Then at E3 this year we were giving much more than a glimpse behind the vale and from what we’ve seen there is a whole lot to be excited for. There are more than just a few new things for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain as the series has undergone the biggest change we’ve seen since it came to the Sony PlayStation way back in 1998. With a new open world, voice actor and setting, the Metal Gear series won’t ever be the same again.

Episodic Narrative:

Hideo Kojima has described the latest installment of the Metal Gear series as a game that plays like a TV show, saying that the past titles played more like a movie and that the players were just along for the ride. He hopes that the new format will give players more freedom.

This change in the narratives direction gives the Kojima production team a bit more flexibility from section to section of the game. Metal Gear Solid 4 did feel like it was going in this direction, with major sections of the game disconnected from one another as the plot lead it along, but the game still had that cinematic, movie feel to it.

Kojima mentioned about these different segments which is Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain, saying that they are both a part of Metal Gear Solid 5. However Ground Zeroes is a prologue that leads up to The Phantom Pain, which should be considered the “main” story of the game.

Missions:

The Metal Gear series has historically revolved around completing missions and objectives in order to succeed, leaving very little choice in how each is completed. While the player was relatively free to explore their environments, they were still stuck completing objectives in the same order to move the story forward each time they played the game. While you may find a few different items or weapons from previous playthroughs you may have missed, the story is still going to essentially be the same each time.

Kojima has said that this open-world format for MGS5 changes all that. Citing the Grand Theft Auto titles as some of his inspiration, we will now be able to do missions in just about any order we so choose. Whether the order of those missions alters the narrative of the game has yet to be mentioned, but with all this new talk about freedom, why would we not have those choices affect the story? Kojima and Konami have never been one to tell a shallow story in any of the MGS titles, and this would allow them to tell a much more complex and personal story.

Day and Night Cycle:

Other games have done this before, but it’s new to the Metal Gear series. Kojima has said that the day and night cycles will differ when moving through areas and travel time between those areas does affect what time of day it is when you get to another area of the game.

While it has not been confirmed, these day and night cycles probably require to player to use different stealth tactics. It may be easier to avoid detection at night, while visibility during the day is much better, but you’re more easily spotted, causing the player to move slower for instance. Compensating for travel time is just a nice, extra touch that helps the world feel more real.

In Kojima’s upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the entire voice cast seems to be getting shaken up; when even Snake was not immune from the change, how can we expect anyone else to escape unscathed? And indeed, as it turns out, the voice of Ocelot too will be changing in the upcoming game, switching from Patric Zimmerman, the most recent and most well known rendition of the character, to Troy Baker, who confirmed this via his Twitter earlier today.

Whereas just how fans will react to the voices for all their favorite and beloved characters being changed so abruptly and all at once remains to be seen, it cannot be argued that at least the new voice talent all seems to be really well talented and hopefully well suited to the task.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is confirmed for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One, along with a PC version having been confirmed recently. No Wii U version has been announced yet.

Online retailer Zavvi will be offering Metal Gear Solid Ultimate HD Collection, a collection that will include seven games, including all four Metal Gear Solid games, Peace Walker and the first two Metal Gears. This Ultimate HD Collection will be limited to only 4,000 units.

This collection, which will be a PS3 exclusive, is listed at the price point of £69.85.

Here’s what the collection will include:

PSN code to download Metal Gear Solid 1

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (including MG1 and MG2, originally released on MSX)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

5 x Art Cards

Steelbook packaging (individually numbered, limited to 4,000 units)

The collection will be including in November, the same month as the normal collection which includes MGS 2, MGS 3, MGS Peace Walker, MG 1 and MG 2.

[Zavvi]

Hideo Kojima announced (Twitter) a while back that in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, the PSOne Metal Gear Solid will also be included along with MGS2, MGS3 and MGS: Peace Walker, the PSP game that was released last year.

“Metal Gear HD series. The domestic version is a package of MGS2 and MGS3,” he wrote.

“But, there is also a product code for MGS1, and MGS3 is subsistence specification, so MG1 and MG2 which were sold on MSX are included.

“This means, you can enjoy MG1, MG2, MGS1, MGS2 and MGS3 with this one!”

However, it is not clear if this specific collection will be available outside of Japan, meaning regions outside of Japan might have access to just MGS2, MGS3 and MGS: Peace Walker.

Andriasang reports that the Japanese HD Collection will include HD remakes of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, and a code for Game Archives version of Metal Gear Solid. The MGS3 version included in the collection will be Subsistence, meaning fans will also have access to the MSX originals- Metal Gear 1 and 2. So, in total, the collection will include Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3.

The HD remake of Peace Walker will be sold separately in Japan.

Outside of Japan, according to Adriasang’s report, the HD Collection will include MGS2, MGS3 and MGS: Peace Walker, and the Subsistence version of MGS3 will be included in the collection, meaning, again, we will also get Metal Gear 1 and 2 (which are exactly in their original form, not remastered. Even the menus aren’t changed- the devs wanted to keep it retro). MGS1, apparently, will not be included.

So, we aren’t exactly sure yet just what the hell is going on. But stay tuned, and we will keep you updated and keep hitting you with more info on this as it comes our way.

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Holy shit.

A video which appears to be of the MGS tech demo shown today for the PSP2 aka the NGP has laneded on youtube.

The footage looks surreal to say the least and if this is how PSP2 games are going to look, we doubt if it’ll be subject to competition from any other handheld.

Take a look, get excited.

A motion designing company by the name of Angelsign Studio was chosen by Kojima Studios to design the main menu of their upcoming game, Metal Gear Solid: Rising. The studio recently released a set of pictures showing their latest work with the menu.

The menu pictures shown have confirmed a multiplayer component in the game. There are three options in the main screen of the menu- “Single Player,” “Multiplayer” and “Options.”

Check out the images below:

Stay tuned for more info.

The super-successful Metal Gear Solid 4, exclusive to the PlayStation 3, might finally be getting Trophy support. The latest Greatest Hits package hints that this rumour might come to life.

We have circled where it is written “Trophies” on the cover.

Could this finally be a dream come true for all MGS4 owners? We’ll keep you posted.

Konami’s just confirmed that they will be releasing four of their titles in development for the 3DS in Europe which includes Metal Gear Solid : Snake Eater and Pro Evo Soccer.

The other two titles in question are the classic Contra and the fan favorite Frogger.  More details about these titles will be revealed in the “coming” months according to Konami.

“We are delighted to confirm that KONAMI has four major titles in development for Nintendo’s 3DS system,” offered Kunio Neo, President for Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH. “The chance to explore popular franchises such as Metal Gear Solid, Pro Evolution Soccer, Contra and Frogger within a 3D realm is an exciting opportunity, and we cannot wait to share more news in the coming months.”

It’s good to know that Konami’s bringing all their 3DS blockbusters to European shores.

They also released new screens check them out below:

The father of the legendary series Metal Gear Solid that most of us (all of us) know of, Hideo Kojima, has stated that he wants to announce his own game next year at TGS, rather than just “editting” i.e creating a trailer for a game he is co-producing… (whisper)Castlevania(whisper)

The Japanese legend responded via Twitter to a tweet by Fumito Ueda (The Last Guardian) and said, “I think it would be nice if next year I can do not just editing, but introduce my own new game.”

Well, it was disappointing enough that Kojima did not announce anything at all at TGS this year. We speculate it was because he is deeply involved with Rising, as opposed to what he claims. But let’s just hope the game he wants to announce next year is Metal Gear Solid 5- or at least a console port of Peace Walker!