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Some Kojima Productions Surprises at Konami's Press Conference Next Week

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E3 is nearly upon us, which means developers with announcements waiting in the wings are starting to get anxious about sitting on the news. Kojima Productions is the latest to start laying down tracks on ye ol' hype train, promising some "surprises" for Konami's pre-E3 press conference happening next week.

“We are going to have a few announcements at E3 and we have some surprises, so be looking forward to that,” said Kojima Production podcast host Sean Eyestone, as listened to by VG247. "And we have something special lined-up going on a little bit before E3. So next week, we’re going to have a little special something on June 2.”

Rumors are flying about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker joining the PSP Remasters program that makes previously PSP exclusive games playable on a PS3, and while Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima continues to claim he's moved on from the Metal Gear franchise, it's hard to believe it's true. It's been almost a year since we've heard a peep about the Raiden-lead Metal Gear Solid: Rising, too.

Predicting what Kojima's up to was complicated earlier this week, when the designer made a series of cryptic tweets about something he'd been working on for a year became "meaningless."

"I cannot bear, and cannot be positive," he said. "What I prepared minutely spending a year became meaningless."

Kojima has not acknowledged what he was referring to in the days since. Any guesses?

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Rumor ist thhat Platinum Games is doing MGS Rising, which would be great news.

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More MGS, please!

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Metal Gear 3.

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Put me in the camp that's hoping for something new, or at least something not Metal Gear-related. Don't get me wrong, I've loved every game in the franchise, but I feel like Kojima has pretty much exhausted the entire backstory of the franchise at this point. I'd prefer to see him move away in new directions and provide us with something unique, with new characters and a new narrative, while still maintaining his trademark quota of bat-shit crazy action.
 
But who am I kidding? It'll be Metal Gear Something.

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I hope it's ZOE3. Zone of the Enders 2 was fantastic. I hope they blow it out of the water here. 

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Its totally Policenauts. 
No i'm serious. 
Policenauts. You'll see.

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Zone of the Enders 3 is the only possible awesome thing. I wouldn't hate a new Metal Gear but I think if they did one they should remake the NES ones since they are referenced frequently in all of the games and the North American release of the games where awful.

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Snatcher please Mr.Kojima :)

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As much as I love playing another Metal Gear game, I would also love to see Kojima branch out and create new IPs.

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@TrueEnglishGent said:
Metal Gear Solid 5 please Mr Kojima!  Also hope to see more Rising. 
Im praying
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@zombie2011 said:
Metal Gear needs to end soon. 
Well, I've got good news for you, it ended in 2008 while you weren't looking.
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@Seppli said:
They lost me with vanilla MGS3 and the rotten static camera. Was pissed about the camera being fixed and it not being a simple patch. Sonofabitch! 
Right, cause the PS2 allowed games to be patched.
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@ProfessorEss said:
@jkuc316 said:
He was talking about something for NGP.  My guess - An PS3/ NGP Exclusive game you can play on your PS3, then continue it on your NGP.
What do you think: New game? or PeaceWalker with some add-ons?
Remake of a game, but not Peace Walker. Perhaps MGS collection, from Metal Gear 1 to MGS3
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@jkuc316 said:
He was talking about something for NGP.  My guess - An PS3/ NGP Exclusive game you can play on your PS3, then continue it on your NGP.
What do you think: New game? or PeaceWalker with some add-ons?
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Hype train commencing.

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Unless is gameplay over lengthy exposition, I won't care.
 
Can't stand all the blah blah blah in MGS-franchise games anymore. The gameplay itself is subpar too. Any FPS or 3rd person shooter with stealth elements does it better than them.
 
They lost me with vanilla MGS3 and the rotten static camera. Was pissed about the camera being fixed and it not being a simple patch. Sonofabitch!
 
Got MGS4 out of the bargain bin. Nothing to write home about. Did one playthrough. Was underwhelmed and bored for most of it. Way too much exposition. Way too clumsy gameplay.

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He was talking about something for NGP.
 
My guess - An PS3/ NGP Exclusive game you can play on your PS3, then continue it on your NGP.
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Hmmm...

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Perhaps Raiden the game canceled as it is, and the tech rolled into a new MGS game? I was really looking forward to the MGS: Rising game though, so, hope that didn't get the axe.

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Probably a 3D Boktai game. My friend is blowing a load if ZoE 3 gets announced. 

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Snatcher would be cool.

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Metal Gear needs to end soon. 

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Yeah I too would love the excuse of going back to play through MGS4 with trophy support. And maybe better online support too, because I really liked the online in that game, the matchmaking was just really messed up. Would love Peace Walker on PS3 too but I'm hoping the big news is ZoE 3 or a new game from him. 

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Well it won't be a surprise NOW, will it? 
 
Also, I want it to be Snatcher. I've had enough Metal Gear, honestly. 
 
edit: 

@Taku128 said: 
Forget Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders, I hope Kojima's making a new Snatcher! >:D
HEY THERE, SNATCHER BUDDY. :D
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Anyone going to the Toronto viewing party for the Konami bullshit? I'll consider going if there is free food...

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Excellent. Whatever it is; Excellent.

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Forget Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders, I hope Kojima's making a new Snatcher! >:D

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Ya... verified that I don't think this article will support any more hyper-links. You got them all covered.

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@Bib said:

Something something Zone of the Enders.

you win! 
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Snake has lady hips in that picture.

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MGS: Peace Walker remastered to be officially confirmed would be great. An actual demonstration of MGS: Rising that goes for around 15 minutes like what they showed for MGS4 before it was released. 

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@AuthenticM said:
It's a fucking long shot, but I hope it's Metal Gear Solid 4: Director's Cut. He needs to change the ending so Raiden dies. Not because I dislike the character, but because it would have been the proper thing to do.  Also, trophies.
Also the alternate ending where Snake and Otacon are killed by a firing squad.
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How about adding trophies to MGS4 please.

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I want to see Kojima cosplaying as Snake, playing a Metal Gear game on stage AND saying he's not working on the series anymore.

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@Retro_Clone said:
MGS4 with trophie support... finally give me another chance to play the game.
this
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MGS4 with trophie support... finally give me another chance to play the game.

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Something something Zone of the Enders.

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YES GO METAL GEAR SOLID!

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I really hope they do a remastered MGS4

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I'm getting kinda tired of the "[insert]" jokes. Just write something! 
 
MGS HD Trilogy, please..!

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Peace Walker 2 on PS3 would be cool =P Or just MGS5. I really loved the new mechanics in Peace Walker so hopefully they will find their way into another Kojima game.
 
Also I think Peace Walker HD on the PS3 is a forgone conclusion. The worst part of that game was the controls.

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It's a fucking long shot, but I hope it's Metal Gear Solid 4: Director's Cut. He needs to change the ending so Raiden dies. Not because I dislike the character, but because it would have been the proper thing to do. 
 
Also, trophies.

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Isn't Kojima working on that Castlevania game?

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Metal Gear with more gameplay than cutscenes please.

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HD true remake of MGS1, MGS2 and most importantly MGS3. So amazing.

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What happened to that watermelon cutting game?

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I love Metal Gear.

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I really don't care much for Metal Gear Rising, but then they've never really shown much of it. 
 
A late 2011 release date sounds likely, since Konami is probably itching to push this game out the door and be done with it at this point. 
 
I want ports of both Portable Ops and Peace Walker, preferably as some bundle.