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Metal Gear Solid 4, Crisis Core receive Gold PlayStation Awards
Those would be "Gold" awards in Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's annual PlayStation Awards, not actual gold PlayStations. No, we think excellent sales are reward enough to render the composition of a congratulatory gong irrelevant -- the Gold award only goes to those games that sol...
Thursday, Nov 27
Stay at home: Amazon's incredible Black Friday deals (and Newegg, too)
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Mac, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals, Business Knowing that we would prefer not to get off the couch (especially with temperatures dropping as they are wont to do this time of year), Newegg and...
Meta-Metareview: The best reviewed games of 2008
With almost all of the big games of '08 now on shelves (we're looking at you, Prince of Persia) or available via Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, you're left with a lot of choices. Some of them you've already bought; others you've been on the fence over; others you didn't realize wer...
Saturday, Nov 15
Turkish inmate escapes jail in cardboard box, Solid Snake approves
We've all heard that life imitates art -- but we rarely hear of instances of life imitating video games (LARPing events notwithstanding). However, a certain 42-year-old Turkish citizen who recently decided to end his seven-year prison sentence prematurely must have been a sizable Met...
Thursday, Nov 6
PSN Thursday: Qore and some free LBP garbs
This week's PSN update brings us a new Qore, which travels to Tokyo for its latest episode. Also, as promised, LittleBigPlanet owners can grab themselves two free outfits (pictured above). Enjoy the free stuff while it lasts, the nickel and dime LBP strategy starts soon. What else? Oh yeah,...
Tuesday, Nov 4
Metal Gear Online: 1 million soldiers ask, 'La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo?'
We can't help but read this news as disappointing for Konami (we already know Kojima's unhappy). Metal Gear Solid 4 -- that is, the single player component of MGO -- shipped 3 million worldwide at launch and continues to sell. ...
Saturday, Aug 16
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 8/11 - 8/17
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP
Tuesday, Aug 12
Thumbs up to hilarious new Metal Gear commercial
Filed under: Culture, Action, Mobile Oh, Japanese television, how we love thee so. If you need a reason to share in our affection, look no further than this spot for Konami's forthcoming cell phone title, Metal Gear Ac!d Mobile. It's four minutes of sheer digital - as in fingers - brilliance...
Tuesday, Aug 5
Today in Joystiq: August 5, 2008
Times: iPhone could be in 'same league' as DS, PSP Xbox 360 Avatars only in 'E' titles Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360 in Taiwan Metal Gear brings in solid profits for Konami Q1 Gears of War 2 to feature optional gore filter Some humans destroy Destroy All Humans! PSP
Sunday, Aug 3
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 7/28 - 8/03
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP Did you know that Square Enix's DKΣ3713 event just went down this weekend in Japan? Tons of PSP and PS3 news came out of that one. Hit the break for all our headlines, and don't forget to check out the features listed below.
Tuesday, Jul 22
The 'ultimate proof' that PS3 is winning
Now now, don't discount the 16-year old boy's prescient abilities -- Mom writes he "tells me the latest trend three months before I read about it in the media." An avid Xbox fan, trend watcher Jane Wells Jr. (not his real name) decided to trade in his cherished system for a PlayStation 3, short...
Saturday, Jul 12
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 7/7 - 7/12
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP This week has actually been pretty crazy -- possibly even crazier than The Last Guy developers seen in the above clip. With E3 coming around, we're both really excited and close to losing our marbles in preparation for the big E this year. We have alre...
Friday, Jul 4
New MGS4 camo DLC hits with LOLs aplenty
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action We were starting to think that the new camo patterns available for download via Metal Gear Solid 4's "Extras" screen were going to be fairly mundane. Silly us! This is Hideo Kojima we're talking about here, and behind his stoic stare the guy has quite...
WRUP: American Edition
Alexander Sliwinski: Metal. Gear. Solid 4. And Ticket to Ride, which is strangely addictive.Andrew Yoon: Ludwig's coming over! YAY!Chris Grant: Having finished Metal Gear Solid 4 (finally!), I've taken up arms with Battlefield: Bad Company. I find the destructive elements vaguely catha...
