MGS4 Team Now Working on MGS: Rising

Kojima Productions confirm that the development team that worked on Metal Gear Solid 4 are now starting to work on Metal Gear Solid: Rising.

[sinncross]

Is this not very old news?
Haven't we known since just after E3 that this was the case?

[dangert12]

whens this game due?

[gaffyh]

@1.1 - God knows

@1 - No as it tells you in the article, the MGS4 team have been working on peace walker since MGS4 released.

[dangert12]

some where i heard there doing things with the 360 kojima did't think was possible which means his limiting things not meaning to but if he was involed he would have i'd rather him not carry join in lol

[cliffbo]

you on drugs or something kojima has never said there doing things on the 360 he thought was not possible if so please provide a genuine link to the story.

[sinncross]

Oh my... I accidentally read 'Now' as 'Not'

My apologies.

[El_Colombiano]

Ahh so now that they are done making MGS5 they move onto the spin off. What a shame and waste of good talent.

[bnaked]

That means, that the game will look top notch on the PS3. But still, Kojima is NOT the Gamedirector. Don't expect an epic game like MGS4.. But, that doesn't mean that it will not be a great Action Game..

[AAACE5]

I liked MGS4, so i'm interested to see how this one turns out! Sux that snake probably won't be in it, but hopefully, it's set up like Sons of liberty and snake pops up from time to time.

[Blaze929]

oh this is hilarious. all the ps3 fanboys kept spouting that "kojima isnt even interested in Rising" "it'll suck - no kojima"...now what?

[Army_of_Darkness]

"but with key players from the MGS4 team now working on it, hopefully the development should speed up drastically"

Now I'm relieved and much more confident that the PS3 version will be equal to the 360, if not better;)

[sikbeta]

Poor Blaze...

O-T:

I Hope this end well, don't like the Idea of this [email protected] mean Raiden being the Main Character but, I'll buy the Game cuz it's a MGS Game, Spin-off or not, still a MGS Game...

[bnaked]

blaze, calm down..

I just mean, that not every gamedirector is a genius like Kojima..

[raztad]

This definitely good news. MGS4 team working on Rising guarantee game is gonna be good.

[DOMination]

I guess Kojima cares about this game afterall. Can't wait to play the superior 360 version.

[Biggest]

So Kojima is working on his confidential project and some of you read that as "Kojima is now working on MGS: Rising"? I am sure you can not see why that makes no sense. And that is okay.

[Whitefox789]

If you read the article:

"Kojima also confirmed earlier this week via Twitter that he was working on a "Confidential Project," so it is unlikely that his entire team is working on Rising."

So by that quote Kojima will be spending more time on his "Confidential Project" then Rising. Besides its old news that Kojima is involved in Rising as a producer, the team working on it is so new that he has to supervise them to make sure they don't screw up.

You do know the difference between a MGS game that is directed and written by Kojima then one that is just produced by Kojima

[vhero]

@DOMination wow can you be less of a fanboy??? can people please remove his bubbles as do we really need crap like that around here. This shows we got a talented team on the game at least but not Kojima himself at least. The good thing is they worked with PS3 before so you know it's gonna look great on PS3 and since 360 is the easiest console to develop for it will too look good as for on par? We will have to wait for release date for confirmation on that. No doubt this place will be flooded with comparison shots and vids near launch..

[FragGen]

You know after this most recent hype push on MGS:PW I'm a little MGS'd and Kojima'd out from a gaming news standpoint.

[Darkstorn]

This is wonderful news. I'm still skeptical about Rising, but this can only mean good things for the final game.

[TROLL EATER]

conformation dat kojima n co. are involved

[avengers1978]

This game will be on both systems, it is not a 360 exclusive.
I am a fan of MetalGear games, I've played almost everyone of them, and when it comes out(some time next year)I will pick it up for my PS3.
People keep talking crap about MGS4, and praise MGS:R. MGS4 was a great game and we will all be increadible lucky if they can deliever with MGS:R as well.
But just because the game will also be on 360 doesn't mean it will be crappy, and just because MGS 4 wasn't on the 360 doesn't mean that it is crappy.

