GDC09: Kojima teases 'the next MGS'
The above image was revealed following the conclusion of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima's keynote at GDC09. Providing more questions than answers, the image teases a bright (albeit predictable) future, one where MGS4 isn't the last in the series. It's a future full of sneaking and ... wait, is that Raiden? Raaaaiiddeeennn!!!
Well, if we're going to say this guy looks like anybody, it's Raiden. Could he be the star of the next Metal Gear Solid? Only time will tell ...

Well, if we're going to say this guy looks like anybody, it's Raiden. Could he be the star of the next Metal Gear Solid? Only time will tell ...








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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Vegeta (DAT ASS!!!) @ Mar 26th 2009 5:28PM
I would be really surprised if the next MGS isn't multiplatform.
Blkant @ Mar 26th 2009 5:41PM
Then get ready to be surprised.....
novus82x @ Mar 26th 2009 5:51PM
OMG OMGOMGOMGOMG.... yessssssssssssss!!!!!!!!
Just how I wished it would happen. Whaiden was so badazz in the last MGS. My dreams are coming true. If I sound like a fanboi, I AM!!!!
WOOOOOOOTTT@!!!!!!
c412281 @ Mar 26th 2009 5:58PM
Wishful thinking.. The last MGS4 could not be achieved on Xbox, it's unlikely they will put the series into reverse gear to MGS5 does..
He has already said that even MGS4 on PS3 did not achieve his goals, do you really think that putting it on a crippled console like the 360 would???
Some people need to get a grip on reality it seems.
Cosmo @ Mar 26th 2009 5:56PM
More surprised than when you found out Goku's power was over 9000 (8000 in the original Japanese version)!?!?!?!?!?
philmcphail @ Mar 26th 2009 6:06PM
LOL exactly! Like when the images of MGS Touch! emerged, I was sure that it was the next game and it was going to be released simultaneously. But, of course, it was announced for the iPhone. So who really knows, Konami may surprise us.
Phantom @ Mar 26th 2009 6:25PM
I doubt it, only the PS3 can provide Kojima with enough space for 50 gigs of uncompressed audio.
Mike @ Mar 26th 2009 6:26PM
@c412281
Some background: the only people to have ever claimed that the PS3 is more powerful than 360 are Sony and Konami. The general consensus amongst every other developer is that ultimately they're very equivalent with the exception that the PS3 is much more difficult to program for, and that's most likely due to a lack of a mature development studio which provides tools and libraries for multi-cored environments (XNA) instead of having to start from scratch.
So ask yourself this question: what's more likely? That Sony and Konami are genius programmers and every other programmer on the planet is an idiot? Or Sony paid Konami large sums of money to keep MGS exclusive as so many companies do and flaunt the PS3's "advantages"?
Also: before you accuse me of Microsoft fanboyism, I'm an Apple and Nintendo fanboy, and I hate Microsoft. I only have a 360 for Harmonix, Valve, and Rockstar games, but I love Wii more. I switched from a Windows Mobile phone to iPhone. I've used Microsoft's development tools (not XNA, but Visual Studio upon which XNA is based), and they're absolute crap compared to Apple's offerings.
errdayimhustln @ Mar 26th 2009 6:33PM
@Mike
Good for you
Walo @ Mar 26th 2009 6:36PM
@Mike
Sony paying money to developers?LMAO... isn't that M$'s regular practice and the reason why most games are multiplatform have exclusive dlc on xbl?
Mike @ Mar 26th 2009 6:42PM
@Walo
I quote myself: "Or Sony paid Konami large sums of money to keep MGS exclusive *as so many companies do*" (emphasis added).
I again quote myself: "I hate Microsoft".
Please read my entire comment before voting it down and replying. Obviously it was never my intent to support Microsoft in any way, I in fact implicitly acknowledged that Microsoft is known for the practice too, just that Sony's advertised "advantages" are just complete bull.
