The making of Metal Gear Solid 4
I stumbled upon a great article that covers the making of one of the best games made Metal Gear Solid 4. Check the article out by clicking here.
Below is what the article covers.
From a Single Storyboard…
Art Direction in Metal Gear Solid
Character Production Workflow
Gator: An Essential Function
Amazing Facial Animation
High-Quality Normal Maps Generated
with Ultimapper
XSI’s Cluster Constraint Function:
Turning [...]
New Metal Gear Solid 4 OctoCamo available
A new download is available within the EXTRAS menu. The new download is an OctoCamo suit called Metal Camo.
‘A metallic OctoCamo pattern. Causes LIFE and Psyche Gauges to decrease at only half the normal rate. However, your Camo Index will decrease by 10%.’
For those still playing the game, press start and the OctoCamo will be [...]
Hideo Kojima: Stop asking me about MGS4 on Xbox 360
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has told Eurogamer that he looks forward to a day when people stop asking him about Metal Gear Solid 4 being ported over to the Xbox 360.
Kojima said:
“I’ve been doing a lot of interviews and stage shows, and half the questions are like ‘Will MGS4 be coming out on 360 [...]
Konami’s operating income surge thanks to MGS4
Konami has released their FY2009 1st Quarter Financial Results and their operating income has surged to ¥11.6 billion with Metal Gear Solid 4 selling more than 3 million units worldwide.
Here’s the statistics:
(Millions of Yen, except per share data)
Net Revenues 70,805 (+16.7%)
Operating Income 11,611 (+65.6%)
Net Income 5,664 (+46.6%)
-“Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of The [...]
Strange MGS4 rumors: Voice of God
There could be more chapters in Metal Gear Solid 4 because at the end of the game you may have noted some strange things such as “Voice of God: Hideo Kojima”.
Here’s an attempt of translating the rumor:
Attention, I stated with a little smile, but most of fermetés: this is only a rumour. But a rumor [...]
Sony: MGS4 on 360 impossible
Jack Tretton, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America shoot down the biggest rumor of the week. Many thought Metal Gear Solid 4 would follow Final Fantasy and make its way to the Xbox 360.
Jack Tretton has responded by saying no other console could handle the technical demand behind Metal Gear Solid 4. Tretton said [...]
MGS4 PS3 Bundle Sales Up 4,033%
Yes thats right. The Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 Bundle has shot up in sales by 4,033% at Amazon.com.
The bundle, which includes Konami Inc.’s latest Metal Gear Solid entry, held a 4,033 percent sales increase by Thurs. afternoon to rank at No. 6 in the Video Games division.
The sales increase happened when Amazon restocked [...]
MGS4 OST Japanese pictures (imported)
Want to have a look at what the Japanese version of the Metal Gear Solid 4 official Sountrack looks like? Below are pictures of the Limited edition of MGS4 and of course the Japanese OST.
The manual is made of very high quality glossy paper and is semi see through as well. Lyrics included from the [...]
Kojima to think about Metal Gear Solid 5
After many reports saying that Metal Gear Solid 4 is the last in the series. Fear not, Hideo Kojima himself has stated that he has got to think about Metal Gear Solid 5.
Kojima said:
“I gotta start thinking about MGS5… Even though, well, Snake’s story ends in MGS4. …About MGS5, that would be something that Kojima [...]
MGS4 is 2nd highest scoring console exclusive
Metal Gear Solid 4 is the second highest scoring console exclusive(This Gen). With a Metacritic score of 95/100, it puts itself above:
1) Gears of war (94/100)
2) Halo 3 (94/100)
3) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (94/100)
The highest game currently is Grand Theft Auto IV with a score of 98/100. The highest scoring console exclusive is held by [...]
Metal Gear Solid 5 could be a prequel
Metal Gear Solid 5 could be a prequel rather than a sequel. With recent discussions regarding MGS5, here, here, here, and here.
Speaking with 1UP, Ryan Payton assistant producer of MGS4 said “still a lot of room for filling in the gaps as far as Big Boss is concerned.”
“There are some misunderstandings that this is the [...]
Sneak peak of the MGS4 database
For those that can’t wait to see the Metal Gear Solid 4 Database that will be available in todays Playstation Store update, here’s a sneak peak. If you don’t know what the MGS4 database is, read this post, it will tell you everything you need to know about it.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 Database to be released today
Today the official Metal Gear Solid 4 Database will be released on Playstation Store. The weight of this database is 77mb and contains free, downloadable interactive application that contains the official knowledge base of everything that is Metal Gear, reaching all the way back to the very beginning of the franchise.
“The MGS4 database is a [...]
Most difficult PS3 games
Here’s a list of the most difficult Playstation 3 games we have experienced. While some games are easy to finish and complete, others are rock solid.
In no particular order:
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Timeshift
Singstar
Crossfire
Gundam
The Darkness (on highest difficulty)
Call of Duty 4 (on highest difficulty)
Metal Gear Solid 4 on the hardest setting
The hardest on that list is probably Ninja [...]
Metal Gear Solid 4 sells 1.3 million units on day one
Thats right, the argubly the best game of the year has sold nearly 1.4 million units on day one!
“First day sales of Metal Gear Solid 4 reach 1.3 million units worldwide, PS3 hardware boosted 180% in America”
Over 350k were solid in Japan alone and over 400k in America.
“The American release of Metal Gear Solid 4, [...]
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