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Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Announced, Shocks Industry

Posted on Thursday, August 30 @ 07:24:43 Eastern by


Ask any of us on GameRevolution—things have become a bit stale this generation. We're running out of exciting things to talk about each day. We're literally begging for the next generation to arrive to breathe some life into the console industry. Then Hideo Kojima swoops in to save the day.

At the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary Event in Japan just hours ago, Kojima Productions made a few solid announcements. A Metal Gear movie was unveiled, and a social game called Metal Gear Solid Social Ops also was shown—but Hideo Kojima took the stage to make good on his team's promise to shock the industry by debuting Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes live on stage using the developer's new Fox Engine.

Everyone in attendance was stunned at the atmosphere and scale of MGS: Ground Zeroes, said to be an open-world, visually captivating, true to its roots Metal Gear Solid game.

The demonstration showed "Snake" sneaking around, crawling to avoid searchlights, stealth kills, then Snake radioing for an evac heli. They only referred to him as "Snake" and not Solid Snake. So it very well could be Big Boss or yet another clone.

Although it's been said that the game is designed with the PS3 and Xbox 360 in mind, many are convinced that to achieve this level of fidelity, MGS: Ground Zeroes simply has to be a next generation game. The game runs on Fox Engine which has been built for current and next generation consoles.

Kojima was pitching it as a "Game without Game Overs", as in the game doesn't end if you're discovered.

Expect more information soon as the dust settles in Japan, but for now, feast your eyes on these two images.
Tags:   Metal Gear Solid, Konami, kojima productions, Hideo Kojima, PS4, next-gen, hot


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  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 7:45 am
    Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaake
    0 2
  • Wedgington
    Wedgington
    Joined: Aug 2011
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 8:05 am
    Huh?! What was that noise?
    0 1
  • TheJudge89
    TheJudge89
    Joined: Apr 2009
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 8:13 am
    Great...Just what my wallet needs right now; Another "Must Buy"-title and possibly even greater news...A next-gen console to wash it down with...Dammit :DD
    0 0
  • xavier_2000_ie
    xavier_2000_ie
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 9:02 am
    he looks more like Sam Fisher with those goggles on his head, cept they dont have the 3 lights
    (OT: THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!!)
    0 0
  • saxton
    saxton
    Joined: Aug 2012
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 9:10 am
    Are you sure it's Solid Snake? I thought Kojima said his story was over. And isn't that a Militares San Fronteres (sp) patch? And one of the suits from Peace Walker?
    0 0
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 9:12 am
    Kojima is also known to troll. Hence, Metal Gear Solid 2.
    0 0
  • saxton
    saxton
    Joined: Aug 2012
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 9:26 am
    Also, I just noticed... there seems to be a visible strap above his right eye... and it's not for the goggles...
    0 2
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
    I can tell you are a true MGS fan, analyzing anything and everything. My guess is yes, trolling. And I should clarify in the article that he was only being referred to as "Snake" and not Solid Snake.
    0 1
  • blake_peterson
    blake_peterson
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Aug 31st, 2012 at 12:23 am
    Peacewalker took Big Boss right up to the first Metal Gear for the MSX computer. It would make sense (especially with the celebratory timing) that an older more seasoned Naked Snake's next adventure could be a remake of that first game from Big Boss' perspective.

    Still, I keep waiting for Konami to let Kojima make a new IP. Sigh.
    0 0
  • UpAndAtThem
    UpAndAtThem
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
    You're right. Noticed that in two last pics, the implied eyepatch is on different eyes. Looks like he has Sagat's reversing eyepatch syndrome.
    0 1
  • darkvictory
    darkvictory
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 9:48 am
    It could be Big Boss or, knowing Kojima, it's Otacon. Or Sunny. Who the hell knows half the time with Kojima. Might be Johnny. I'm just happy it's not a picture of Snake with the hi-fi blade and a cyborg body.
    0 0
  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 10:20 am
    I certainly wouldn't mind a Metal Gear-style game that just has new characters and a new story, and no bosses that are a rip-off of Psycho Mantis. After all, whenever I remember that Snake is designed to be a complete rip-off of Kurt Russell in the Escape from New York/L.A. movies, I certainly wish they'd just start over, without the impenetrable AI subplot going on.
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  • Snacko
    Snacko
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 10:33 am
    Certainly looks like Big Boss in the concept art at least. Are you sure it was Big Boss during the demo?
    0 1
  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries
    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 10:55 am
    Looks more like SAM FISHER to me.
    0 1
  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 11:39 am
    There's an eyepatch strap going underneath the goggle, and a MSF patch on his arm.

    Yeah, it's Big Boss. And do you know what this means? With this game, there are going to be as many Metal Gear games where you play as Big Boss as there are ones where you play as Solid Snake.
    0 1
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
    Well hold on... the eyepatch is on different position on both pictures! Could it mean...? Is big boss related to Sagat?
    tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbidextrousSp​rite


    Is Sagat actually BIG BOSS?!
    1 1
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
    This is really cool and everything, but please explain to me what is "shocking" or "industry shaking" about it. I don't get it.
    1 0
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
    I don't know yet. I didn't see it for myself. I was going by what my colleagues have told me. But there's something about being there live, seeing things like this be unveiled and knowing they're going to have a significant impact on the industry.
    0 1
  • nihm
    nihm
    Joined: Jan 2011
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
    Maybe the Fox engine will be the new Unreal 3 engine?
    0 1
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
    I'm shocked and excited about it and I wasn't even at the conference.
    0 0
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 1:42 pm
    This is utterly fantastic. I'm so happy to know there will be another Metal Gear made by Kojima starring Snake!
    0 2
  • phantomasko
    phantomasko
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
    even as a series fan, i wouldn't mind if it was going to be on PC platform too....you know to get everything out of that engine
    1 0
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
    i want a gameplay video! right now! no newly announced game has ever sounded this good, ever!
    0 1
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
    Maybe it's both of them?
    0 1
  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
    Looks like we's about to get more Naked Snake.
    0 0
  • Sensei_Rebel
    Sensei_Rebel
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Aug 31st, 2012 at 5:11 am
    A Metal Gear movie was unveiled? We already played through 4 of those. Metal Gear 4 was a great movie!
    0 0
  • Guan_Yu
    Guan_Yu
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Aug 31st, 2012 at 7:49 pm
    Like many have said, I think it is definitely going to be either a completely new prequel or a remake of the original Metal Gear. It even has "zero" in the title. I can't wait for Kojima to prove me wrong!!
    0 0
  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 1:47 pm


    Nuff said.
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