Tag: Konami
Review Silent Hill: The Short Message (PS5) - There's a Reason It's Free
Ghost this one
Silent Hill: The Short Message is the first product in 12 years to release with the Silent Hill name on it, and picking up where the Silent Hill HD Collection and PS Vita title Book of Memories left off, it doesn't exactly put the series' best foot forward. Instead of a horror experience filled with inventive puzzles and consistently...
News Silent Hill: The Short Message Available to Download Now on PS5
Fear will take you
Silent Hill: The Short Message was announced for PS5 just over an hour ago, and now the free game is available to download now. Your best bet is to search for it on the PS Store, and it should appear. It's a 12.15GB install, so you won't have to wait too long to start playing. The game is said to be powered by "the latest in game...
News New Silent Hill 2 PS5 Trailer Shows Combat, Puzzles, and More
Bloober Team remake looking fresh
Not only did Konami have Silent Hill: The Short Message to reveal, but it also featured a new Silent Hill 2 trailer for PS5. Combat was the focus of the footage, but it also had a few quick glimpses of puzzles and exploration. Though, perhaps surprisingly, there was no release date attached. All it had to say is the...
News Free Silent Hill Game The Short Message Out Today on PS5
First-person title is an exclusive
Rumoured to be a thing for quite some time, Konami has finally announced Silent Hill: The Short Message for PS5 as an exclusive. It's a completely original game told in first-person, and it's out today on the PS Store for free. "Following messages from her friend Maya, Anita finds herself at a crumbling apartment...
News Snake Plissken Actor Explains Why He Never Played Iroquois Plisken in Metal Gear Solid
Will the real Solid Snake please stand up?
Kurt Russell, the legendary action movie star of Escape From New York fame, made a huge impression on a young Hideo Kojima. So much so that the auteur game designer's most iconic character, Solid Snake, is essentially a walking homage to Russell's character in the 1981 classic, the iconic Snake Plissken...
News Konami Reveals Rocket Knight, Rare Felix the Cat Collection on PS5, PS4
Porcine power trip
Like a bolt from the blue, publisher Konami has revealed two intriguing retro collections in collaboration with Limited Run Games. Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked bundles together three games from the series, and Felix the Cat combines two difficult-to-come-by titles for the first time. Neither has a release date as yet...
News Metal Gear Solid Remake Hopes Kept Alive by New Report
Delta: Snake Eater the priority, though
Konami looks to be resurrecting its Metal Gear Solid series via ports of all the old mainline games that form the Master Collection (with volume one already out now), but a new report has reignited hopes the Japanese publisher still plans to give the original PS1 classic a full makeover. Areajugones (via
News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection PS5, PS4 Getting Screen Setting Features Update in January
Blink and you'll miss it
Konami has revealed that another patch for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is incoming for PlayStation players and is expected to arrive on PS5 and PS4 in early January. It'll add a plethora of screen settings to play around with, hopefully allowing for a more authentic tactical espionage experience. Already live...
News Free Soccer Sim eFootball Finally Adds More Single Player, But It Ain't Master League
My League aims to keep you occupied in the meantime
Eons ago, Konami promised that free-to-play soccer sim eFootball would add in PES’ enormously popular single player Master League mode – but while there is more solo content coming in this months v3.20 update, you’ll have to wait a little longer for the hotly anticipated addition. My League...
News Silent Hill: Ascension Was Written by 'Real People', Not AI
So says Genvid Entertainment
Silent Hill: Ascension developer Genvid Entertainment has publicly claimed its interactive TV series spin on the survival franchise hasn't been written using AI. Suggestions it has were
Hills have eyes
Update: In a tweet over the weekend, Bloober Team seemed a little peeved that Konami is keeping its PS5-bound Silent Hill 2 remake secret. It suggested, in response to a query, that fans turn their attention to the Japanese publisher for more information. Perhaps recognising its comments may have come across a bit short, it’s since...
News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection's Latest Patch a Step in the Right Direction
But there's still a long way to go
Konami has released the latest patch for the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, which addresses various issues and bugs afflicting the controversial port. The Master Collection bundles together some of the most iconic games in the series, a blessing for fans, but not one without flaws. Konami does seem to...
News Konami Is Creating a New Silent Hill Production Team
The rebirth of Team Silent?
