culture since the late 1980’s, but Video Games Live has a unique presentation style that has never before been experienced in Japan,” said famed Japanese Metal Gear Solid composer and CEO of GEM Impact, Inc. Norihiko Hibino. “Tommy and Jack have c...
Saturday, Sep 19
Kojima jealous of today’s kids
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has opened up a bit on his TGS blog. While the bulk of his posts are about games that aren’t coming to Nintendo platforms, there is a bit where he speaks of the game industry in general. In this particular post, we learn that Kojima is quite jealous [...]
Wednesday, Sep 16
Japanese software sales - Sept. 7th to 13th
07./04. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 22,000 / 68,000 (-53%) 21./25. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 22./24. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 25./22. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (Konami) 29./38. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
Dengeki Online finds out what games gamers want to see get the anime treatment
There are multiple games that I would love to see turned into anime features. It has happened in the past, and I’m sure it’ll happen again. Has it happened with the games that you love? 1. Persona 4 2. Phoenix Wright 3. Okami 4. Kingdom Hearts 5. Idol Master 6. Metal Gear Solid 7. Yakuza 8. BlazBlue
Tuesday, Sep 15
Otaku USA poll results - Otaku love Nintendo, want Mother 3
10. Goichi Suda 9. SEGA 8. Tetsuya Nomura 7. Shigeru Miyamoto 6. KONAMI 5. Hideo Kojima 4. Atlus 3. Capcom 2. Nintendo 1. Square Enix “I got ‘SNK’ and ‘Team Ninja’ tatoos on my body.” — B.N., 24 “Why… why won’t Nintendo release Mother 3 in America?!” — Ivan Yang, 16 “Release Siren 2 in America!” — Zac Bentz, 32
Thursday, Sep 10
Konami shows off TGS lineup, teases 5 games
Link Konami has shown off their plans for TGS, which includes a lot of focus on Metal Gear titles, as well as Pro Evo 2010. As you can see from the floor map above, these games are going to dominate Konami’s booth. While that’s all well and good, it’s the tease on Konami’s website [...]
Wednesday, Sep 9
Japanese software sales - Aug. 31st to Sept. 6th
05. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 48,000 / NEW 15. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 6,500 / 3,519,000 17. ????? 22. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PlayStation 3 the Best) (Konami) - 4,800 / 27,000 26. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 4,100 / 2,322,000
Friday, Aug 21
Don’t worry…Metal Gear confuses Kojima as well
Eurogamer: Given the volume of games that you’re involved in and the complexity of the subject matter, how do you go about organising your thoughts? Hideo Kojima: Actually, strange you ask, because I personally get confused too about the whole timeline and saga of Metal Gear Solid. This i...
Thursday, Aug 20
Kojima teasing all sorts of new titles
Check out the full interview here A portion of an IGN interview with Hideo Kojima… IGN: What games is this engine being prepared for? Hideo Kojima: First of all I can name Metal Gear Solid Rising – that’s going to be on the preparation list. Also there’s a new title that we haven’t announced th...
Monday, Aug 17
Konami - Gamescom lineup
Playable - PES 2010 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii) - DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY 2 (Wii) - pop´n rhythm (Wii) - Let´s Party (Wii) - Karaoke Revolution (PS3) Footage - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP) - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3, Xbox 360)...
Sunday, Aug 9
GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thought - Viewtiful Joe Ep. 8
Direct link here I played way too much Metal Gear Solid 4 tonight. Yeah, I still haven’t beaten the game. I’m a tad busy with the site! I saw that the last time I played was July 3rd…2008. I really need to find a way to get more free time, and not lose sleep [...]
Friday, Aug 7
Overlord writer - Cut-scenes are still important to the game industry
Full interview here “There’s no denying that given the fan-base of games like the Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy series, many gamers enjoy cutscenes, even incredibly loquacious and lengthy ones. Whilst, personally, I’d rather a game wasn’t turned into a wannabe movie, I believe the...