Sunday, Jun 29
The Joystiq Weekend: June 28 - 29, 2008
Culture & Community Blizzard Splash Screen Update for June 28 -- still inconclusive David Hayter needs your help to write Metal Gear Solid movie Guitar Hero: On Tour peripheral lends a hand to homebrew painting app
Wednesday, Jun 25
NINJA GAIDEN 2 presents: Zero Punctuation's MGS4 review
By the time the Zero Punctuation video review of Metal Gear Solid 4 ended, we still had another two and a half minutes of commercials to watch. Given our dire attention spans, we'd completely forgotten what had happened! But those ads sure are spiffy ... Wasn't it cool how Ryu Hyuwhatshisname f...
Thursday, Jun 19
Stand-alone MGO planned for Japan
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Online For some people, Metal Gear Online is a nice extra that comes on the same disc as Metal Gear Solid 4. For others - which we refrain from calling crazy - MGO is actually more exciting to them than Kojima's blockbuster single-player game.
New EGM promises Killzone 2 blowout
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, First Person ShootersThe fine bunch of gaming journos at Electronic Gaming Monthly have themselves quite a cover this month. It's covered in Helghast, and that can only mean one thing: oodles of Killzone 2 coverage.
Today in Joystiq: June 19, 2008
NCAA Football 2009 demo hits Xbox Live LucasArts confirms Star Wars: The Clone Wars games for DS, Wii MGS4 runs 12 circles around closest competitor first week in Japan The secret weapons of Metal Gear Solid 4 Sony planning new clampdown on PSP piracy
Wednesday, Jun 18
Today in Joystiq: June 18, 2008
uery A week with Spore Creature Creators: Day Two Law of the Game on Joystiq: The Madden Suit Massively Week in Review: June 11-17 Metareview (US Edition) -- Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) Ten uses for that extra DS Wii Fanboy Weekly: June 12 - June 18
Metareview (US Edition) -- Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
Game Informer (100/100): "For a game as ambitious and groundbreaking as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, sticking to the formula simply isn't good enough.As the crowning achievement of the series' 20-year history, Hideo Kojima's final Metal Gear Solid title may not be what you e...
Friday, Jun 13
Today in Joystiq: June 13, 2008
hands-on: Ninjatown Podcast 053 - La Le Lo Li Lieu edition Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition (PAL): The Unboxing Nega-review: Metal Gear Solid 4 WRUP: The Inaugural Edition Culture & Community See Hideo Kojima's brainPermalink | Email this | Comments
WRUP: The Inagural Edition
Alexander Sliwinski: I will be hunkering down with some Sins of a Solar Empire. I'm also going to test the Civilization Revolution demo a little more, which will get me itching to play some Civ IV, so then I'll probably do that.Andrew Yoon: Depending on how devastated I am by tonight's Battle...
Nega-review: Metal Gear Solid 4
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action "Metal Gear Solid 4 is not the inclusive, universally entertaining experience it could have been." (7) It "is a frustrating, fractured game" (2) that "feels ... like a genie struggling to find enough goodies in the lamp, slave to the demands of everyon...
Thursday, Jun 12
Today in Joystiq: June 12, 2008
Metal Gear?! Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition: The Unboxing Sagacious advice from the MGS4 install screen War has changed: a veteran's MGS4 experience Yeah, we met Kojima in Times Square uery Meet the Team: Scott Jon Siegel X3F Week in Review: June 6, 2008 - June 12, 2008
Wednesday, Jun 11
Today in Joystiq: June 11, 2008
uery Born for Wii: new column reimagines franchises on the Wii Law of the Game on Joystiq: May the Enforce Be With You Readers pick best webcomic: Team Fortress Pooh Ready at Dawn talks abandoning the PSP, piracy and being original What you need to know before playing Metal Gear Solid 4
Friday, Jun 6
Today in Joystiq: June 6, 2008
uery Counting Rupees: You drink their milkshake DS Fanboy Lite: May 31 - June 6 Introducing the Joystiq Metal Gear Solid 4 page Podcast 052 - Don't Chew Dare edition Metareview -- The Bourne Conspiracy (Xbox 360, PS3) Poll Results: Poker best, Shrek worst of XBLA chopping block titles
Thursday, Jun 5
Today in Joystiq: June 5, 2008
Ubisoft to develop games for iPhone, iPod Touch Gamestop's Metal Gear Solid 4 midnight launches revealed Nielsen: Wii usage is second to Xbox 360 The Sims 2 Apartment games coming to PC, DS in August Disney's games and internet divisions merging
Sunday, Jun 1
EGM delays MGS4 reviews, Konami's 'limitations' cited
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 Flipping through our copy of the July issue of EGM we were surprised to see that the editors passed up a coveted pre-release review of Metal Gear Solid 4 for ... a roundtable discussion? Turns out there's a pretty significant explanation. Here's what EGM has to s...
