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Konami: "No comment" on MGS teaser

VG247: Konami's labelled this morning's green Metal Gear teaser as "speculation" and has refused to comment on the matter.

"I am afraid that Konami does not comment on speculation," said a spokesperson to videogaming247.com earlier today.

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ConanOBrien5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Current bid:

DSi/iPhone + Ac!d = Game ON. Green light literally means On The Go (mobile?)

Unlikely bid:

MGS Trilogy (MGS1-3) remake for 360, 3 DVDs set as MGS4 on 360 is still unlikely.

cellypower5627d ago

its the ps3 power on symbol.

Shane Kim5627d ago

I find it hard to be MGS4 for 360. First of all alot of content has to be pulled out. Second, It's not like MGS4 sold poorly on the PS3. Its 4.7 million copies. But hey, I could be wrong.

cayal5627d ago

Unlikely to be MGS4 on 360.

Most likely to be Metal Gear Ac!d

Most likely a DSi game.

The power button is a universal symbol.

Panthers5627d ago

Nowhere in that message does it say,to me at least, that it is a 360 title. More likely a mobile game.

mikeslemonade5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Oh Kojima is obviously hinting at all the gadgets in the next Metal Gear will be energy efficient. Everything will solar powered, wind powered, water powered etc. This also means no 360 version because with all the fautly hardware Kojima does not want to make a graphics intensive game that would contribute to more hardware failures than there already is.

Oh shoot in 4 minuites n4g will run out of energy and shutout. Kojima was right!

pixelsword5627d ago

"A" next Metal Gear Solid...

"A"c"!"d

Emphasis on the vowels, and the world "next"

The last one could still be 360 or PC, maybe even both...

But I think it's an Ac!d game

AAACE55627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

The symbol at the end looks like the one in the middle of the on/off button for the 360, so it is possible that there is a MGS game coming to 360!

Even though MGS 4 sold extremely well on Ps3, Konami does love their money... Remember they ported MGS 2 over to Xbox 1. So I wouldn't rule it out.

Now that MGS 4 has sold to many Ps3 owners, they could have been using this time to alter the game for the 360!

I can't remember who, but some MS person said a couple weeks ago, that there will be some surprises for 2009 for the 360... and after the FFXIII announcement... I believe anything is possible!

prowiew5627d ago

its metal gear vs halo game.

solidsnakus5627d ago

its gonna be mgs4 subsistance (or w/e the expansion is called) coming to 360 and ps3.

!( means MGS4) + !(the other way around means the extra content and VR training) = (360 power button which is green)

SuperM5627d ago

Funny how all big 360 surprises is games becoming multiplatform. I really hope for 360 owners sake that they have something more to look forward to then games going multiplat in 09. Like say, something new and exciting? I mean i wouldnt mind seing Halo come to PS3(i know its not going to happen) but id much rather have a new game. After all if i really want halo i could just buy a 360.

And if there is any 360 owners out there that wants MGS4 then you should buy a PS3. I assume you have a HD-TV, so you are going to want a blu-ray player anyway. I guess the most stupid thing to do from a gamers standpoint would be to buy a 360 and then buy a standalone blu ray player. PS3 is the highest performing blu-ray player on the market(probably because of the cell, which ironically makes it the most powerfull game system aswell) and its not one of the most expensive.

No more crying because you miss out on visually mind-blowing games like Killzone2. No more denying that upscaled dvds just wont cut it. No more living in fear that your favourite game is going to get scratched and destroyed. No more acting as if RROD dont bother you because you get a new one(RROD? Console? both?) in 2 weeks.

The answer to all your problems is closer then you think.

Get a PS3,
it will set you Free! (Yes it actually rhymes)

NickIni5627d ago

I don't think this is MGS4 on the 360. A surprise is better suited to that kind of announcement.

I also don't think it has anything to do with the 360, green is the colour of the codec, and the circle thing is a universal power indicator.

I think it's either remakes, or an Ac!d game.

XxZxX5627d ago

Ninty is getting some love

pain777pas5627d ago

Even if its for the 360 there is nothing you can do about it. So everyone handle the possibility this gen is significantly different than any previous generation of gaming. There may only be PC gaming in the future at this rate or one platform hopefully next gen. Whatever they do it's there choice as developers. Think about it the WII is #1 this gen no one could have really predicted its success and is very underpowered graphically to the other consoles so I'd just let the chips fall where they may.

SoulBrotha32925626d ago

(IF)<<<< it comes to the 360 ima hear/ see alot of complaining. I mean that would be another ps3 exclusive coming our way....again. (IF)

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Shane Kim5627d ago

I almost wish that they could release MGS4 on the 360 couse this is getting annoying.