[ShinRyuHadoken]

Interesting. This could be then PS3 lead platform for MGS:R and 360 port. MGS4 team are more familiar with PS3 platform so this could be fun.

[DailyAddict]

I'm glad the MGS4 team is involved in this game because originally they were having very young, fresh new talent handle this game entirely and that just sort of smelled like a disaster waiting to happen. I sort of figured Kojima wouldn't let a MGS game come out without his involvement in "some" way because I'm sure he wants to keep that games' reputation intact even though he personally did not want that game to be made.

This was a power move by Konami. Kojima didn't want Rising to exist, but Konami knows that's money and it's not as if Konami has a lot of other bread and butter games. They knew that Kojima would get involved because MGS is like his love child and even if you hate who your child is sleeping with (in this case, the 360) it's still your child and he wants to make sure that it's at least a good experience.

So, now my interest is back in this game because honestly I sort of wrote it off when they said it was Konami's B-Team building it.

[captain-obvious]

Kojima him self is not working on it
why would you think that the rest of the OG's are going to work on it too ???

we know that they are working on MGS:PW aka MGS:5 on the PSP

[Neo604]

haven't we learn from ff13 and AW?
even the claim to be graphic king Alan Wake is sub HD.

[mastiffchild]

Meh, you can read into this whatever you like. You might think it was going so badly Kojima HAD to bring some experience ion to save the project OR it was going so well that it span to a size the new team weren't ready to handle alone-who knows?

Only fact I can see is that, whatever the state of Rising, Kojima didn't trust the youngsters alone to pull it off and seeing as he's already spread so thin himself who the hell else was going to be brought in? What I don't get is just how the old hands will react to doing a more action base game and I thought the sense in the newer team doing it was because they'd be less stuck on past MGS gaming mechanics and such. Again, though, who can tell exactly what they're up to?

[raztad]

@^^^^^^

Shortest mastiffchild post ever? J/K :)

Probably part of MGS4 team has been working on Rising from day one, but now with MGS:PW gold it seems most of them are full time on the game. Whatever the case, Rising is not looking like a 2010 release.

I'm pretty curiuos to see what Rising brings to the table, probably it will try to cater a more action inclined audience.

[the-warriors]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

lool

[XxDeathDoctorxX]

enjoy the spin off als0 ur 360 will get rrod before the 4th level also u dont get snake also the microsoft guy couldnt say mgs right

[Nitrowolf2]

"Metal Gill Solid"

lol

[mcnablejr]

(from the same developer)

[lh_swe]

I thought you didn't want a "movie"? Make up your mind! Do you or don't you want it? Could it be that you only like MGS now because its one the 360?

[mcnablejr]

i have metal gear solid four.

Its a good game.

[CountDracula]

is my interest in this title.

(not)

[MGRogue2017]

Hey! It's Austin Powers!! .. Love that guy lol, makes me laugh "...You alright, baby?" :D :D :D

[MGRogue2017]

Good news? You bet'cha ass it is! Kojima-san & his team are brilliant at games development :)

Bad news? .. The wait is too long for his latest creations.. And I'm not just talking about MGS Rising.. Peace Walker! :(

[vhero]

The article says nothing about Kojima just the team who worked on MGS 4.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi_]

...having to work on that 'POS' the 'xBotched 360'!!! ;-D

I love MGS Games but i won't be buying MGS:Rising.

[Wrathman]

aww baby spilt his milk.look at him cry!

and i thought you were really into your 'men in cat-suits'

further proof that you guys are console fanboys and not game fanboys

[Nitrowolf2]

yeah Wrath and likes bot never have said things like that before ;)

[avengers1978]

MGS:Rising will also be on the PS3 it's not like it's exclusive.
If you click to read full article, it's from a Playstation site.
So I'm not sure why you would pass up on MGS:Rising just because it's also on the 360.
I've played almost every MetalGear, and I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with this one.

