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SHOCKING: 19 - What They Never Told You

26 years on, developers discuss the massive impact Metal Gear Solid had on the industry: "This was going much further than all previous action games. And that was totally inspiring"

Feature | The Impact of Metal Gear Solid: Retro Gamer talks with a selection of developers about the stealth game's 1998 release, and how it changed the industry forever

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In 1997, Hideo Kojima said the "one thing" he wanted to avoid in Metal Gear Solid was "tedious" cutscenes with characters "blabbering at each other for 4 or 5 minutes"

If only he knew what his future would be

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Hideo Kojima offers another Death Stranding 2 update and a demonstration of his unique PS5 controller technique: "Building the game"

Cool controller, Kojima

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Resurfaced Metal Gear Solid interview shows how Kojima made Yoji Shinkawa's designs the game's beating heart: 'Hell yeah, a cyborg ninja!'

"I wanted characters who just from looking at their clothing you’d be able to tell what kind of person they were."

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One of 2024's best anime shows subverts all expectations, but that's its biggest strength

Opinion | Dan Da Dan goes the distance rather than settling for the familiar

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17 years before unleashing Quiet on the world in Metal Gear Solid 5, Hideo Kojima said he didn't want "dishonest" designs like "female characters with huge busts" in the series

"It's a serious, heavy story, and I wanted characters who could handle that world."

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Hideo Kojima was told "games don't need stories" early in his career, so he read 300 books while making a single game to prove them wrong

"Everyone was against it"

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Hideo Kojima originally had "no plans" for a character like Metal Gear Solid's Cyborg Ninja until Yoji Shinkawa's art had him saying "hell yeah, a ninja cyborg!"

Let us cherish Cyborg Ninja

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Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid lead Hideo Kojima once said "everything I make ends up feeling somewhat like a movie" because he'd "grown up with them"

There's a reason his games often feel like films

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Nobody at Konami believed in Metal Gear until Hideo Kojima showed them the exclamation point: "This is gonna work!"

Thank goodness for that exclamation

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Hideo Kojima was ready to quit the "passive-aggressive resistance" Konami before he even made Metal Gear: "Do I have to start beating people up?"

Things were rocky right from the start

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All upcoming Hideo Kojima games: Everything in development at Kojima Productions

From OD to Physint, there's no shortage of upcoming Hideo Kojima games heading to PS5 and Xbox Series X

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Hideo Kojima seems to be testing Death Stranding 2, but it's not going well: "I fell asleep twice while on a delivery and ran the vehicle into a cliff"

"I'm low on sleep"

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Hideo Kojima confesses that Metal Gear Solid 2's motion capture was done using "trial and error" 25 years ago

"But every day felt fresh and exciting"

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Best mech games of all time

Giant robots and piloted machines have been popular in science fiction for decades. If you want to be a mech jock yourself, these are the best mech games.

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On the 23rd anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 2's Japanese release, Hideo Kojima pays lengthy tribute to his "favorite song" in the Metal Gear Solid series

He can't get enough of it

Evening Standard

The 23 most anticipated games of 2025: From Borderlands 4 to GTA 6

Everyone is waiting for GTA 6, but what other titles are going to grace Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS5 consoles and PC next year?

PC Gamer

Hideo Kojima is prepared to 'present a new dimension of cinematic adaptation' for the Death Stranding movie, because making games that are 'similar to a movie' isn't enough

It's simple: Kojima is going to redefine cinema.

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Death Stranding 2 may have confirmed a returning celebrity cameo as Hideo Kojima tells Conan O'Brien "I want to scan you again" and "have you in my new game"

"Hideo, I accept your kind offer"

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Red Dead Redemption 2's very own Arthur Morgan says he wishes that he could work with "genius" Metal Gear mastermind Hideo Kojima

Relatable

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As Metal Gear Solid 2 surpasses its 23rd anniversary, Hideo Kojima says "I sacrificed many things to create the games the way I wanted"

"Even after 23 years," he's happy "people remember"

Inverse

20 Years Later, Hideo Kojima's Best Video Game Gets the Remake It Deserves

‘Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater’ brought out Kojima’s best.

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After leading his own RPG to release, Dragon Age: The Veilguard lead dubs Hideo Kojima as "one of the few people" who deserves the title of "auteurship"

Well-deserved

Windows Central

OPINION: After a year of confusion, Xbox is closing out 2024 with a ton of momentum, and plenty of cause for optimism

After a year of confusion, Xbox is closing out 2024 on a high note with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, a big Xbox Game Pass boost, major support from previously Xbox-agnostic publishers, and two major timed console exclusives.

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Hideo Kojima reveals he did most of the Death Stranding concept work on his phone as he confirms that he's the hand behind the game's logo

Someone give him a hand

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