Konami has announced the same just recently and considering that it launched on December 4th 2012, it hasn’t had a bad run. The game incorporated aspects such as boss fights, 3D graphics and real time sneaking despite featuring aspects of a collectible card game. For whatever reason though, the game just wasn’t successful enough.

What are your thoughts on Social Ops being shut down? Is it a big loss or should Kojima Productions focus on bigger and better things? Let us know below.

(Source)

Speaking to TechCrunch, he stated that, “It’s 4X and beyond in terms of revenue [compared to a year ago].”

And though he credits the iPad for helping to proliferate the growth in the mobile gaming industry – since many popular franchises like Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Infinity Blade and more started out as iOS titles – Dharni is of the belief that Android would “grow faster this year”.

But enough to overtake Apple? That remains to be seen.

Of course the big question is whether mobile developers really are raking it in. This is an industry which, despite the millions of downloads, has seen its fair share of failures and ideas that never really took off. All of this is still relevant today – but it further reminds us that like console gaming industry, those at the top often stay at the top.

Source: GIBiz

The game has been downloaded over 100,000 times. And since its announcement, both Android and iPhone users can play it as well.

The celebrate the success of the game, Konami is giving away a ton of gifts to players. For those with a level 10 or higher character, you’ll receive 2000 bond points, while Level 15 players get two BP rations and level 20+ players receive premium gacha ticket.

MGS: Social Ops is a pretty odd game. It features settings and characters from MGS3, MGS4 and MGS: Peace Walker, but plays very much like the portable Metal Gear Acid series wherein you move characters and utilize items via cards. Check it out below.

Source: Siliconera

Thankfully, the control scheme will be very much like the Nintendo DS game with players tapping and sliding across the screen, after selecting different pins, to unleash powerful attacks when combating Noise. To cash in on the F2P craze, you’ll be able to obtain more pins by either collecting them within the game or buying compugacha tickets with real money/ A navigator named Koko Atarashi has also been put into place to assist players.

Not the full-blown sequel we expected, but it’s a step in the right direction for quality games from Square-Enix.

Source: Siliconera

Final Fantasy X GREE has been announced for the social platform, and will feature characters, enemies, and even summons from a lot (and we mean, a LOT) of Final Fantasy games. You’ll also be able to view event scenes from all of the games, in case you get all misty-eyed and nostalgic.

Now, which Final Fantasy games are being included? Check it out. Final Fantasy I, II, III, IV, IV: The Complete Collection, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2, XI, XII, XIII, XIII-2 , Dissidia Final Fantasy, Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Advance, The War of the Lions, Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus, Final Fantasy Type 0, and finally, Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates.

Hell yes? Hell yes.

Source: Siliconera

Dino Life is described as a chance “to step into a prehistoric world where dinosaurs and cavemen live in peaceful harmony. Players collect and nurture adorable dinos, while building and decorating their village to create a thriving Stone Age tribe. With the ability to crossbreed dinosaurs, players will delight in hatching unique new varieties of offspring. In the game, players can also visit friends’ tribes, collect resources from friends, and send gifts” (according to the PR release, anyway).

Some of the game’s features include:

● Collecting and nurturing 60+ dinos
● Cross-breeding dinos for new species of genetic horror
● Progressing through quests for building your own personal prehistoric storyline
● Building and decorating a caveman village
● Visiting friends’ tribes, collecting and trading resources, and sending gifts
● Unlocking rare animals and prehistoric treasures

It’s like the Flintstones. Actually, it sounds exactly like the Flintstones. Huh.

Tomoyuki Tsuboi, President of Konami Digital Entertainment stated, “We are pleased to introduce the popular Dragon Collection to the North American market, exemplifying our dedication to providing engaging experiences to the rapidly expanding social and mobile platforms, including the newly announced GREE platform.”

Dragon Collection is essentially Pokemon but with Dragon Cards (or Yu-Gi-Oh, more or less). Game modes include Quest (players explore the Dragon World), Battle (players battle villains and rival players), Gacha (players compete for a random prize), and Fusion (players strengthen by merging favorite monsters). Dragon Collection also has in-game events and campaigns that evolve based on user’s requests and opinions. And lest you think this is just a straight-up port with the core gameplay modes intact, there will be new monsters specifically for the North American version of the game.

Check it out on the App Store when it releases this Fall.

From what the trailer shows, Social Ops appears to be part turn-based strategy, part tactical stealth, part collectible card game and part “huh?”. It brings Metal Gear Acid to mind, which wouldn’t be bad. Who thinks it’ll catch on?

GREE has announced its lineup and stage schedule for the upcoming TGS for this year (September 20th- September 23rd).

They will be talking about social gaming during their keynote presentation and announce a new game that’s been in development.

GREE’s exhibit this year, which includes more than 30 titles, is themed on the evolution of social gaming. The increasing technological sophistication of smartphones has driven the diversification of social games across a wide variety of genres, as well as the emergence of new genres, such as action RPGs and third-party shooters, that were once only possible on gaming consoles. The GREE booth will feature playable demos of social games in a range of genres, from GREE’s own in-house games to games by third-party developers. Details of the game lineup are provided below.

The schedules and lineups are given below:

Kojima Productions recently announced a new Metal Gear Solid at the MGS 25th Anniversary Meet. But not really. The new “game” has been tailored for Japan’s leading mobile GREE platform and is being called Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops.

That’s right. A Metal Gear Solid social networking game. Created with Unity, it sports some pretty impressive graphics for a game both running on mobiles and utilising that engine.

No word yet on whether this will be coming to other mobile platforms like Android or iOS of even Windows Phone. You know, the very devices that a large amount of the world’s population own?

It’s also been confirmed that the game will be playable at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Now don’t jump too high in your excitement, you might just hit the fan.

The first question on everyone’s minds is obviously concerning whether Kojima is trolling the internet but we’ll wait till the events ends before deciding on that.

Special thanks to NeoGAF for the live coverage.