Konami appears to be laying the foundations for a successor to its former internal studio Team Silent, which developed the first four Silent Hill games. A recruitment page is advertising roles for a newly formed Silent Production Team, and is giving those picked the "chance to be involved in game production in a...
News A Pyramid Head Origin Story in Silent Hill 2 Remake Was 'Incorrect Information'
But fans still hope for new info
Konami has responded to suggestions the upcoming PS5 remake of Silent Hill 2 will feature an origin story for Pyramid Head, stating it's "incorrect information" via a statement handed to Eurogamer. Word of such a thing came from a Best Buy product listing for the game, where it was claimed the famous character would...
News Are There More Silent Hill Remakes Coming to PS5?
Pyramid scheme
It’s been a while since we heard word of Bloober Team’s obscenely pretty PS5 exclusive Silent Hill 2 remake, but it looks like there could be more revisits to the eponymous New England suburb on the way. Speaking in an earnings call, and ambitiously picked up around the web, Konami said that it has multiple “remakes” on the...
News Solid Snake Voice Actor David Hayter Fronts New Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Promo
"This is only the beginning"
Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter has appeared in a new Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection promotion where he'll "guide us through iconic moments in the Metal Gear Solid franchise" as part of a new legacy video series. The video up above is a teaser for the series, which is said to be "only the beginning". It's not...
Poll Do You Like Metal Gear Solid Delta's New Graphical Style?
Let's delta
Konami unveiled official in-engine footage of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater earlier this week, in a bid to show off the remake's technically impressive visuals. Crafted with Unreal Engine 5, this yet-to-be-dated revival is clearly hoping to wow in terms of graphics, but the reaction to said footage has been a little more divided...
News Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Is Going to Look Unreal on PS5
And here's the proof
The first in-engine footage of Konami’s upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has been published as part of an Xbox Partner Preview – and it confirms the game is running in Unreal Engine 5. The results, as you’d no doubt expect, are incredibly impressive. While this feels more like a tech demo than a true...
Poll Are You Playing Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1?
The wait is over
Out now on PS5 and PS4, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 bundles together three iconic PlayStation titles. Many would say it's about damn time, but we want to know if you've been eagerly awaiting these fresh ports. While it's nice to finally have these classics on current consoles, the Master Collection's packaging is a...
News Metal Gear Solid 4, 5, Peace Walker Ports are Almost Certainly Planned, Says New Evidence
Vol. 2 when?
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is out now on PS5 and PS4, and it hasn't taken dedicated fans very long at all to unearth evidence of yet more Metal Gear ports. According to Timo635 on Reddit, there are clear references to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker,
News Konami Aware of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Launch Issues, Fixes Incoming
Snake?
Konami's Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is a nostalgic amalgamation of Snake's earliest outings, and it's out today on PS5 and PS4. Purists will notice minor imperfections, mainly in how the older titles are presented, but worry not, as fixes have been promised and are currently en route, though no timeframe was given. IGN was...
Review Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection (PS5) - Three Classics in One Messy Bundle
A thrill, in some ways
After an era of pachinko machines and sports clubs, Konami is back. Well, its old games are back. The Japanese company is on a mission to regain the fans it lost after abandoning the hardcore gaming space, and turning nostalgia into dollars was always going to be the first thing it did. A more expansive remake of Metal Gear...
News Hideo Kojima Missing from Metal Gear Solid Collection's Credits on PS5, PS4
Konami only acknowledges "all Metal Gear staff and fans"
While his name is still present throughout the game, Hideo Kojima has been removed from the credits of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 1, which launches later this week on PS5 and PS4. New wrappers for the games simply thank “all Metal Gear staff and fans”, and don’t...
News Metal Gear Solid's First-Ever Trophy List Has Been Revealed
By way of the Master Collection
PS1 masterpiece Metal Gear Solid will be playable on modern PlayStation hardware once more with the release of next week's Master Collection, and this also means the classic is getting its first-ever Trophy list. While Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater received their own Trophy lists by way of Bluepoint Games' HD...