SoulBlade @ Mar 26th 2009 6:47PM
Mike,
Are you comparing XCode to Visual Studio? I've used both as well, and I gotta say I prefer VS. The free version of XCode vs. the free version of VS (express) is what I'm talkin about. I'm not discussing anything you have to pay for - I've used VS Pro but nothing on Apple.
Though Eclipse beats everything hands down for anything Java.
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 26th 2009 7:00PM
@ Mike, or it could simply be that Sony has a good relationship with Konami, as does Nintendo, the same way Insomniac can decide to stick with Sony willingly is the same way Konami can.
Besides, you mention 'Konami' but forget that 'Kojima Productions' is the smaller team that built the game for PS3, if Kojima happens to prefer the PS3, its up to him, the same way Itakagi's team made games exclusive to 360, and only not that he has left are games going the other way.
Konami can pressurise Kojima to go multiplat if they felt the need to, but they haven't, then again, they get access to Sony's assistance etc by going exclusive, even without Sony having to pay them a penny. So your claim could be right or wrong, but don't disregard the alternatives.
lasersanchez @ Mar 26th 2009 7:03PM
Blasphemy! If MGS 5 came out on 360 it would be a worse game somehow and the SDF would boycott it.
Gervin @ Mar 27th 2009 1:24PM
Multiplatform? Ummm, if MSG4 was too much for the Xbox, I'm thinking MSG5 will definitely be too much for the XBox to handle..
By the way, I hope Raiden doesn't appear in the game.
He should have died WAY to many times. And I've always felt he was light in the loafers.
skyzbig @ Mar 26th 2009 5:29PM
Raiden? Noooooooooooooooooooo!!
Jay [psn: jayrockslife] @ Mar 26th 2009 5:29PM
If its raiden the way he was in mgs4, then that would be awesome.!
and First?
The Dark Wayne @ Mar 26th 2009 5:33PM
NO NOT FIRST! WRONG!
Negativecool @ Mar 26th 2009 5:35PM
Yay! I'm 3.2. I R famous!
Spam @ Mar 26th 2009 5:33PM
Whilst it looks generally ninja-ry, to me it resembles Grey Fox more than anyone. Although given the lack of detail and clarity in that pic it could resemble almost any cyborg ninja.
Henry E. @ Mar 26th 2009 7:02PM
I have to agree. I thought it looks like Grey Fox to me at glance. But it's hard to tell.
robert @ Mar 27th 2009 10:08AM
those are definitely Raiden high heels he's wearing
EmptyEnergy @ Mar 26th 2009 5:34PM
Another MGS game with 85% of the game is movies, 10% is install wait times, and 5% is actual gameplay? Nice!
mil6es @ Mar 26th 2009 5:37PM
but the haterade down sir and step back from the keyboard
Cosmo @ Mar 26th 2009 5:53PM
Aw, somebody's a wittle jealous he doesn't have the game on his system, its fanboy mentality and it happens to all of us, myself included. I'm gonna pretend all the console games that will never come to PC are overrated to make myself feel better like LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2, Fable 2, etc. : /
sony boy @ Mar 26th 2009 5:56PM
ah...i love you fanboys/sarcasm.
Dopple Boppler @ Mar 26th 2009 5:58PM
Listen here Bob Ross you beautiful bitch, I'm about to fuck you up with some truth - Metal Gear Solid is awesome.
limporta2003 @ Mar 26th 2009 6:20PM
guys, I'm sorry. But he's right.
Metal Gear was a beautiful looking game. But the story was overly sentimental and melodramatic. The writing went in circles and never had anything interesting to say. I think when you compare that with something like GTA IV it becomes clear that metal gear, while fun to play, is not a good game.
