MGS: Rising not to appear again until E3 2010

Nick @ PS3Center writes:

In an interview in the latest issue of the Weekly Famitsu, Kojima revealed the game will not even be mentioned again to the press until E3 2010. Instead, the team will focus attentions on Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Metal Gear Solid: Arcade, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

[WildArmed]

kewl.
My top MGS most wanted is...
Peace walker!
Big Boss> raiden :D
heck big boss>99.99% of MGS world

[chaosatom]

yeah, but it's for the psp. :(

[Darkeyes]

Boy kojima seriously seems to be uninterested in Rising. Guess he was not kidding about the fact that he won't work on a 360 MGS... I think that Kojima not only spit on the face of M$, but also vomited all over it.

M$: I am willing to give you XX million to bring MGS4 to the 360.
Kojima: Are you joking.. The game is 40GB. Would take 5 discs on the 360 and the royalties you charge over a disc is ridiculous.I will incur losses if I even brought it to the 360. And besides I am a man of my word. MGS4 will remain a PS3 exclusive.
M$: Oh well at least bring the next MGS on the 360.. We are willing to give XX+XX million for it.
(Kojima gets a wicked idea)
Kojima:Deal
(M$ announces Rising.. A spin off at E3 and next day Kojima goes public saying he is not directing the game. All interests goes to the TRUE MGS sequel on PSP.)
M$ angrily: How could You!!! You breached the deal.. We are gonna sue you.
Kojima: I stuck to my word of bringing MGS on the 360...Only you forgot to mention all the conditions...
Kojima walks out... Enters his new Ferrari bought off M$ money and zooms off leaving M$ feeling like a jackass...

...A rough representation of what could have happened. You rule Kojima.

[jdktech2010]

he's not working on the PS3 version either

So apparently the only platform he likes is the PSP. Sucks for the 360 and PS3....come on man

[PirateThom]

That's the point, he worked on the PS3 for MGS4 and he's working on PSP for Peace Walker.

He's not working on any platform for the multiplatform spin off, since it's not his game or a proper sequel.

[IrishRepublicanArmy]

i rike what u said!!

[eagle21]

I can't wait for Peace Walker. :)

[DNAgent]

Yeah but it doesn't star some emo character in a spinoff that's not directed by Kojima. :)

I'm glad Peace Walker is being made as it saves me from being disappointed with MG:R.

[mistajeff]

I'm really glad he's making the next PSP MGS, and that there even is a new one to begin with. Portable Ops was awesome, and the fact that he had little to do with it other than keeping the plot in check gives me faith for Rising. I was hoping to get a playable cyborg ninja of some form.. though I think a game about gray fox would be way cooler than one about ninja raiden.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

SDF working overtime in another article.

Of course you don't want MGS:R of course you are going to assume that Kojima will have nothing to do with it. Of course you will assume that PeaceWalker PSP is suddenly going to be better than a full fledged HD console release.

It's all sour grapes, you're mad that the 360 is getting the "next generation of the Metal Gear Solid franchise" <- Kojima's own words.

So what studio are they farming this out too? Since you are all so confident Kojima is just going to throw his namesake to just anybody because of the bags of money MS has thrown at them.

It's no coincidence at all MGS is great up until E3 now it's suddenly the ugly stepchild you all want nothing to do with and are creating as many ways as you can imagine to separate this particular MGS game from MGS4 or the others.

Sour grapes and you aren't fooling anybody.. Now disagree away denial is your strong points.

Pirate: Thanks for the reply and so it is staying internal at Kojima productions then. I guess I just have more faith in Kojima than even his strongest supporters here. Because I don't think he would walk out on stage claim MGSR as the next generation Metal Gear game and then allow HIS game to be anything short of a masterpiece. PS3 fans have told me he is a perfectionist and perfectionists don't allow that kind of thing to happen. I have a feeling he will be deeply involved with everything that has to do with it.

I would share the same sentiment if it was being farmed to another studio based off of past experience. However, it's in good hands and shouldn't be treated as some abomination. If the game is even 1/2 as good as MGS4 we are in for a treat.

[PirateThom]

They're not farming it out to anyone, it's being made by Kojima Productions, but not the MGS4 team or Kojima. It's being made by Kojima Productions "next generation", their "less experienced" team, and fronted by Shuyo Murata.

Nothing to do with it being on 360, entirely to do with it not being a Kojima backed game or even the bulk of the MGS team being involved.

Fans of the series should be far more interested in Peace Walker since, it's the next proper game in the series. Rising is the equivalent of Ac!d, as far as I'm concerned. It may not be a bad game, but it won't be a Metal Gear Solid game.

[PirateThom]

Reply as I can't edit.

No, I don't think it will be an abomination either. Murata directed (co-) MGS4 and ZoE2 and even the mini-game nightmare "Guy Savage" in MGS3, so he knows what is expected of him. This is Kojima giving the reigns of a console Metal Gear game over to another team, probably planning for the future, and it onus is on them to deliver, I just have a lot of doubts from the way the team seems to have been split, with the main MGS4 team working on a PSP Metal Gear Solid.

I do like Ac!d, so comparing it to that isn't me saying it's going to be bad in any way, I just think it's going to be quite a wide departure from what a Metal Gear Solid game is generally considered to be.

Maybe it will surprise, even if it's not a Metal Gear Solid game in content, maybe it will earn the name.

[Tony P]

I have respect for the devs involved, but I think more involvement from the series creator can only be a good thing. So I hope he's not just pissy because Rising is a spin-off Konami wants from him. While a great reason to be pissy, that energy should go into making the game shine regardless. All in all who gets screwed if it sucks? Gamers do.