[theEnemy]

they will be working on the dessert now!

:D

[Convas]

.. If you're a cook, and you've had lady friends over for dinner ... You'd know that Dessert is the best part ... ;)

[theEnemy]

but I'm no cook.

^_^

[THC CELL]

still wont be as good as mgs4 or mgo

[mcnablejr]

you played it?
or even seen any footage of it?

or even seen stills of it?

[Batzi]

A true Metal Gear fan should careless about the platform the game is on and should focus more on the game itself because this franchise has been giving us epicness since 1987 and let's not blow it for a frickin "multi-platform" deal. Metal Gear lives beyond the damn PS3 and Xbox 360. Remember that.

[DigitalAnalog]

A. Rising team ain't doing so well..

B. Kojima looked at the product and said "MATAKU, ITAE NANDA DES-YO NE? MINA, IKKIMASSHU NE."

-End statement

[Dnied]

LOL

[sikbeta]

People that disagree with DigitalAnalog, really understand what the hell he wrote after [B.]?, cuz I'm clueless @_@

lol

[DigitalAnalog]

To the best of my translation abilities:

"JEEZ, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING? HEY, EVERYONE (MGS4 team) LET'S DO THIS!"

Hope that helps.

***Oh and the disagrees are from the haters, nothing more, nothing less. (Or they hated option A.)

-End statement

[November 9 2004]

so much for them not working on it lol. someone will be butthurt about this...

[kvg88]

its coming to 360 and PS3, with Kojima and his squad now working on the game, it's guaranteed to be better than if they didn't.

Are there people that actually want this game to fail? lol

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Why people don't mention the PC?

Is coming for the 3 Platforms.

[Crusade]

Kojima isn't working on it. From the beginning the team has always been split with kojima and part of his team working on peace walker and the other team supposed to be working on Rising. Kojima doesn't want to work on rising and is letting his team do it themselves.

[AliTheBrit19]

Great, MGS4 was pure quality and we can expect Rising to be great too.

[booni3]

but alot of people are gonna say since it isnt ps3 exclusive it will be inferior. I dont know why, but they will say it.

[Biggest]

I won't say it's inferior. But I will say it won't take up more than 6.8g of storage space.

[spunnups]

Work on MGS5, a true MGS4 sequel, not this spinoff multi-plat garbage.

[NaiNaiNai]

you ever stop to think that maybe...maybe~ kojima wanted to bring the series to another console and start a entire new series out of it...

Unless you think kojima is the type of person who would take a bribe and just throw all his career away for a bit of money...cause that's what your implying.

[Whitefox789]

Hideo Kojima:

MGS: Peace Walker = MGS: 5

[theEnemy]

.

[El_Colombiano]

@Above

Hmmm I would love that. Is it Photoshopped or is it real?

[theEnemy]

it is real.

I wonder why they dropped the "5" though.

[silvacrest]

isn't this a bit late in development? although, i have no idea how far along they are

assuming they at least started around E3 of last, development should be almost a year in

[Mattey]

I say it takes about 3 years to complete a top notch game with an experienced studio.

[DigitalAnalog]

Would the game be a "spin-off" or would it be treated as much canon to the story of the MGS universe itself?

-End statement

[Whitefox789]

Much of the same as Portable Ops was spin off for being a "Side Story" for Big Boss after MGS 3. I mean by what we got so far the overall plot of this game revolves around Raiden after MGS 2 and into MGS 4. Where the main plot of MGS 4 was involved between Solid Snake and Liquid Ocelot.

[Crusade]

They've always been working on it. Kojima himself isn't working on it though.

[Batzi]

That is true. Everyone is speculating that Rising's plot will be somewhere between MGS2 and MGS4 events. For now we have no idea, we'll have to wait until E3 comes to find out. Kojima better has something worth the wait because we've been waiting for news about Rising for too damn long and sometimes I wonder how Starcraft fans have to wait for Blizzard to finish the sequel!