JasonPC360PS3Wii5627d ago

It's just as bad as the Halo and Gears going PS3 rumors. Rumors like this get tight wads like Nasim's panties in a bunch, so it's kinda comical. Most people ether know better or just don't care, some care to much and it's funny as hell. I love provoking fans on N4G, there is never a shortage of dumbasses that fall for it.

morganfell5627d ago

Some would call it fair since Gears of War 2 is coming to the PS3. On the Unreal Network internal developer forum there is a sticky that says "Do not ask for copies of Gears of War 2 on the PS3. We are only sending out copies of games that have already shipped to retail."

souljah5627d ago

don`t worry mate , it`s not on xbox . the message color is green , and the xbox has red color almost all the time ;;)

captainjy5627d ago

Gears coming to POS3, you wish.

AngryTypingGuy5626d ago

Morganfell, Gears 1 and 2 are both published by MS. The only way you'll see those two games on PS3 is if Sony pays a crapload of money. There's always a possibility of future Gears games on the PS brand, which wouldn't surprise me at some point, but you'd have to think that MS would be willing to pay a lot, and fight very hard to keep it exclusive.

On to the topic at hand. It's fair to say that at this point, since GTA and Resident Evil have seen the light and gone to the 360 as well, that MGS is the Halo of PlayStation. How AWESOME would it be if future installments were on Microsoft systems as well? I would love it.

JasonPC360PS3Wii5626d ago

This interview below should clear up questions about Gears on PS3. It's right at the start of the interview.

morganfell5625d ago

Captainj,

Epic has already left one folder in the open by accident on their server. In it were bug reports of Gears 2 on the PS3 dealing with how they had solved issues by changing the lighting coding. Which only makes sense as the PS3 can use the Cell to handle vertex lighting. There is also discussion of how they are doing vertex coloring.

Sorry but the fact is they are not doing all of this work and sinking manpower into Q&A for nothing.

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Foxgod5627d ago

no comment, that sounds good, means no denial :D

PirateThom5627d ago

No comment on what the teaser is, not what people are wildly speculating.

Foxgod5627d ago

These two things are now completely inseparable.
As all the speculation is the followup of the teaser.

SuperM5627d ago

lol. So they should deny it? they just put out a teaser, they want people to be speculating. Why on earth would they deny anything until they confirm what it is?

Shane Kim5627d ago

I really don't think so...either it's a completely new MGS going multiplat (very, very unlikely) or a MG Ac!d game for DSi, PSP, Wii or any other console.

JasonPC360PS3Wii5627d ago

Metel Gear Solid 2 was multiplat 5yrs ago on the Xbox. Metal Gear has never been a true exclusive, it didn't start out on the Playstation you know. If MS, Nintendo, or Sony don't own the exclusive rights to the franchise, then saying it will never go anywhere is nieve. Shall I point out Final Fantasy, Star Ocean, Tekken, Residevt Evil, Bioshock or Grand Theft Auto?

morganfell5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Shane, I would guess that it is a Wii game that is also an Xbox Live Arcade game. It is only going to make 360 owners buy a PS3 so they can get a real next gen Metal Gear game.

Shane Kim5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

No what I ment Jason 3sh!tty is not that Konami/Kojima is bound to Sony. What I ment was that I don't know if they'll announce a new MG game for xbox and/or PS3 this soon.

And I'm a die hard MGS fan, I know where the game started thank you very much.

PoSTedUP5627d ago

it started in the arcade....

and i wouldn't be suprised if it went multiplat. konami has gotta eat too ya know! more platforms= more money.

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro55d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7255d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_55d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga55d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos54d ago (Edited 54d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2354d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200055d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin55d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole55d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix55d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198955d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198955d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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One Last Smoke - The significance of Snake's cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4

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Hideo Kojima laments that Metal Gear Solid 4's digital battlefield 'is no longer science fiction'

Game creator Hideo Kojima is and probably will always be best-known for his creation and stewardship of the Metal Gear series at Konami, which since his departure has been more-or-less on permanent hiatus (don't mention Survive). In his almost three decades these games evolved to the point where they predicted certain problems of the information age (MGS 2), took aim at contemporary topics like Guantanamo Bay (MGS: Ground Zeroes), and ended on a profound sense of sadness about our species' inability to break the cycles of global conflict (MGS V).

It's not clear what sparked this reflection, but Kojima's been thinking about Metal Gear Solid 4, an entry that was (and unfortunately still remains) a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In that entry the player controls an aged Solid Snake in the year 2014, caught up in a civil war being fought between Private Military Companies (PMCs).

Dirty_Lemons365d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde365d ago

To this day, it's one of those games where I refuse to skip the cutscenes, no matter how many playthroughs I've done.

