Konami announces world wide MGO tournament

by Nicholas Gasse - 2008/07/17 4:57pm

Konami has announced some preliminary details about the first Metal Gear Online tournament. Opened to players in the US, Europe and Japan/greater Asia, the Metal Gear Online World Championship will test the skills of players worldwide. The tournament will culminate in an all expense paid trip to T... Read More

New expansion announced for Metal Gear Online

by Nicholas Gasse - 2008/07/11 6:34pm

The Gene Expansion for Metal Gear Online has been announced and will feature a slew of new features. Altogether, the expansion adds 3 new maps, 2 new characters, a new game play mode, and the ability to create female characters. ... Read More

Metal Gear Database hits Europe this Thursday

by Andrew Jeffery - 2008/06/23 7:48am

Konami have announced that the Metal Gear Database will be available to download in Europe from this Thursday. The database includes details of the history of Metal Gear Solid and outlines all of the key information on characters and plot increments. The Metal Gear Database is free to download an... Read More

Playstation 3 sales see massive boost in Japan

by Andrew Jeffery - 2008/06/17 9:18am

Famistu magazine have produced the sales date for the first 4 days of release of Metal Gear Solid 4 in Japan. Playstation 3 sales jumped from around 10,000 last week to 77,208 this week, mainly thanks to the many Metal Gear Solid 4 bundles which were released there. Metal Gear Solid 4 itself also... Read More

Uniqlo Metal Gear Solid 4 T-shirts being released in UK

by Andrew Jeffery - 2008/06/11 5:12pm

The Metal Gear Solid 4 T-shirts which are being created by Uniglo will also be released in the UK. The UK page on the official Metal Gear Solid 4 website has been updated and now states this with the T-shirts marked as 'Coming Soon'. While the website provides no information on when they will be ... Read More

Amazon crashes: Shares plummet.

by Sam Fletcher - 2008/06/06 2:32pm

As predicted, when the MGS4 80gb bundle went on sale on Amazon.com today, all stock sold out in 4 minutes, and the site crashed. The site went down for an hour in several cities, and any calls to Amazon regarding the subject were not commented on or returned. The crash had a knock on effect on... Read More

Metal Gear Online to be region-locked

by Patrick Coakley - 2008/06/05 3:18am

On the official Metal Gear Online website, it confirms that the final game will indeed be region-locked, which means Japanese players will not be able to play American players, etc. This lines up with the Metal Gear Online beta, which was also locked as per region. ... Read More

Hideo Kojima at NYC launch party.

by Sam Fletcher - 2008/05/23 4:42am

Live in New York? Going to get Metal Gear Solid 4 the first second it launches? You may want to be at the Virgin Megastore then, as the gaming legend himself, Hideo Kojima, will be there. The creator of the Metal Gear series will be there to watch you purchase the game and the sign it afterwads... Read More