[CYBERSNAKE]

Isn't it funny how all the PS3 fanboys pretend their not interested in this cuz Kojima isn't director and how all the 360 fanboys pretend they are interested in this although they know absolute nothing about MGS

Seriously you all need to f*ckin grow up, they're just games

[bangoskank]

So 360 owners don't know anything about MGS. My 1st current gen console was a 360, which I bought about 3 yrs ago, and I just picked up a PS3 a couple of weeks ago. I've been playing Metal gear since the NES days. Get a clue before you start posting asinine comments.

If I were to buy Metal Gear: Rising, it would be because Kojima took an already interesting character and made him a lot cooler in MGS4. I don't get all the Gayden bullsh*t. Are you guys like... 12?

[CYBERSNAKE]

I didn't say '360 owners', I said '360 fanboys' there's a big difference.

And I agree, there's nothing wrong with Raiden, yeah he's not as masculine as Snake but who cares, I'm looking forward to seeing his story.

[Blitzkid]

what did they before? Maybe a Trophy patch?

[shadow2797]

MGS: Peace Walker.

[TheBand1t]

Great, so I can play as Snake now, right?

.....Right?

....):

[Whitefox789]

I don't think we'll be seeing Solid Snake anymore.....

:'(

[foxxy]

I want my pw now I'm too hyped for that game.

[lh_swe]

And why every PS3 fanboy assume that they know this will suck while not having seen JACK S***! about it.

Everybody just shut up! Grow up and save yourself from looking like a comlplete r-tard!

@below - I wonder why it is you don't agree with the PS3 one? Is it because it's not true? Isn't it the case that PS3 fanboys from the git-go have been assuming that this wont be a "true" MGS and thus will suck?

[TANUKI]

I agree with the 360 comment.

[mcnablejr]

mgs4 may have a lot of videos ( a little too many)
its still an enjoyable game during the portions in which you actually play as you have a lot of options and alot of control over what you do..
when people complain about games being too much like movies , they should look at games like heavy rain which offer such strict gameplay with little variety,although it may seem like it.

[xaviertooth]

but its not a shooter, bots will not have the intelligence to play what MGS4 team will do.

[ELite_Ghost]

I can't believe its on 360...
W/e just like FFXIII it'll have 3 cds and def make fun of the console!
And sales will be double on ps3

[CryWolf]

Thats a good question why would Kojima want to develop MGS Rising for a inferior console as 360 clearly is, look at Final Fantasy XIII on 3 DVD discs only in 576P so they say, its still going to be a low quality game and cut backs on gameplay I don't see the point in getting this MGS Rising game.

[ELite_Ghost]

Well at least I hope they make fun of the 360 for the disc change thing just like they did on mgs4.
It will be the worst MGS ever and the only MGS on an xbox.
Lets hope the ps3 version is much better with exclusive content or something and better graphics.

[Batzi]

YES finally some good news since Rising's announcement!!! woohoo!! chefet MALEK???? eltelak Kojima ma byetreka!!! :D

[TheObserver]

I don't think MGR will be the real deal. I think Kojima just takes MS money because Konami told him to do so.

Look at this video, Kojima probably laughing his ass off all the way to the bank.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Some RAIDEN and VAMP gameplay on MGO. I wonder what MGR will be like.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[xtremeimport]

kojima is still not working on it...and thats what makes me wonder about this game.

[Batzi]

He will be sooner or later mark my words.

[PirateThom]

I dunno about Kojima, he seems to be preoccupied with other things right now, especially since he's talking about new games.

I still think his input will be minimal, even if the MGS4 team is working on it, while Kojima plans out future games.

[Sigh]

"MGS4 IS JUST A MOVIE!! HAHA YEAH TAKE THAT! I SAID IT! YEAH!"

*Metal Gear Rising coming to 360*

"YES WE GET METAL GEAR! YES YES YES!"