[whoelse]

The truth is really coming out about Rising.

First they wouldn't say which platforms it was coming to other than the 360, then we found out it was also for PS3 and PC.

Then we heard that Kojima in fact has nothing to do with the game after all.

And now we won't hear any more about it for another year.

I wish Peace Walker was a PS3 game.

[gauntletpython]

i was already pretty sure the game wouldn't be due out until 2011 anyways.

[Forrest Gump]

Kojima isn't even working on this,I'll give the team a chance but to be quite frank if it's just a GOW clone I won't bother with it.

[gauntletpython]

well, hopefully shuya murata is the head behind it. he co-wrote MGS3/4 and ZOE2, and designed the gameplay for the guy savage mini-game.

[PirateThom]

At E32010, I'm also sure Kojima will announce Metal Gear Solid 5, which will make this pretty lulzy.

[FrankFoxJaegar]

So far off... although I'm more interested in Peace Walker anyways, just a year away for that one.

[Madgunner]

What how come i dirint hear about this

"Metal Gear Solid: Arcade will be built on the PS3 Metal Gear online game. The game will enable special use of 3D goggles and features a slick interface and network so gamers will be able to compete on different arcade units. It’s out in Japan this year, no word on a US or EU release yet."
http://www.product-reviews....

WHA?!??!

[FrankFoxJaegar]

too bad arcades are dead in the US...

[Ju]

Gametrailer had the announcement from the E3. Was kind of weird, because E3 is not an Arcade show.

I am wondering, if Konami uses the PS3-Arcade version to pull this off. Like Namcos System 357 ( http://www.system16.com/har... ).

Oh, I see, Konami already had PS1 (System573) and PS2 (PYSON) based arcade machines out.

[Gamer_Politics]

the whole MGS franchise just needs to end...i'm tired of Kojima milking this series dry....

[FrankFoxJaegar]

would like to see him move on to different franchises too.

[ironwolf777]

He came out like a groundhog just to stir up a sh*tstorm knowing full well evryone would just wet themselves and be hanging on for another year, that's why he had that geeky grin.

[2FootYard]

I'm hoping this game is going to take place during the events of MGS4. Playing Raidens scenes where he fights the Gekkos and Vamp would be badass.

[mistajeff]

My guess is it will be his story of escaping Area 51 and retrieving a certain body.. but that doesn't mean there won't be any type of [email protected] bonus scenarios where you can re-enact those fights.

[joevfx]

wow looks like microsoft paid big bucks to get them to announce this early since they didnt really have any other things to announce at E3 other then natal.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Oh yeah that's right the conference started Kojima came out and then it was over.

Shappert basically said, "hey we have no games but heres Kojima, Sony rules and we suck! Good night!"

Let me know when you wanna step out of the bullsh*t and join the rest of us in reality.

[Erotic Sheep]

LMFAO! Crab, from the few clever people that defend the 360 on here.. I like you the most XD

Have a bubble, I love you!! XD

[TheColbertinator]

I wonder who is going to work on Metal Gear Solid 5.

[IrishRepublicanArmy]

no........i say yes

[PirateThom]

Kojima and the Metal Gear Solid 4 team, once they're done with Peacewalker, I'd assume.

[Montreafart]

A spin off that might be high quality but the bots arent getting it until end of 2010.

Lmao bots were cheering too prematurely again.

The 360 has absolutely NO GAMES.

[akaFullMetal]

what do you expect, they didn't even show a video of the game, just a slide show of pictures, plus they are working on so many other games, this is just a side job compared to the other games.

[MurderMyDoll]

I'd like some more news before E32010 but oh well, just have to wait.

[mrblacknut]

Pretty clear now all he has been saying is the focus is on Peace Walker and then the team moves to Rising. Some of you Sony fanboys trip me out. Even the fact that this game is multiplatform and it is somthing that is coming to the MGS world you still act ignorant and seriously childish to the fact that the game is going to be mentioned again in 2010. Yet if it was exclusive for PS3 the fanboys would be circle jerking all over this and no mention that Kojima is focusing on Peace Walker first.

[KingItachi]

Not for me frank, Kojima seems to have his hands full.

[darrensworld]

man, flock mgs:R, give us that castlevania. that blew any still images of raiden out of the water.

[KionicWarlord222]

LOL @ Darkeyes

Wow ...you something else. Fanboyism to the max.

Cant wait to see more info on Metal Gear Solid : Rising .

Wonder what Kojima`s showing at tgs.

[realdeal]

im pretty sure this game is going to kick ass like any other mgs game. lets not hate. its also coming to ps3 ive would been pissed off if this was a microshaft exclusive

[DevilDante]

Damn, I knew....

[Batzi]

Even though I was bothered that Kojima announced a "Metal Gear Solid" game on the 360, some of you must have forgotten it's a frickin METAL GEAR SOLID game which means it will be AWESOME much like previous MGS games. Why would that be different? Because it's also coming on the 360 aswell? Plus, we're getting Peace Walker which is 2 Metal Gear Solid games in total. We're getting 2 MGS games, a true Metal Gear fan should be thankfull that Kojima is throwing 2 more MGS games towards us. He might've said that he won't be directing/designing Rising but I highly doubt they will be releasing a half assed MGS game. Kojima never disappointed us before, remember. I am excited for both MGS games and I can't wait to see more about them. We saw a trailer for Peace Walker now we need more on Rising. I am a little annoyed about this news because if this is really true then I am going to have to wait a year to see more infos on Rising which is a LONG wait! A YEAR :@

[RowSand]

im going to bring metal gear shjolid fanside to axe box titty shltty

did you rike it? ..!..