April 2007? Date Appears at Bottom of Kojima Teaser Site

The Kojima teaser site, which is rumored to be for the next Metal Gear Solid game which stars Raiden, has recently been updated to have lightning, a countdown, and a flashing 5. It has now been discovered that when the lightning flashes on the screen the date "April 2007" can clearly be seen at the bottom of the screen. Take a look in this screenshot.

[jessehaysfl]

I think it is actually April 16 2009 with the nine being funny and stylized. Ok not photoshopped I just got a screen that looks the same it is clearly "APRIL 2007" it looks like the day date is a devil head....

[solideagle1]

i think its the first time he is teasing us. make a game of metal gear solid 5 which should be the mission of snake to kill the big boss aka remake of original.
thanks

[morganfell]

Highly doubtful as Ryan Payton discussed the wealth of possibilities concerning Big Boss' own character and story telling from his point of view. Anyone that played MGS3 knows this. On a personal note I find his story to be much more bitter and sacrificing than Snake's.

This game likely is MGS5 and a Raiden game.

However, I think people should take a note of caution on that assumption. It's almost too damn obvious.

[anh_duong]

for me this is as clear as night and day now. it is obvious that mgs 5 will be a multi-console game and to go back on every previous e3 ms has always annouced a big ps3 exclusive losing exclusivity.

hence the timing points to ms announcing (at e3) that mgs 5 has gone multi and two days later kojima reveals mgs 5 to the world.

i will get a lot of disagrees for this but for me gaming is my hobby and i am not a hater (the only thing i hate is gaming journalists who stir up fanboy hatred) and i really don't care what console the game comes on so long as the game is good. in fact i am not a big fan of exclusivity because not everyone can afford two consoles so the more people who get to play the game the better. this is what gaming is all about.

[MisterNiwa]

Guys, now compare that "April 2007" with that here:

http://www.grindhousemovie....

They obvisiouly used the grindhouse wallpaper border, you can even see the GR of Grindhouse.

[UltraNova]

You guys might want to check what happened on April 2007 in the Metal Gear Universe...especially who was the center character on that event...

Perhaps you'll find the truth... Remember the truth is out there!

[StephanieBBB]

Yeah I did that. Found out that at 2007 there's two events. One is some none important information about Manhattan and the other one is about the Rig called "Big Shell" which evidently you play as Raiden on in MGS2 which is placed 30 km outside of Manhattan.

It says that at this "Big Shell" they constructed the Navys massive Metal gear called "Arsenal Gear". Oh and also the GW was also stationed at this facility during "testing". And the GW is the Super computer A.I which you destroy in MGS4 in the end on the boat "outer Heaven".

So Im guessing that MGS5 is played out before MGS4. And you play as Raiden before he becomes a robo-ninja. Might even get to play as both?

[Critical_Hit]

http://www.kjp.konami.jp/gs...

Looks like this might not be MGS5 but rather a collaboration between Hideo Kojima, Shinji Mikami and Suda 51 (0_o)!?

Or maybe a Kojima zombie game (remember the Nightmare game in MGS3)?

[MisterNiwa]

Ignorant fools, i showed you the solution and you keep talking about what happened at any date but not the April 6th 2007.

Just get real, jeez.

[jack_burt0n]

its hard to talk sense to headless chickens, its a borrowed asset guys lol

[callahan09]

I was like "What the heck is MasterNiwa talking about?" But then I clicked his link above, and that Grindhouse poster is insane. I mean, it's exactly the same as the Kojima Productions teaser! You CAN see the outline of the Grindhouse logo, the date and other 2 logos (one to the left and one to the right of the date) are the same as the Troublemaker and Dimension Films logos, and the splotchy edges of the border are all just the same as the Grindhouse poster.

Seriously, why is it superimposing a poster for a 2 year old movie? It doesn't make any sense... MasterNiwa, how did you even find that?

I think maybe this could have something to do with the supposed Grasshopper Manufacture/Suda-51 game that was talked about as being a collaboration with Kojima a while back...

[anh_duong]

misterniwa .. looks like you are right.. a new horror ip

[callahan09]

Edit: I'm confused by it all, but my new guess is that it is counting down until the number flashing in the background is 4. Then it begins a new countdown to 3, a countdown to 2, a countdown to 1, and then finally a countdown to 0. My guess is that the final stopping point, when it hits 0, will be at the moment of Konami's E3 conference.

