Metal Gear Solid Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Silent Hill publisher Konami has opened a new studio in Osaka, Japan, to provide “sustainable growth” for the 50-year-old company.The company’s newest branch has been named Konami Osaka Studio, and a press release from Komani has shared that it is equipped with motion capture equipment and sound studios.Konami explained that Osaka Studio will help it “continue sustainable growth in the next 50 years,” following the company celebrating its 50th birthday in March.Elsewhere, construction continues on Konami’s “next-generation R&D centre” in Tokyo, which is scheduled to complete in 2025.In the same press release, Konami also announced that it has “substantially” raised the company’s base salary level. This means an average increase of 50,000JPY (£303) per employee, while the base salary for new starters will be increased by the same amount.“We have taken various steps to promote management emphasized on human capital, improve employee engagement, and enhance its competitiveness,” shared Konami.Over the last year, a number of Japanese game publishers have issued pay rises for its workers.Back in February, Sega announced a 30 per cent pay increase for all workers, which will kick in from July 2023.In the same month, Nintendo confirmed it would be giving its employees a 10 per cent pay rise.

Metal Gear franchise has sold almost 60million copies worldwide, according to numbers provided by Konami.With the specific number coming in at 58million, the entire series starting from 1987’s Metal Gear for the MSX2 computer all the way to the Metal Gear Solid revamp and other spin-offs appear to be counted towards the total.This comes after Konami announced late last year that it would be pulling Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 from all storefronts. Despite speculation, Konami confirmed that this was due to both of the titles using archived historical footage, which licences need to be renewed for.“We are currently working on renewing the licences for select historical archive footage used in-game, therefore, we have made the temporary decision to begin suspending the sale [of both games] and all products that include these games from digital storefronts globally starting from November 8, 2021.”As of publication, both games appear to still be down from stores.Shortly after this, reports emerged that Konami was planning to revive the Metal Gear and Castlevania franchises alongside Silent Hill.

Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has launched his very own podcast on Amazon’s Audible serviceEach episode of Radioverse will “feature a variety of guests who will have in-depth discussions on topics like games and movies, which you can’t hear anywhere else.” On the first episode, Kojima speaks to members of 2BRO, a Japanese YouTube channel with over 3million subscribers.Fans can also send questions and letters into the show by submitting them here.As it stands though, Radioverse is only available to listen to in Japan and there have been no announced plans about either dubbing it into other languages or releasing it worldwide.ポッドキャスト「HIDEO KOJIMA’S RADIOVERSE」（ヒデバース）は、amazon audibleにて本日より配信開始中です。以前の「ヒデラジ」のようなゆるい感じでのトークラジオです。初回ゲストはYouTuberの2BRO. さんです！ pic.twitter.com/kwiMrDGhxH— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) February 4, 2022At the start of the year, Kojima took to Twitter to say he “may start doing something like a radio project?”.

Konami has halted sales for Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3, removing the games from all digital storefronts due to licences for in-game historical footage.As of today (November 8), Konami has revealed that it is “temporarily” removing every edition of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.A statement from Konami explains the decision:“We are currently working on renewing the licenses for select historical archive footage used in-game, therefore, we have made the temporary decision to begin

Oscar Isaac is set to star as Solid Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie adaptation and in a new interview, he explains why he took the role.As reported by Gamesradar, Isaac told Total Film that he wanted to play Solid Snake “because I love the games.”“I love the feeling that the game would give me every time I’d play.

Metal Gear Solid still has a large speedrunning community – and a new glitch has blown things wide open for them.During a normal playthrough, streamer Boba discovered a glitch that essentially sees Snake warp through a locked door, saving players a very valuable two minutes.The glitch happened on Communication Tower A. Usually players would have to climb the 27 staircases to reach the top of the tower but on this playthrough, a guard shot Snake which triggered the next section of the game.

If you follow filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts on any form of social media, two things become readily apparent. First, the man has a lovely beard.