If you don’t already own digital copies of a couple classic entries in the Metal Gear Solid series, you’re going to have to wait before you can purchase them again on some of the older platforms. Konami announced that Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal …Read more »
The third season of the action-packed Castlevania animated series is about to make its home video debut on DVD and Blu-ray, making this the perfect time to reflect on what the series has done right so far. Thanks to its ability to nail some of …Read more »
Keiichiro Toyama, the creator of games like Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush, has just unveiled a brand-new video game studio called Bokeh Game Studio. A short video released on YouTube reveals that aside from Toyama, Bokeh’s other co-founders are director Junya Okura (Siren, Gravity …Read more »
A 16-year-old high schooler in Tokyo is in some hot water right now. According to a report on Yomiuri, the second-year student allegedly issued bomb threats to Konami, claiming he was going to “kill the people who work” at the game publisher and developer. His …Read more »
Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear , will be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, reports ANN. It’s one of many recent honors for the game creator, who, depending on who you go with, left or was fired …Read more »
Those following the saga of game publisher Konami vs. Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima know that relations between the two have not been pleasant of late. Not only have Kojima and his team been forced out of the company, despite the huge success of …Read more »
Hollywood director Guillermo del Toro ( Pacific Rim , Pan's Labyrinth ) has finally put to words a thought that's been running through gamers' heads for quite some time. While wrapping up an interview last week on his new film Crimson Peak , del Toro …Read more »
Video games fans have known for a while there’s something strange going on at Konami. Legendary developers like Metal Gear ’s Hideo Kojima have been leaving the company in droves, with many airing their complaints online. Now an article from the Nikkei highlights the difficult …Read more »
For some time, the Castlevania series has been more at home as a side-scroller rather than 3D hack-and-slash, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is a grim reminder of what can transpire when a license is subjected to hackneyed ideas from a lackluster developer. MercurySteam's …Read more »
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners in Japan will soon get the opportunity to battle demons in Konami's video game adaptation of Hiroshi Shiibashi's hit Shonen Jump manga, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan . Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Great War of …Read more »
All would-be No More Heroes fans that find themselves without Wiis still can breathe a sigh of relief, as the port of Grasshopper Manufacture's game will make its way to Playstation 3 in North America. Konami picked up the European publishing rights to No More …Read more »
Is there any better bonding activity between friends than kicking butt as a stable of classic mutant heroes (and Dazzler)? I say no, and thankfully so does Konami. As revealed at Marvel's New York Comic Con presentation, Konami's classic X-Men arcade game will soon be …Read more »
Though you may not know it by title alone, because Konami have elected to drop "Contra" from the title all together, giving it an identity that will click with a niche audience while perhaps opening itself up to a new one with no prior affection …Read more »
Welcome to a very special edition of Virtual Boy, chronicling the weekly releases of Nintendo's downloadable goods on a sporadic basis since 200X! This week is not one to be missed, though, because a shocker has come out of left field (something at which Nintendo …Read more »
Long-time fans of Castlevania will be stricken with nostalgia the moment they start the first stage of Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth . That has nothing to do with whether or not they're actually fans of the game on which this particular outing is based—a Game …Read more »
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