Sackboy's cutesy charm didn't work on you PlayStation hard nuts, it seems, as Sony's latest answer to Mario was forced to stand aside for brutal shooter Killzone 2 as the PlayStation Game of the Year.
This is the award every publisher wants to win, the Ultimate Game The Year award. If you pick this one up, you've made a really good game. In the nominations were giants such as Fallout 3, Call of Duty World at War, Left 4 Dead, Grand Theft Auto, IV and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. See - them's some big guns.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has become the one of the fastest selling PS3 exclusives, only coming second to the magnificent Metal Gear Solid 4.
Nine Over Ten 9/10 has posted up details on the newly released Ultra Detailed Metal Gear Solid figurines, featuring Raiden, Vamp, Old Snake, Naked Snake and The Boss.
Gamesthirst Articles writes: Snake, snake, snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake! Solid snake just won't give up no matter how hard you try to press him down. Looking at amazon's best sellers chart, MTG4 is No. 4, that's just one slot beneath Halo 3: ODST, and one spot higher than Uncharted 2: Among thieves.
Jem Alexander of the EU Playstation Blog writes: On September 2nd the PlayStation 3 Platinum range received a handful of new titles. These popular games require no introduction and may well be of interest to any recent purchasers of the new PS3 model.
Regarded as one of the greatest games this generation, Metal Gear Solid 4 is the final chapter in the saga of Solid Snake. Showcasing amazing graphics, gameplay, and movie like sequences, this game still remains as one the premiere PS3 titles.
Kojima Productions, a subsidiary of Konami and developer of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, has issued a statement regarding the numerous requests for the game to be patched with trophy support.
PlayStation LifeStyle writes:
As you may have already heard, MGS:TUS and Fangamer created probably the most unique piece of gaming merchandise - the "Les Enfant Terribles" t-shirt.
In 1987 everybody's favorite stealth man Solid Snake debuted on July 12th with the Japanese release of Metal Gear for the MSX2. Today he and the game that started it all celebrate their 22nd birthday.
NextGen Player writes:
Engadget: As Sony shoves one more PlayStation 3 bundle down our throats while we anxiously await the appearance of a slimmed-down version of the console, we have to admit that the game choices here are really top shelf. After catching wind of the Killzone 2 / Metal Gear Sold 4 PS3 bundle yesterday, we now have all the confirmation we need to believe that such a bundle is indeed filtering out to Best Buy stores.
BioEye from TheSixthAxis writes: "That's it then. If Konami were going to announce anything big for MGS4, last week was their moment. So after a year, E3 2009 and the Metal Gear Solid week, no trophies have been announced or confirmed for MGS4. If you're still getting your hopes up, then don't."
Konami says that in honor of Metal gear solid 4's one year anniversary Konami will announce something everyday this week.
Examiner: "Metal Gear Solid: Rising won't be using the same engine as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots."
Examiner: "In the latest Kojima Productions Report podcast, we learn that Metal Gear Online will be receiving an update on June 16th."
SCEA has just announced the next six games to get the Greatest Hits treatment.
Kojima once said that he was thinking of having downloadable episodes a long way back, before MGS4 was released….(any thoughts going through anyone's head?) so as of now Kojima reveals his team and show that clearly means it a exclusive….unless Kojima says otherwise.
Everywhere you can read about Famitsu, Big Boss, the old man, Kojima Productions NEXT and teaser site, Metal Gear Raiden, etc. But nobody seems to figure it out.