Wednesday, May 28
Today in Joystiq: May 28, 2008
Harrison elaborates on the future of single-player games UK runs out of Wii Fit, Nintendo will replenish ASAP Nintendo dates 'Wario Land Shake' Wii, 'Rhythm Tengoku Gold' DS, other titles for Japan Metal Gear Solid 4 soundtrack released in Japan
Opinion: GamePro: MGS4 'one of the greatest games ever'
Though forum rumors indicate that Metal Gear Solid 4 is racking up an impressive average review score from European outlets, the only "on the record" review (read: tracked in Metacritic or Game Rankings) thus far belongs to PlayStation Official Magazine UK which awarded Kojima's opus...
Tuesday, May 27
Rumor: European mags gush over Metal Gear Solid 4
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Adventure News flash: Europeans love Solid Snake. We'll bet you're surprised to read that, so we'll wait until you've regained consciousness to move on ... Okay, good. CVG is reporting via the ever-reliable NeoGAF forums (we think it's this thread, a...
Friday, May 23
Today in Joystiq: May 23, 2008
Breaking: Metal Gear Solid 4 to have really long cutscenes Hideo Kojima signing MGS4 at Virgin MegaStore in Times Square June 11 Harrison: Infogrames & Atari done with 'huge-budget, single-player games' PlayStation Blog shows off PixelJunk Eden
Thursday, May 15
MGS4 'Gun Metal Gray' PS3 bundle exclusive to Konami website
While we've known for some time that the "Gun Metal Gray" PlayStation 3 bundle -- featuring a shiny 40GB model, a matching DualShock 3 controller and a Limited Edition copy of geriatric sneakfest, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots -- would be available to Americans, we didn't know u...
Tuesday, May 13
Today in Joystiq: May 13, 2008
Vigil Games details Warhammer 40K MMO LostWinds sequel already in the works Metal Gear Solid 4 intro video sneaks out SOE president sees more MMOs on PS3 Kojima: Altair costume unlockable in MGS4 Mock TV downloads spotted in US PS3 ad Nintendo sells 6 million Wii units in Japan
Thursday, Apr 24
Today in Joystiq: April 24, 2008
Nintendo continues cash infusion, record sales and profits in FY08 Nintendo Channel coming to US with WiiWare launch New Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer implies suicide, again Nintendo of America 'passionately upset' about Wii supply Bionic Commando Rearmed multiplayer video blowout
Wednesday, Apr 16
Joyswag: Win a Metal Gear Online beta entry code
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Joyswag Sure, in Europe the Metal Gear Online "Premiere Beta" is open to any and all who wander into the PlayStation Store beginning, well, right now. But that's just not how we do things here in America! ( ... and Canada.) We prefer our beta testing to be ultra-ex...
Download Metal Gear Online beta now, a day early
After double checking our Men of Metal Gear Solid pinup calendar (April is Raiden's month) we thought some of you had gone crazy. The Metal Gear Online beta is live now? Oh no, it couldn't be. You see, it's only the 16th and, as we all know, it won't be available for download until the 17th. But evi...
Monday, Apr 14
Today in Joystiq: April 14, 2008
Kaplan SAT test prep coming to Nintendo DS New games this week: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue edition Nintendo says it's unaware of Mario Kart Wii problems Universe at War: Earth Assault demo hits XBL See this Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth headset, Snake. Snake? SNAKE!
Thursday, Apr 10
Today in Joystiq: April 10, 2008
Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3 There Will Be Snake, a simple little image mashup from Joystiq reader Ben C. We've had the strongest desire to say, "Now I'm sneaking your milkshake" every time we glance at the picture. Check out the highlights for today:
Monday, Apr 7
Today in Joystiq: April 7, 2008
Rumor: Full Auto dev Pseudo Interactive closes doors Rumor: Amazon reveals Metal Gear Solid 4 US, Europe box art Rumor: Microsoft making motion-sensing Xbox 360 'Wiimote' Analyst: NPD will show March was a winner for software sales Rumor: Nintendo Wii Wheel MSRP may be $10
Sunday, Apr 6
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/31 - 4/6
For making this "PlayStation" thing.A solemn look at Metal Gear Solid 4's box art Korean RPG may get an English release.PSP audience is 'important and new' for MGS director Kojima Metal Gear Solid 4Valkyria ChroniclesHaze PSP Videos
Tuesday, Apr 1
Today in Joystiq: April 1, 2008
Rumors & Speculation Is 'Ice Rage' the next Mortal Kombat game ... or a prank? Rumor: Lite-On bringing Blu-ray drives to 360 Final Fantasy IV coming to North America ... maybe Culture & Community This week, you probably Do Know Jack April Fools pranks that make Nintendo fans cry
Sunday, Mar 30
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/24 - 3/30
Warriors Orochi (PSP) Top 20 characters that should be in Dissidia The one from real history costs a lot more.Japanese Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle sells out Will it have a single player component? We hope! PSP Headlines Please, don't buy this Wal-Mart GOW PSP
Wednesday, Mar 26
Producer De Luca eases our fears on MGS movie
Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Action Last time we talked about the now-officially-official Metal Gear Solid movie, we were a little concerned about producer Joe De Luca's interest in somewhat unproven writer/director Kurt Wimmer. Well, now that we've...