But if you ask me...MGS2 was bloody prophetic and has aged like fine wine. That game was blasted as the weakest entry, and yet it's so enduring. I replayed it some time last year and it was remarkable.

sadraiden365d ago

Heed not the lamentations of people that say that MGS2 is bad because of the Snake/Raiden bait and switch. Every MGS game has its own merits, and while most people consider 3 to be the best, they all shine equally in my opinion.

porkChop365d ago

@sad

I would generally agree but with the exception of MGSV. It had truly excellent gameplay/combat, but dull and largely empty open world(s), and a narrative that is literally only half finished.

I really wish Kojima hadn't tried to go open world with MGS. It just wasn't right for the series. But I get it. He didn't want to make MG anymore but he wasn't allowed to make anything else. So he had to experiment within that franchise. Still, it was the wrong direction.

Santouryuu365d ago

I have been thinking about this a lot, MGS2 being the weakest and getting blasted.
My conclusion, for some years now, it's my favorite game of the series.
Going from MGS1 to MGS2 was such a big leap, in graphics, mechanics, etc.
And now it's even more relevant for being 'bloody prophetic' as you stated.

Maybe dust of my vita and play it again...

porkChop365d ago

It's a shame we never got a remaster of MGS4. The original game only rendered at 1024x768, and it ran anywhere from like 20fps to 60fps depending on the area. A remaster could have very easily cleaned up the visuals and performance. It's such a great game. I just want to play it again but in its best possible state.

MIDGETonSTILTS17365d ago

I agree, but they did all sorts of tricks to make use of the ps3’s cell processor….they’d probably have to rebuild the game in order to make it run on another machine. And, if that involves remaking those cutscenes somehow, then itll never happen, unfortunately.

porkChop365d ago

Nah. There have been plenty of remasters of PS3 games and they've turned out fine. It can be done.

ANIALATOR136364d ago (Edited 364d ago )

You can get near enough 4k 60 with it on RPCS3 these days

FallenAngel1984364d ago

War... war never changes. Or does it? The war has changed ...did it? The answer is no! Unless it is yes! No, of course it is! Is war! Yes! No! Yes?

PitbullMonster364d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989365d ago

He was always ahead with this series. MSG1 taught me about the importance of passing on our genes into future generations but in a responsible way, for they are bound to what we experienced in our lifetime. Sons of liberty taught me about global control and simulation runs to test society in a grand scale, the importance and dangers of control of information. MGS3 taught me about patriotism and how that can blind you into doing things you never would have otherwise, all for the sake of politicians who only see you as another pawn in their grand scheme of things. MSG4 taught me war is inevitable and always orchestrated because it's great for the economy. Soon simulation systems will start dictating who goes to war and why, all run through proxies. Privatization of military company are already here. We already started to see how a small group of elites dictates everything that happens. Nothing is done, nothing happens without strings being pulled.

Eidolon365d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

Tody_ZA365d ago

All that was literally the themes and core story of each game, so not surprising he learned that from MGS. Metal Gear Solid 2 in particular is so relevant today, it was more than a decade ahead of its time and a work of genius. Kojima saw what the digital future was going to become when it was in its infancy. Even MGS 5 despite being unfinished and less of a traditional Metal Gear Solid game with regards to story, had a fair bit to say about language and control over it that is relevant today.

It's a highly acclaimed series for a reason, and one of my favourite.

Eidolon365d ago

I've watched my brother play the MGS games, but I only beat MGS1 myself on the PSP in 2014, and MGSV in 2016. I took the themes and plots as lore, tbh.. trying to piece together the story of MGS rather than relating them to our current times.

Tody_ZA365d ago

It's definitely social commentary, Eidolon. You should read the "themes and analysis" section of the Wikipedia page for MGS2: Sons of Liberty for a start! Game was heavy on this.

Eidolon365d ago

I'll take a look, thanks. Actually might pick up MGS2 again (PS Vita), It's been years since I last played. Might start a new game tbh.

sadraiden365d ago

MGS2 literally predicted digital manipulation of information that we see today all the way back in 2001. MGS2 became Zucc's playbook.

Knushwood Butt365d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989364d ago

Yes back in 1998 when I was 13. Throughout the years more information has been shown on this subject matters, but go back to early 2000s and information wasn't as prominent. Kojima was ahead of the game

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MaxiPower90365d ago

He was on the ball about many things. A true visionary.

sadraiden365d ago

If it wasn't for the retconning of how FOXDIE works, including clunky scenes with Naomi and Liquid, MGS4 would be a perfect game. There are so many gameplay options. It felt like us PS3 owners got something truly unique and special.

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