Sony is very keen on pimping out its lineup for this year, which, after a disappointing and underwhelming showing this year, Sony assures us will establish the strength of the PS4 as a gaming platform. It appears they will start early with this too, as apparently, they will be bringing out all the biggest hits hitting their platform for the Taipei Game Show, a growing convention for Japan and Asia which has become a platform for PlayStation to show its stuff in recent years.

If you know anything about me, you already know what I am going to say. Yes, I will bitch about the lack of Persona 5. Then again, Atlus has already assured us that more news on the game is coming out, and soon, so I guess they want to do it on their own schedule.

The full lineup is below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

January 28th (all times refer to the local time zone)

• 11:30 AM – Sword Art Online: Lost Song

January 29th

• 11:00 AM – NBA 2K15
• 1:00 PM – One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
• 3:00 PM – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures: Eyes of Heaven

January 30th

• 1:00 PM – The Order: 1886
• 3:00 PM – Bloodborne

January 31st

• 11:00 AM – Dragon Quest Heroes
• 1:00 PM – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• 3:30 PM – Street Fighter V/Monster Hunter Frontier G

February 1st

• 11:30 AM – Final Fantasy Type-0
• 1:00 PM – Yakuza Zero

Rumours and reports have been at an all time high for Metal Gear Solid 5, a game which hasn’t even been announce yet. Kojima has already stated that he will work on a fifth main instalment in the series and has dropped several other hints, along with reports coming in that he’s hiring people to work on a new MGS title. And now, a guitarist has mentioned MGS5 as one of the projects he’s working on on his Facebook profile page.

20-year-old guitarist Umar Arar said on his Facebook page: “Got an awesome career opportunity to work on the soundtrack for Metal Gear Solid 5. One problem. Gotta work out in California and Japan.”

I wouldn’t trust this report completely though, since googline “Umar Arar” doesn’t bring in a lot of result He’s a “Sales Operative at Primark & Freelance Guitarist”, according to the info on his page. So this isn’t exactly the most reliable source. However, this definitely strengthens the rumours of a new MGS game.

We’ll keep you updated as more info comes our way.

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If that happens, and we’re pretty sure it will, we want to see a few changes in the franchise. Therefore, we present to you 10 things we want to see in Metal Gear Solid 5.

10. Bigger and better boss fights

Yes we need scary bosses in Metal Gear Solid 5

The boss fights in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater are the best in the entire franchise. Some of the boss fights took me close to 3-4 hours, specially the fight with a 100 year old sniper, The End. The fights with The Fear and the walk through while facing The Sorrow were amazing experiences and it all got summed up by the awe inspiring final fight against The Boss. Unfortunately these qualities were lacking in Guns of the Patriots.  No doubt that the boss fights is MGS4 were great, but Snakehound Units pale in the comparison to the Cobra Unit. We want Kojima Productions to take a hard look at the boss fights and bring in some crazy enemies in Metal Gear Solid 5, whilst making them a bit longer and challenging.

9. Reduce the difficulty level

The difficulty level of Peace Walker was insane

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker is easily one of the best games on the PlayStation Portable and one of the toughest too. The campaign is insanely difficult and it can take you around 20-30 hours to complete it, even on normal mode. I hope the development team will not be carrying the same sensibilities in to Metal Gear Solid 5 otherwise it could potentially spoil the experience. We’re not saying we want the game to be totally “casualized.” We do want the game to be challenging, but not so much as to make us go completely crazy.

8. Remove co-op dependencies

Co-op may make an appearance in MGS5, but we hope it does not become almost a compulsion at some points.

Finishing Peace Walker was a big pain. Some sections are so frustrating that it is almost impossible to get through without a buddy. Now I am not sure whether there will be a co-op feature in MGS5, but if there is I hope Kojima Productions won’t be making it compulsory for some sections in the game.

7. A less confused plot

MGS2 was an AAA experience, but its overly convoluted plot made me feel like banging my head against an iron wall.

Sons of Liberty and Guns of the Patriots are far too complex as far as plot lines are concerned. Especially Sons of Liberty, where I think some of the fan following was lost by the introduction of Raiden and a mumbo-jumbo story about the digital age. Guns of the Patriots had cutscenes which were long enough to be classified as a full featured movie, not to mention the last one which was almost ran close to two hours.  We want Metal Gear Solid 5 to be simple and sweet, more on terms with the Bad Guy versus the Good Guy philosophy.  If you come to think, MGS1 and MGS3 had simple plotlines where it was Snake versus Liquid or the Boss versus Naked Snake, and they never felt too simplistic. Keep it simple and I am sure more audiences will usher in.

6. Make the main lead acrobatic

Well not as athletic as this guy… but a bit as much.

Did you guys ever notice that navigating the main lead in franchise is like driving a truck? Be it Snake or Big Boss, these guys can’t even jump properly. At least Raiden was able to perform those side kicks in MGS2. But yes, MGS heroes are not known to be acrobatic compared to their enemy counterparts. I am not expecting the protagonist in MGS5 to be as agile as Mr. Drake, but still basic actions like jumping, rolling, CQC etc should feel a bit more natural . Right now our heroes look like a controlled robot.

Hideo Kojima said on his Twitter account that he has a “big” announcement for the pre-Tokyo Game Show this weekend, meaning either Saturday or Sunday.

Kojima said that it is not ZoE3, so we are left with a few options as to what this announcement will be, perhaps a new installment in the Metal Gear Solid franchise, or maybe his taboo project, or maybe something else.

We will make sure to keep you guys informed about what this announcement is, Kojima is known for surprising everyone, so i guess we will have to wait and see.

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