Tuesday, Mar 25
Today in Joystiq: March 25, 2008
You can't have these Metal Gear Solid 4 wireless headphones WiiWare Japanese launch info round-up Darwinia rated by ESRB for Xbox 360 Raiden Fighters Aces demo on Japanese Xbox Live Alleged GTA IV multiplayer screens show dudes, guns, vehicles ... explosions
Friday, Mar 21
Metal Gear Solid Mobile sneaks onto Verizon phones
Filed under: Action, Adventure, MobileKonami has announced (via Game Daily) that Metal Gear Solid Mobile is now available for download exclusively on Verizon phones. The game is fully 3D and has an original storyline takes place reportedly between MGS1 and 2.
Tuesday, Mar 18
Today in Joystiq: March 18, 2008
Xbox 360 sales up 40% in UK after price cut Sony comments on leaked PSN release list PSP gets firmware 3.93 today Japan's Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle a real steel Radar Group crafting Prey 2, others Original Metal Gear Solid coming to PSN in Japan Persona 4 to school Japan in July
Wednesday, Mar 5
Zero Punctuation tears up Devil May Cry 4
Did you feel that Devil May Cry 4 was so busy with its own style that it neglected to actually let you play -- well, so did Yahtzee. This week Zero Punctuation takes on DMC 4, the game which pulled a Metal Gear Solid 2 on us and introduced a character who was kind of like our original hero, but total...
Tuesday, Feb 26
Today in Joystiq: February 26, 2008
Destination PlayStation Destination PlayStation: Metal Gear Solid 4 dated 'late Q2 2008' Destination PlayStation: DualShock 3 to debut April 15th Destination PlayStation: God of War bundle with red PSP in June Metal Gear Online beta in April, MGS4 pre-order secures access
Tuesday, Jul 24
Video of Metal Gear Solid 4 demo is predictably awesome
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Video We know we don't have to say much about this awesome demo of Metal Gear Solid 4's gameplay, so we won't. But we did have to express a couple of thoughts. First, that part with the statue looks really awesome. We're still not crazy about all the menus...
Monday, Jul 23
Konami announces Metal Gear Solid for mobile phones
Filed under: MobileThough you might not consider a cell phone game to be a "real" addition to the franchise (on account of it being phoney, you see), you can take solace in the fact that a mobile Metal Gear Solid will bring a whole new level of realism to those infamous codec calls. "Hello, is t...
New Metal Gear digital graphic novel bound for PSP
Filed under: Sony PSPAt a special Metal Gear Solid 20th Anniversary event in Tokyo today, Konami unveiled a new graphic novel adaptation of the stealth franchise's most controversial entry -- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. 1UP reports that the title is styled similarly to the 2006 P...
Tuesday, Jul 17
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops expansion announced
Filed under: Sony PSPIf you're the sort who enjoys snapping unsuspecting necks during the train commute to work, you'd be pleased to learn that the PSP's Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops is due for an expansion -- it should distract your future victims long enough to let you indulge in your di...
Wednesday, Jul 11
Watch the new Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action What more did you want us to say? It's an absolutely awesome new trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. It's got an incredible fight between Ninja Raiden and Vamp. It's got more gravely voices than a hot tar gargling competition. Sadly, it...
Thursday, Apr 26
Podcast: Kojima says Smash Bros. Brawl "very complete"
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Fighting, Competitive GamingThe next game in the Super Smash Bros. saga may be ready sooner than later. At a recent gathering of Japanese game developers, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima reportedly got a chance to play a version of the game with Smash Bros. d...