Hypocrites.

[Kingdom Come]

The Typical PS3 Fanboys:
"MGS4 is incredible, the 360 will never be able to play this game, it would need 4 discs at least! HaHaHaHa!"
Metal Gear Rising Announced for PS3 and Xbox 360:
"Oh, I'm not interested because it's on the Xbox...it will be cr@p."

Seriously, grow up. I own both a PS3 and a 360, and I rarely play the PS3, it's gathering dust. And MGS4 was, in my eye's, a dissapointment, though like I said, I am primarily a 360 gamer...

[Sigh]

I'm actually looking forward to Rising. Just saw the 360 fanboys as the most hypocritical beings on the metal gear rising issue. The fact that you say "grow up" just shows you're one of the sensitive 360 fanboys. PS3 collecting dust? I don't care. Why don't you sell it then? Weirdo.

[Kingdom Come]

I'm a wierdo for not selling my PS3? Wow, I suppose even though I don't know what games could be announced in the future for the PS3 I'll sell it. Just because I hardly use it, doesn't mean I should sell it.

[hesido]

arghh

[mistajeff]

i figured this would happen. raiden is kojima's favorite character, i'm sure he'd want to make sure a game about him would be awesome.

[The Iron Sheik]

Bots before E3 last year: "Metal Gear sucks its just a movie"

Bots after E3 last year: "Yeah in your face PS3 fanboys lost another exclusive, I can't wait to play Metal Gear Rising on my 360."

[makingdamage]

It´ll be interesting to see if or what impact the limitation of dvd has on this game since Kojima wanted even moore space than bluray for MGS4. Will the game be on several discs? Or will it be as good as MGS4 but on one dvd (which would imply that the bluray wasnt needed for MGS4)?
I´m not interested in starting some kind of fanboy war but these question are interesting I think.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

If Kojima makes the huge space like MGS4 = 50GB.

Consider PC and Xbox 360 a compilation like 5 DVD's + Compressed Files and Sounds

And PS3 1 Single Disc + Uncompressed Files and Sound.

[gtamike123]

ah unlucky team must be soul destroying to be very limited to DVD and not able to use the full power of the CELL.

[chriski333]

they should stop making it for the xbox i'm pissed cause now the game will not have high quality look like MSG4 did

[Xfanboy]

never played an MGS game in 1080 can't F in wait!!

[Xfanboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[IRetrouk]

im hoping they use the mgs4 engine for the ps3 version, or even an updated one,it seems silly to me that they would use a multi engine when thay already have one up and runing for the ps3.

[DFresh]

It's not even a true Metal Gear game.
No Solid Snake + No Tactical Espionage (Stealth) + No Kojima Producing/Directing = Not a true Metal Gear game.
Somewhere in my mind I think Metal Gear: Rising could be a Kojima Productions style hack and slash w/ a touch of Ninja Gaiden gore.

Metal Gear: Rising could be good but I still have my doubts.

Honestly I want to see Kojima work on something else besides Metal Gear for once.

Please bring out Zone of Enders or a new IP or something.

[baodeus]

well that would be good news for MGS Rising.

And yeah, i don't understand why some people don't want this game to be a success either?........maybe they wanted to blame on x360 if the game isn't as good? Fanboy love to play blame game, not real games i guess.

[Bigboss19]

I doubt the whole MGS4/Peace Walker team is helping the MGS rising team maybe a fourth or third because Hideo Kojima said on his tweeter account he has two games in planning stages....this makes me question the game even more now...

[Bolts]

Please, no more Snake or Snake based games. Its time the Kojima team stick to their strengths, and thats making games based on chicks with great boobs and ass who are loosely based on real actress, pop stars and/or models.

Now is the time for Metal Gear: Xtreme Beach Volley Ball!!

[IRetrouk]

im hoping they use the mgs4 engine for the ps3 version, or even an updated one,it seems silly to me that they would use a multi engine when thay already have one up and runing for the ps3.