What Happened to Metal Gear Solid: Rising? December 15, 2011
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Metal Gear Solid: Rising was first announced in 2009 at the Microsoft E3 press confrence. In it, all we saw was just a teaser but the Kojima Team’s Official Podcast did confirm the game would be coming to the Xbox 360, the Playstation 3 and the PC at the time.
One year later at E3 2010, more of the game was shown off, including a pretty fun looking technical demo of what the game’s signature cutting everything gameplay mechanic would look and play like in the final version of the game. We also knew by this point that the game would take place in the space between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4, which I thought was a pretty good idea since it gave them the chance to detail just what had happened to Raiden between the two games.
Well, this past E3, I had been really looking forward to seeing something Metal Gear related at the first E3 I attended in seven years. Alas, while there were Metal Gear related games being shown, they were just 3D ports and HD updates of games that had already been released. Rising was a no-show, and people became worried about just what happened with the project.
Well, that question has been answered. A documentary, which looks as if it had been made for TV broadcast, has been released on one of Konami’s YouTube channels. In it are interviews of the developers of the project, including Hideo Kojima himself, and several of the game’s producers. I recomend watching it to anyone interested in the behind the scenes of game development.
Curious about the new game? This is what aired very last at this year’s VGAs.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengance is coming soon!
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