Friday, Jul 24
Tommy Tallarico looking to add Earthworm Jim, Pokemon and others to Video Games Live
TT: Sure, right now we’re working on an Earthworm Jim segment, one of mine. A lot of people ask us for that one. We’re working on Shadow of the Colossus right now. We just finished Mega Man. Super Smash Brothers, a lot more Final Fantasy, 4 or 5 more Final Fantasy tunes. Silent Hill, with Akira [Yama...
Wednesday, Jul 22
Reformulating the Fourth Wall for Video Games
For those that don’t know, the best description of ‘breaking the 4th wall’ that I can give is when Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes readers your GameCube memory card, and starts talking to you about the games that you’ve played. It’s an element of a game that reaches out into the real world to...
Sunday, Jul 19
Japanese software sales (top 50) - July 6th to 12th
8.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 8,920 | 3,490,000 32.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) 33.) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (PS3, Konami) 35.) WarioWare: DIY (NDS, Nintendo) 39.) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo) 50.) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)
Monday, Jul 13
EEDAR - sales analysis for June: Tiger Woods and MotionPlus off to a good start
June Sales and the State of the Industry · June 2009 is expected to have 20 titles exceed 100,000 units compared to over 23 in June 2008. · The top ten titles for June 2009 are expected to sell 2.9 million units combined compared to 3.7+ million in June 2008.
Thursday, Jul 9
eBay auction - various NES/SNES protos
NES & SNES protos: Super Mario Kart, Famicom Metal Gear 2, Harvest Moon! NES & SNES protos: Super Mario Kart, Famicom Metal Gear 2, Harvest Moon!
Wednesday, Jul 8
Famitsu - most wanted
14. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) - Sony 19. Tales of VS. (PSP) - Namco Bandai 25. Metal Gear Solid Rising (PS3) - Konami 26. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (PSP) - Konami 27. Gears of War 2 (360) - Microsoft 29. Boku no Natsu Yasumi 4 (PSP) - Sony 30. Hitokui no Oowashi Trico (PS3) - Sony
Wednesday, Jul 1
The top 30 game brands of 2008
2. Mario Brothers (Nintendo) $ 761 million 5. Wii Fit (Nintendo) $ 407 million 8. Wii Play (Nintendo) $ 261 million 15. Pokemon (Nintendo) $ 119 million 25. Dance Dance Revolution (Konami) $ 78 million 26. Metal Gear Solid (Konami) $ 77 million 29. Mortal Kombat (Midway Games) $ 70 million
Friday, Jun 26
Kojima has 3 ideas for Metal Gear Solid 5, but doesn’t want to make the game…he’d rather make a brand-new game
“I have three concepts for MGS5 already. What would be ideal for me with MGS5, though, is that we don’t do those. If the team picks one of those concepts, I have to get involved again, which I don’t want to do. There are already so many good ideas from the staff, so if we select one of those, that woul...
Wednesday, Jun 24
Japanese software sales - June 15th to 21st
15./14. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 20./19. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) 24./27. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) 26./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (Konami) 28./30. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) 30./33. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
Christian Bale a fan of Metal Gear Solid, but spends his time with more constructive things instead of playing games
Christian Bale is a ridiculously smug man. I can’t stand his attitude. This tiny video blurb is only 20 seconds long, yet Bale manages to get under my skin within the first 15. Movie Trailers - Movies Blog More constructive things…such as reaming out people on film crews. Link
Tuesday, Jun 16
Nintendo tops Game Developers’ ‘Top 50 developers’ list
1. Nintendo (Kyoto studio) (Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit) 8. Epic Games (Gears of War 2, Unreal Tournament 3 [Xbox 360]) 10. Treyarch (Call of Duty: World at War) 16. Namco Bandai Games (Tokyo studio) (Soul Calibur IV, We Ski) 19. Kojima Productions (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
