Released online Friday night, Konami offered gamers a look at news and games to look forward to next week in the form of a one-hour long promotional video; the video has been uploaded to Gametrailers and can be found here. Detailed below are information and games to be aware of come next week:
Metal Gear Solid: Rising A No-Show
Confirmed by Hideo Kojima in the video, he states that the game is looking at a "2012" release window (that sounds specific...) and did not mention it further - due to the large popularity of the game, I am very surprised that Konami will not be showcasing this at E3 - seeing as the title was announced two years ago, it should be nearing a release date, and the lack of any type of showing for the game for the majority of the past year seems like it would hinder rather than help the building up of hype for this game.
Metal Gear Solid/ Zone of the Enders HD Collections
Also confirmed in the video is the upcoming releases of two new HD collections for the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 (which is a first - the past HD remakes, such as Prince of Persia and Sly Cooper, have been Playstation exclusive) - the Metal Gear Solid games and the Zone of the Enders games (the first one ranking fairly significantly in my top ten all-time favorite games). The Metal Gear Solid Collection will featured MGS 2, 3, and Peace Walker (one of several releases for the Playstation Portable) and will be released in November of this year. The Zone of the Enders collection will feature both games, 1 and 2, and will be released sometime in 2012 - a specific date has not yet been set. Also likely but unconfirmed is the possibility of Zone of the Enders coming to either the PSP or the forthcoming Playstation handheld.
The "Fox Engine" Unveiled
While details are sparse during the course of the video, Hideo Kojima showed off a little of his multi-console-spanning game engine that will power his next project (read: not Metal Gear) in the press conference video. The engine, demonstrated at the 51 minute mark in the press conference video, looks very impressive, especially with the attention to detail; the foliage and lighting as especially excellent eye-candy.
Also in the video:
-footage of Konami's upcoming soccer game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
-Silent Hill: Downpour announced for the forthcoming Playstation handheld
-teaser footage of a new Contra game
-footage of the upcoming Konami game NeverDead
-information on Metal Gear Solid's 3DS outing
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