[Avenged Sevenfold]

No it says 2007. I'm using my laptop and I just tilted it for a better angle and it clearly says April 2007. Hmmm, Kojima you evil mastermind...

[George Sears]

"Federal Hall, hahahahahahaha"

Raiden: What are you laughing about?

"Do you know what date it is today?"

Raiden: April 30th? (2009)

"That's right, George Washington took office as the first President of the United States of America 200 years ago and it happened right here"

*Rose/Raiden anniversary April 30th 2009*

[SevWolf]

@sears nice find well you should remember it, you were there George..lol haha hehe...JK......anyways I also found this when I looked up april 07 Kojima did an interview, http://news.softpedia.com/n...

"He then went on to discuss the remake of the original Metal Gear Solid, “What you expect in a Metal Gear is probably only possible by Kojima Productions. I don't know if other Konami studios could really achieve a satisfactory result for the user. But if I get an offer from an overseas company saying they really want to do it, that could be an option.”"
I most probably am totally wrong but maybe instead of remaking the first he could be remaking MGS2, well watever it is im excited as hell for it

[MisterNiwa]

First the clouds.
Then the thunder.
Then the rain.
Then the light rain.
Then the sun shines.

http://i44.tinypic.com/9pot...

This wont end till E3, buddies.

[bpac123456789]

Kojima loves f***** with us. He's so unpredictable that i gave up trying to figure him out a long time ago. Everybody thinks its a new metal game with Raiden but knowing him its probably something completely different.

[prabx]

You idiots. Grindhouse was released in April 6 2007. Kojima teased us with clouds and thunder, etc. Grindhouse is an excellent movie, why not make it an great gaming expierence? (check IMDB for Grindhouse)

[ZeroBlitz]

I absolutely loved MGS2 and it's one of my favourite games in existence. It would be too awesome if this new project was an extended remake (additional gameplay & cutscenes for both Snake and Raiden, new items) with MGS4 graphics, a new spinoff story as you use Raiden leading up to him ending up in his exo-skeleton, another connected story giving you control of cyborg-Raiden in new mission(s) and a huge set of VR Missions spread over many different playable characters.

Obviously this is incredibly unlikely but a guy can dream, right?

[AuToFiRE]

April 16th 2007? thats when the VA tech massacre happened..

[AnttiApina]

PROJECT S WAS FIRST HEARD IN APRIL 2007. THE TITLE CONSIST A GAME FROM SNATCHER SERIES!

[RememberThe357]

Holy crap, yeah it is. Thats not the best coincidence.

[GameGambits]

360 fanboys must be going nuts lately thinking it's going to be a MGS game on 360, since after a while every MGS game goes to another game console. However:

EVERYTIME A MGS GAME GOES TO A DIFFERENT CONSOLE IT WAS ONE WITH BETTER SPECS THAN THE FIRST ONE USED!

So since the 360 is far less capable, and the only thing more powerful at the moment than a PS3 is a computer the only MGS4: S something you'd see crazy kids would be a PC version lol.

As for what I think it is teasing to. Boktai. :D

[Kain81]

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[jessehaysfl]

HERES A CLEARER PICTURE

http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...

[Solid_Malone]

Guys you have got to see what i just found. I clicked on the website kojima's next project teaser site and before the flash player begun i managed to print screen some info found on the page.

http://i628.photobucket.com...

http://i628.photobucket.com...

[Solid_Malone]

i believe its the fifth installment for mgs

[SevWolf]

Can u please explain wat u found the pics didnt apper very well on my pc, as in I know they are suppossed to be like that, but the computer im on right now isnt that gd

[locos85]

So what is it with this Grindhouse connection? I never saw that movie.

[RememberThe357]

It was two movies. Planet Terror and Death Proof.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

But I have no clue about why there would be a connect to a Kojima game.

[jessehaysfl]

just found a fan film with a strange date

http://mgs.moviechronicles....

Also found out that the MGO Beta started right around this time 4-18-07 i think....

April 1, 07 is when the AC/MGS trailer was released...

Konami announced Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence’s online mode goes offline on April 3rd, 2007. The PS2-exclusive stealth-action game was released on March 14th, 2006, putting heavy emphasis on its new online mode through prize tournaments last year.

Maybe someone can fire up the database's timeline and tell us if there is anything there as this could be when the game is set to take place...

[itchy18]

i found this on wikipedia..