News Silent Hill: Ascension Gets Premiere Trailer, Screaming Begins on PS5, PS4 in October
Get the fog out of town
Silent Hill: Ascension, the interactive TV series thingy from Konami, is almost here, with the first episode airing on 31st October. We have a premiere trailer to set the scene, and you can get in on the action weekly via the Sony Pictures Core app on PS5 and PS4, on a browser, or through the increasingly essential
News Metal Gear Solid Locked at 30fps in PS5, PS4 Master Collection
Sons of Liberty, Snake Eater still "target" 60
In sad news for stealth fans, it seems like Snake's inaugural mission through Shadow Moses will move slower than expected. Publisher Konami has revealed that Metal Gear Solid, alone amongst the treasured trilogy bundled in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, will remain locked at 30...
News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection PS4 Will Launch Alongside PS5 Version on 24th October
Day and date
The Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 is slated to launch on PS5 on 24th October. A PS4 iteration was also announced but without a specific release date. We now know it'll launch day and date with the PS5 version. While the PS5 iteration will be available both physically and digitally, The Master Collection will only be...
News Contra: Operation Galuga PS5, PS4 Reimagines an Arcade Classic
Run 'n' gun
Contra has had its highs and lows over the years, but the franchise is obviously famous for its arcade debut, which is arguably one of the greatest shooters ever made. Now, developer WayForward has announced a modern reimagining of the all-time classic Contra: Operation Galuga, which promises “modern graphics and sound, new stages, new...
Mini Review Super Bomberman R 2 (PS5) - A Step in the Right Direction for the Series
Ellons on another planet
Super Bomberman R 2 from Konami is a sequel to 2018's franchise revival. This time around the Bomberman Brothers must protect the home planets of the squishy creatures known as Ellons from being destroyed by the evil mastermind Fusel. As with most Bomberman titles, you have the option to play both online and offline in...
News Suikoden I & II HD Remasters Delayed Out of 2023
Konami casts wait
Konami has confirmed the PS4 remasters of the first two Suikoden games will no longer release this year as the studio needs more time to "ensure the quality performance and gameplay experience our users deserve". A new date has not been announced, but it's now expected in 2024 alongside its spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle:...
News Konami Forced to Clarify MGS Master Collection Is 1080p, Up to 60FPS on PS5, PS4
Update: Resolution brought into focus
Update (22nd August 2023): Publisher Konami has clarified the frame rate and resolution for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1. In a statement issued to IGN, the company says the compilation has a 1080p, 60 frames-per-second "target" on all platforms (except Nintendo Switch). This means we...
News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Also Sneaking to PS4
Out of the box
Despite the PS5 being Sony’s flagship format these days, its previous generation console the PS4 continues to receive robust software support from most major publishers. It’s perhaps not a gigantic surprise that Konami has committed to releasing its retro compilation Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 on the decade-old...
News Silent Hill: Ascension Comic-Con Panel Set for Next Week
New content and details expected
There are a lot of questions surrounding what Silent Hill: Ascension really is at the moment, so fans will be tuning in for next week's San Diego Comic-Con panel in the hope of concrete news and details. What we do know is it's a TV series where fans can have their say and shape the conclusion of the story, but it's...
News Metal Gear Solid 4, 5, Peace Walker Reportedly in Master Collection Vol. 2
Old Snake finally free of PS3?
The fact Konami is referring to its new Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection as Volume 1 suggests there's likely another in the works, and the Internet combined with sources speaking to IGN believe they've figured out what games will be made available. Via some online sleuthing and source outreach, it's speculated...
News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Is Out for PS5 on 24th October
Pre-orders go live today
Konami has announced the first volume of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection will release for PS5 on 24th October 2023. As confirmed in today's Nintendo Direct, the compilation brings the original PS1 version of Metal Gear Solid along with the PS3 remasters of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and
News Want More Metal Gear Solid Remakes for PS5? You Need to Ensure Konami Knows
Money talks
Want to see more classic Metal Gear Solid remakes on PS5? You'll need to communicate that wish to Konami in the language in which it's most fluent: that of dollar dollar bills, y'all. Speaking to IGN, a Konami representative was careful not to mention any new games, but did say that "regarding remakes of previous games in the series...
News Well Actually, Metal Gear Delta: Snake Eater PS5 Will Reuse the Original Voice Lines
Triangle strategy
Perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised, considering we knew the original voice cast was returning, but Metal Gear Delta: Snake Eater will actually reuse the original voice lines as well. In an interview with the Verge, Tommy Williams, head of communications for Konami i
News Shocking: Hideo Kojima Not Involved in Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake
Neither is Yoji Shinkawa
It really shouldn't come as a surprise, but Konami has now announced series creator Hideo Kojima is not involved in the development of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. The remake is led by Konami itself with assistance from port team Virtuos Studio, and artist Yoji Shinkawa isn't part of the production either. "They are...