Michelobius @ Mar 26th 2009 6:34PM
@ limporta2003
Metal Gear Solid is a fantastic game. None of the things you said are wrong, as the writing wasn't the best. But believe me when I say that MGS is a top-notch gaming effort in every area BUT the story, making it a very good game.
http://www.examiner.com/x-3414-Minneapolis-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m3d22-Metal-Gear-Solid-A-legacy-of-overthetop-awesomeness
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 26th 2009 6:35PM
Well, I'm not suprised, you're comparing MGS to GTA
Popfrogs @ Mar 26th 2009 7:21PM
As opposed to this comment which is 100% whine.
DiL @ Mar 26th 2009 7:49PM
People need to stop getting mad at Bob Ross, he promotes peace
bm @ Mar 26th 2009 8:07PM
"You ignorant piece of shit."
Hahahaha, are you that hurt by it?
MGS4 is a great movie, but as a game it sucks shit.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Mar 26th 2009 5:34PM
Raiden is a BEAST!!!!
Onomah @ Mar 27th 2009 6:09PM
Snake, Respond! Snake! SNAAAAAKE!
He is dead for reals this time then
Derick @ Mar 26th 2009 5:38PM
Before they spend a ton of cash and time on another game, why don't they set MGS4 up for 360 and then they could make some money while they look to the future?
whazam1337 @ Mar 26th 2009 5:44PM
Get over it dude, Metal gear solid will never go to xbox 360. They have a freakin psp and ps3 IN the game
Moptimus Slime (Leader of the Taylor Swift Defense Force, Gobot in disguise) @ Mar 26th 2009 5:54PM
they also had a PS1 and a poster for Policenauts in the original MGS, which explains why it was never brought to any other system.
Oh, wait...
Cosmo @ Mar 26th 2009 5:55PM
Well whazam1337, I do remember that in Twin Snakes which is a remake of Metal Gear Solid on the Gamecube when you fight the Cyborg Ninja, there was a Gamecube and controller in that room whereas in the original there was a PS1 and controller.
So in the 360 version, they can include a Zune and a Windows Mobile powered phone instead. XD
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 26th 2009 6:09PM
Or they could just continue with what they feel like doing. Instead, why not purchase a PS3, if you don't want to, you can either hope it appears on 360 and if it doesn't tough.
Blkant @ Mar 26th 2009 6:18PM
@Cosmo
What king of game is that? If they had a zune and windows mobile your guns would turn on you and just about every device would spontaneously crash.
Oh I'm getting an image of his plan! Oh F#@k, blue screen of death.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Mar 26th 2009 6:19PM
In order for MGS4 to run on the PS3, it required all game assets for a chapter to be installed on the hardware while streaming the audio. This, in essence, is the trick to how Kojima fully exploited the PS3 to run MGS4 the way it does. In other words, for it to work on 360, the entire infastructure to how the game even loads and handles information will have to be redesigned from the ground up.
If Kojima spends the next two years "redeveloping" MGS4 for 360, how in the fuck is that money he can make in the meantime? Taking a game multiplat, especially one catered specifically around a system and it's strengths, is not as easy as selecting Save As>Xbox 360 Game in the compiler. Sooner the people clamoring for ports of every damn thing realize this, the better.
David @ Mar 27th 2009 3:33AM
@whazam1337: is that true?? awesome tho, just like in LittleBigPlanet. how did they implement a PSP and a PS3 in Metal Gear Solid 4? Do you know of any pictures or videoes so I can see it?
MzR @ Mar 26th 2009 5:41PM
GREY FOX
Pretty plz let it be GREY FOX !plz plz!!!
Mister Bogus (Mr. ESC) @ Mar 26th 2009 11:19PM
Ditto.
player66 @ Mar 26th 2009 5:41PM
Meh.
Moar information Kojima. I'm done with the Kojima Productions cryptic teases.
InFaMoUs1- @ Mar 26th 2009 5:42PM
oh raiden you'll never replace Snake
Cosmo @ Mar 26th 2009 5:43PM
Please remake the Metal Gear games to today's graphics and with voice acting. : )
bvhj @ Mar 26th 2009 7:43PM
This
DiL @ Mar 26th 2009 7:50PM
they did for the gamecube, its called mgs twin snakes