"On April 30th, 2007, Jack met Rosemary during an argument about King Kong. After they parted ways, they met again afterward, shocked that they worked in the same place. Eventually, Jack grew to love Rose deeply, but his harsh experiences had left him melancholic and emotionally distant, and he constantly shut her out of his problems. However, all of this drama was a ruse by the Patriots to gain control of Raiden's life, with Rosemary as a Patriot spy."

http://metalgear.wikia.com/...

[Masta_fro]

you got it...

The word "Raiden" literally means "lightning" in Japanese. In the later half of Metal Gear Solid 4, there are various references to this, notably his dialogue referencing lightning when he makes his appearance right before Snake enters the microwave corridor. He also mentions that he was born on a rainy day - with a pessimistic tone - to which Snake replies that he is "the lightning in that rain."

Its definitely Metal Gear Raiden...everything points to it...and im very excited.

[Kain81]

but iam searching

BTW i think we should look at the MGS data base (was downloadable for PS3)
maybe we can figure out what that date means.

[No FanS Land]

I am currently looking in the MGS database. I will update my post If I find something.

EDIT: WTF? The "game" crashes each time I launch it! I start it through the XMB and then..... black screen. Nothing else.

[Kain81]

i think it was April but iam not suer if it was 2008 or 2007.

BTW i hope Kojima is the Director^^^^

[morganfell]

He isn't, he is the Executive Producer - a position that wields far more power than the director.

[Kain81]

The metal gear solid movie by Sony Pictures^^

[morganfell]

And I mean the movie as well. He is the Executive Producer.

[RememberThe357]

http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

Apparently Kurt Wimmer is set to direct the film. His resume is quite good as a writer but spotty as a director, Equilibrium being the most well received.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm...

[pythonselkan]

2007 was the year of the tanker incident.. Raiden wasn't introduced yet.. although in that year, raiden's story commenced.. meeting rose (with the patriots..)

[peeps]

would make sense to see things from a different perspective i.e. as Raiden. But you would have thought it would be more about his ninjaness lol but saying that, would that completely take away from the MGS stealth gameplay. altho i guess ninjas are stealthy altho in mgs4 he's very much full on action.

+ people like Raiden more after MGS4 imo. After 2 a lot of fans were pissed off with this new girly character which even saw Hideo himself poke fun at.

[peeps]

damn i just loaded the site and it didn't load properly lol It appeared grey rather than laoding the annimation and so i was able to clearly see the April 2007. Being an idiot i didn't take a screenshot then :( will try again. But there deffo is a April 2007 (just incase ppl thought these shots were photoshopped in any way)

[Foxgod]

So Kojima's new game aimed at the western audience, thats different anything he ever made........ is Metal Gear ?

Would be nice if it goes multi.

[Dave2001]

Even better if it was exclusive to 360.:)

[II Necroplasm II]

If you take the S or 5
multiply it by -100
flip the sum backwards
rotate the negative sign in an angle
and translate it in arabic

it says "XBOX 360 EXCLUSIVE"

[peeps]

although it's not impossible, i find it highly unlikely that it will be multi-plat. So the chances of it being a 360 exclusive really does seem impossible at this stage.

Going multi-plat allows for them to expand their audience, but going exclusive, would more than likely recude the audience, when you consider MGS fans own a ps3 (some obv own both though like myself)

but if this gen they decided to get a 360 only, then it's unlikely that they would be interested in MGS.

[Foxgod]

I find it unlikely too that it will be 360 exclusive.
From business perspective, multi would be better for their income.

At least it aint ZOE, thankfully, i am not really into games like that.
Or they should make ZOE play like lost planet, then i am interested.

[OmegaSlayer]

Hooray!
Raiden for the win.
Let's hope that sensei Kojima doesn't screw gamers releasing a game dumbed down.
Exclusivity for the win.

[hay]

How dare you doubt in Kojima! I cast a curse on your vocabulary so you won't be able to mention his name again unworthy peasant!

But on the serious side, whatever It'll be, it'll kick ass. Exclusive or not.

[Shadow Man]

Why isn't this in the Xbox 360 section also?

[Bill Gates]

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[d0nT wOrrY]

haha a lot of sheeps dreaming of MGS ^

i thought you don't need a "movie with 15 mins of gameplay" lol

@ Shadow Man

loser

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

At least you can admit it's amovie with 15 minutes of gameplay.