News Silent Hill: Ascension Streams Online Later This Year, Influenced by Fans
Your choices change the story
Konami already has a few Silent Hill games announced, but one of the new projects you may have forgotten about from last year's showcase was Silent Hill: Ascension, a sort of interactive TV series influenced by fans. You'll be able to watch the show online and can help decide the fates of its main characters — get a...
News Insider Says Silent Hill 2 Remake, Townfall, and Ascension Trailers Incoming
Triple threat
Silent Hill fans could be eating well in the coming days if brash talk in the digital equivalent of the Mos Eisley Cantina is anything to go by. Insider Dusk Golem (who leaked the news that Silent Hill 2 was coming ahead of the official reveal) posted on TheSnitch's Discord channel that we'd be seeing trailers for the remake, Silent...
News Metal Gear Solid's PS5 Master Collection Adds Two More Titles
Sneaky
We already know the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 will include three games from Konami’s classic stealth series – but there’s more. As spotted on the game’s official PS Store page, the compilation will also include the MSX2 originals: Metal Gear and, of course, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. While these additions will be...
News Virtuos Assisting Konami on Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Development
Port team is on the job
Following a bit of confusion surrounding the developer of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater since the remake's reveal yesterday, Konami has now clarified Virtuos Studio is indeed supporting development. It's the team rumours spoke of in the months leading up to the PlayStation Showcase announcement, so it comes as little...
News Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, and 3 Launch on PS5 in the Master Collection
In addition to 3 remake
Not only is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater coming to PS5 as a remake, but the original PS2 version is also launching on Sony's current-gen console alongside the original Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty as the Master Collection. "Sneak back into the original games on PlayStation 5" in Autumn 2023, an...
News Konami's Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Is Real, Confirmed for PS5
Oh what a thrill
After many months of rumours and speculation, Konami has finally announced a full remake of PS2 classic Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is in the works. It will launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The news was shared during Sony's PlayStation Showcase
News PS5 Exclusivity Over Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Appears Uncertain
New report says it's multi-platform
Gaming insiders can't definitively work out whether the heavily rumoured remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater will be exclusive to PS5 or not, as a new report conflicts with suggestions that Sony has locked the game to its console. The article comes from Insider Gaming, where Tom Henderson reveals his sources...
Rumour PS Showcase Could Be Around Two Weeks Away
Any day now
Update: The speculation continues, unobstructed, without official confirmation from Sony. Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb, who’s been beating the May PS Showcase drum for a fair few months, has nailed down a “week of May 25th” window for the anticipated event. He added: “That timing on PS Showcase is right as of now.” He continued:...
News Rumours About PS5 Exclusive Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, and Castlevania Send the Web Potty
But
Speculation on social media this weekend suggests Sony may have signed (timed?) console exclusivity agreements with Konami on a trio of titles, including Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, and Silent Hill. We don’t need to speculate about the latter, because a remake of legendary PS2 survival horror Silent Hill 2 was announced by Bloober Team last...
Random Metal Gear Solid Singer Causes Stir with Unrelated Snake Eater Recording
Hype responsibly
The persistent rumours of a Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake have been swirling for years, with Konami's reimagined epic purportedly out as soon as 2024. It seemed like further fuel had been thrown onto that particular conflagration over the weekend, not from a leak or data breach, but by a singer long associated
News Suikoden Remasters Release Date Could Be Incoming as Games Get Rated
RPG classics could be coming soon
The terribly named Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars could be getting a release date in the near future, if a new Taiwanese rating is anything to go by (as spotted by Gematsu). Ratings like this often suggest that some kind of announcement is incoming, and in Suikoden's case, a...
News Konami Employee Charged with Attempted Murder After Attacking Boss with Fire Extinguisher
Publisher yet to comment
There’s never a dull day at Konami it seems – but this story isn’t really a laughing matter. According to Japanese publication Asahi Shimbun Digital, an employee has been charged with attempted murder after attacking his boss with a fire extinguisher, and allegedly hitting him “with the intention of killing him”...
