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Seeing how big Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain sells is going to be fascinating. The series, while being a classic, has never seen humongous sales,

Hideo Kojima has been working on Metal Gear for 28 years That is a near eternity in video games Very few franchises have that kind of pedigree, and even fewer are defined by one director. Kojima is now supposedly stepped away from Metal Gear for good with today's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain release[...]

It was a nice surprise when we found out that Metal Gear Solid V was being brought forward on PC. The port was initially set for a September 15th release

This is a bit of a bizarre story. The need for PC CD-Roms is some what dying. Many computer cases no longer even have CD drive slots, in response to the

Look, when a company says their game is really good, it shouldn't come as a surprise. When they guarantee it as Game of the Year though, it's worth

After a rather unfortunate series of events, the last few episodes have been lost to the wind, which is a bit rubbish, but hey, Category: Video Games is back, and we are swinging. If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where me, Laura Kate Dale and Andre Miller sit down to talk about the video[...]

Ever since Hideo Kojima and Konami have had their rift, the creator has more or less kept his mouth shut, instead keeping his head down to finish off Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The other day though, he gave the closest he has come yet to a statement on his intent going forward[...]

Hideo Kojima does love doing his own trailers These montages of his stories are usually epic and incomprehensible in equal measures, but they are always worth watching IT really does cement him as one of the true auteurs of the video game world. And here is a brand new one for Metal Gear Solid V: The[...]

The Konami/ Hideo Kojima story has more or less been the most important and ongoing of this year in the world of video games The seeming break up has trundled on and on and on, with Konami having taken the brunt of hits form fans and the media However, EA COO Peter Moore has said that[...]

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is going to be a huge game. We have probably seen a couple hours of pre-release advertising, but in the grand scheme

The Konami/Hideo Kojima story refuses to die, as the increasingly poorly handled break up continues to be one of the biggest gaming stories of the year. And this is one of the more troubling things to come out thus far First off though, we will get to why Konami ended up splitting with Kojima[...]

In a tweet sent out by game director Hideo Kojima, It shows snake with a blue arm with the word Wisp on it It is assumed that this is in reference to another Konami game, Zone of the Enders (via GameSpot) Take a look: There is also word we will get a closer look at Motherbase[...]

Another month looms and that means it is time for more free games in just a few days. Microsoft have now announced their titles for Games with Gold first

When Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro announced Silent Hills together, the entire games industry was giddy with excitement After playing P.T., we were even more stoaked for the possibillity And then as quickly as it had come, it was gone Konami cancelled Silent Hills due to rifts with Kojima and we will always be[...]

If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where me, Laura Kate Dale and Andre Miller sit down to talk about the video game news of the week. This week we sit down to talk about Hideo Kojima's mysterious name removal Easter Egg in Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and whether it was foreshadowing or[...]

'A Hideo Kojima Game' has been a key part of the masthead of any game the developer has directed for a long time now Kojima clearly enjoys his position as an out there auteur and he is one of the few who really could demand such an authority over a single game. It seems that, at[...]

The whole Konami vs Hideo Kojima mess has thus far been one of the stories of the year in games The way the company has distanced itself from the prolific game designer is pretty much unheard of I've never seen a name so synonumous with a brand erased so quickly and thoroughly before. Through all of[...]

Troy Baker is probably the most famous voice actor in video games right now. He is in just about everything, and even if you don't know him, if you've

Despite the rift between Konami and Hideo Kojima, the game is going forward and we aren't far from its release. Surprisingly we didn't see it at any of the press conferences yesterday, but this new trailer put together by Kojima sneakily made its way onto the net showing off a pretty perplexing story trailer Its full[...]

Hideo Kojima tweeted out images of a figure of the character that is being designed by PlayArts It reveals that some of the material it's made of is softer so it can be "lifted" and "pushed" That material is on the character's breasts PlayArtsKAI's Quiet is coming soon Yoji, a supervisor says some soft materials enables to[...]

Seeing a Silent Hill game designed by Guillermo Del Toro and Hideo Kojima would be quite something Alas, after the rift between the Metal Gear creator and Konami, it's pretty clear that there would have been no way to make that work environment right. Well, that isn't enough for some people A Change.org petition has been[...]

We learnt today that the Silent Hills teaser, PT is being pulled from the PlayStation Network. That put the already dodgy future of the game into question

The drama that surrounded Hideo Kojima's departure is still shrouded in mystery and there have been several instances of the publisher retroactively taking his name off projects he's worked on. Here is another thing to add to the pile One of the best things the publisher has done in a while, PT, is being pulled from[...]

So, Hideo Kojima's time with Konami seems to be coming to an end It appear's like he might be working as a contractor to finish up Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, but after that, his future is currently unknown. We know he has had at least one job offer now though Lords of the[...]

Another week, another Category: Video Games. If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where me, Laura Kate Dale and Andre Miller sit

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is rumoured to have parted ways with Konami This could be huge news, especially considering there is the small matter of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain landing in September. This started out as a rumour with eagle eyed members of /r/metalgearsolid noticing that Kojima's name was systematically being removed[...]

Some more details about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain have landed today, this time concerning the game's special editions. There are currently two

(See: lamented by fans who loved David Hayter's performance in early games.) In an interview with game director Hideo Kojima, IGN revealed that it may end up being a fairly null point According to Kojima, Snake might end up being pretty quiet in this game. I've said it many times, but I understand why people feel Snake is[...]

Here is a screenshot of the release date as the video has now been taken down. Hideo Kojima also stars in the video and talks about this being his final game in the Metal Gear series. I always say this will be my last Metal Gear, but the games in the series that I've personally produced – Metal[...]

I've been talking about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain for years now, as the title has been in open development for a while. Ground Zeroes was