[Foxgod]

Who says it will be like Mgs4 ?
I hope it will be more like Mgs 1 and 2.

Or Maybe a new direction.

[Foliage]

It would have to be like most 360 games taking advantage of the next generation capabilities of a "DVD" drive.

No movie, 4 minutes of gameplay.

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

MGS5. . .Raidan. .is back

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

The Clouds will Open and you will see Ken Kutaragi descend down to Earth and will say 'ChatBox 360 it's time to DIE' ;-D

+ Mr.Kojima would rather make a iPhone game than a 'ChatBox 360' game!!! ;-D

+ I want a MGS4:Sub(something) for my PS3 ;-P

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

You need new material, go buy a joke book or somthing to mix things up. You can also do what Carlos Mencia does and steal other peoples jokes. You do know that "Chatbox" is a feature the PS3 still doesn't have don't you?

[jessehaysfl]

MISTER NIWA is right look at the "devil" in the middle....it seems like we were "fooled!" nice job niwa bubbles for you.

[pphheerroonn]

A 5 clearly flashes on the screen with the lightening. Its too obvious...

Also:
In the Source code for the page:

<meta name="keywords" content="Hideo Kojima, MGS,METAL GEAR, NEXT, game, konami, kojima game, KJP, Kojima Production ">

Aswell:

My guess, based on the variables the HTML pass to the flash movie is that the next update will be on the 22nd of this month.

http:/ /ww w.konami .jp/kojima_pro/next/frame.swf? lmt01=20090518100000&lmt02 = 20090522100000&lmt03=99999 9 99999999&lmt04=99999999999 9 99&lmt05=99999999999999

[TheMART]

So it certainly says April 2007. I made my own screenshot and its clearly not 2009 as someone in the Gamerzone said.

[peeps]

it is April 2007.

probably to do with something in the MGS timeline which is why i'd be surprised if this was a new game exclusive to 360 or MGS4: S.....

It's looking likely to be linked to Raiden. A lot has pointed in this direction and if that is the case multi-plat could be a possiblity but it wouldn't surprise me if it stayed exclusive to ps3. It's not like they didnt sell a high number of copies of MGS4 with it being exclusive to 1 console.

[zaldare]

Kojima is a mastermind at teasing stuff and making us believe one thing when its something completely different.
While the web page does say '5' or 'S' everyone will think MGS5, i either think its a new game which starts with the word 'S' (durr) or its 'S' for Submission, which should be a second verson of MGS4.
Just like MGS2: Substance, and MGS3: Subsistence - MGS4 is sure to get its on 'expansion'.

Playable missions as Raiden maybe?

[morganfell]

Also they said this was a project, not a game. That means it could be a game or something else. This could be a Raiden SP add-on for MGS4 for the PS3.

[zaldare]

Im starting to believe so too, and i wouldnt be surprised if it did turn out to be true. Now one of the questions is - should Kojima Productions also release it on the 360? It is a gamble indeed but it has been shown that there is a big audience ready to buy the game on Microsofts console.
Drawbacks? Multiple CDs, Removed codec conversation with Otacon where they mention Blu-ray, Snake using SixAxis controller when taking control over the Mk 2, removed Apple products perhaps.. the list goes on.

[-DarkPhoenix-]

I thought eveyone knew about this now...

This is the GRINDHOUSE logo backround for Death Proof.

http://i286.photobucket.com...

There you go, it's eather lazy copy and paste, or it's something to do with that.
My thoughts, it's laziness..

[peeps]

So you reckon Hideo is working on a video game based off of grindhouse...

[-DarkPhoenix-]

No, I believe that it was a lazy way to get a backround.

Although I don't think it's MGS5. I don't really know.
I'm a member of the offical playstation forums, and pretty much live in the metal gear boards..
There we all have our speculations, but I'm keeping out of it and just enjoying thinking about it.

We'll see when we see.

[peeps]

hmm i just had another look. the border is certainly the same pattern. but the April 2007 is in a slightly different place i think? maybe it's in there to trick.

I just can't see why Hideo would copy a background from another site if it didn't have some relevance... hmmm

[spirited]

its not metal gear solid 5 I think its mgs4 expansion which could be

multiplatform like mgs2:substance was for xbox 1 as well. i dont care

i have ps3

[jessehaysfl]

i think we've all been fooled and the next game is "Snatcher"

[-DarkPhoenix-]

I agree, Snatcher would be so cool!
I'm also thinking Silent Hill 5, as Homecoming wasn't 5.
A SH game by Kojima himself would be great.

[zootang]

you can even see the same logo's next to April 2009. They are clearly dimension on both grindhouse and the teaser site.

Also hideo is a huge fan of taratino he even mentions in one of the OPM uk mags that either grindhouse or deathproof was a little inspiring

[peeps]

its actually April 2007.

which would actually suggest that they really have just used the picture that DarkPheonix posted from Grindhouse. Why though...?

Perhaps not related to the game but more of a tribute to Tarantino?

[-DarkPhoenix-]

Hmm, it could well be just a small tribute.
But It's too obvious.

I think maybe they just wanted a gritty border, and managed to find one with that.

Argh, I'm running out of speech bubbles x.x

[Flipfito]

i think it may have something to do with his son..how old is lil john? wait the game took place in 2008?...i dont know..

[-DarkPhoenix-]

The game took place in 2014.
Raidens son was 6.. I think, I can't remember.

[Solid_Malone]

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[Too_Hyped]

There are CLOUDS on the teaser page. Yes, CLOUD, the guy from Final Fantasy VII.

So it's clearly a Final Fantasy Metal Gear Solid spinoff.

Something like "Final Metal Gear Solid Fantasy 17 : Sons of the Guns of the Dragon of Liberty"

[Ace_Pheonix]

It very well could be because Kurt Russel is in Grindhouse. His character Snake Plisken was some of Kojimas inspiration for Solid Snake. Maybe this reference is intentional, not just lazy theft, to get us thinking about Solid Snake... and maybe even the Big Shell incedint. Maybe the old guy will still be around in the next game in some shape or form.

[jacaranda]

think about it guys could this be a movie, and a collaboration
of Quentin Tarantino and Hideo Kojima.

[Nikuma]

I think this man might of just nailed it. MGS movie with Tarantino and Kojima! I could totally see this happening. Bubbles to you.

[TheTruth89]

April 2007... isn't that date when BigShell Story End??

[pwnsause]

ok guys, take out your MGS encyclopedia on the PS3.

[kalel114]

April 30th 2007: Jack (Raiden) and Rose meet each other for the first time.

http://metalgear.wikia.com/...

[MetalGearBear]

THIS IS PS3 SECTION!!!!!! DUH!!!!

[II Necroplasm II]

-__-

[II Necroplasm II]

Just take the S and multiply it by -100

lol

[Alcohog]

Its the Tornado game, whatever its called I forget. It will be some sort of survival horror, new IP obviously.

[-chaz-]

April 2007 on Kojima's blog featured a Snake Vs. Zombies comic...and Kojima himself recently said what a big fan he was of Left 4 Dead.

Coincidence?

[Alcohog]

This over analyzing is hilarious, particularly after MasterNiwa's findings in the first few comments. N4G's user base is embarrassing itself right now. Its pretty epic, really.

[TrueStoryGuy]

Grindhouse was such a great movie. In saying that, though, I think it's pretty funny that they used the logo and accidentally kept the date on it by accident.

Oh well. I suppose we're suppose to wait until the end of the countdown to see what it is. (Metal Gear Solid 5, no doubt)

[valanceer]

for all of you out there, they are remaking MGS4 with extra levels and crap... also making the MGO better aswell... so it could be this after all.

[MakgSnake]

Well, just so you people know why its APRIL 2007 written at the bottom, its because, the outline has been taken from the movie poster "GRINDHOUSE"... and that movie came out at that time. It has nothing to do with MGS news what so ever.

Some Dev or Website creator got lazy at Kojima Productions and copy pasted GRINDHOUSE's outline.

So relax people.

[Jockamo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Have fun with your theories...

[Soldierone]

All this reminds me of when PS3 was still coming out and on Sonys offical site they had smoke that would run down the sides of the system. The smoke was generated using an Apple program so the logo showed up faintly for a split second when you first logged in the page and everyone freaked out "OMG APPLE MAKING PS3 WITH SONY!!!!" and it was merely taken down an hour later. Things like this are just hidden mistakes that are not supposed to be seen, but since your look at every last square inch as a clue you find it and make it seem like a big deal. Next up the lightning is green and everyone says its going to 360 when its just a flash error....

[dogmeat eater]

I think Kojima is just jerking our chains.

[xGrunty]

Kojima really needs to start working on ZOE3 ^_^