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Undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the VGAs, the trailer for The Phantom Pain has been the subject of intense speculation. The debut showing for unknown Swedish developer Moby Dick Studio featured an amputee who looked a lot like Snake of Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid series. And if there's one guy in the video game industry who's always been fond of a mysterious tease, it's Hideo Kojima.

Over the weekend, we rounded up the many threads of thought produced by the trailer, touching on everything from the appearance of white petals a la the ending to Metal Gear Solid 3 to movie title sequence designer Kyle Cooper, whose portfolio includes MGS 2 & 3, wearing a The Phantom Pain t-shirt.

Gallery: The Phantom Pain (VGA 2012)

JoystiqThe Phantom Pain trailer, screens are figments of imagination originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Joakim-Mogrenmoby-dick-studiomoby-dick-studiosthe-phantom-painvga-2012Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The Phantom Pain speculation round-up: Metal Gear?!]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/08/the-phantom-pain-speculation-round-up-metal-gear/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/08/the-phantom-pain-speculation-round-up-metal-gear/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/08/the-phantom-pain-speculation-round-up-metal-gear/#comments The biggest surprise to come from last night's Spike TV Video Game Awards was undoubtedly the announcement of The Phantom Pain, a seemingly new IP from a completely unknown Swedish development house called Moby Dick Studio. The debut trailer showed a hospital under attack from an ominously obscured figure, and ended on a macro shot of an amputee that bore a striking resemblance to Solid Snake of Metal Gear Solid fame.

Wait, Solid Snake? Metal Gear?! But, how could that be possible in a new franchise from a new developer that isn't Konami or Kojima Productions? Hey actually, now that we think about it, why is a brand-new studio getting to premiere a teaser for its first-ever game at an event generally reserved for AAA titles from global publishers?

Perhaps there's more to this than meets the eye. Let's take an in-depth, spoiler filled look at what evidence there is so far, and why all signs point to this being a new entry in the Metal Gear mythos.

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JoystiqThe Phantom Pain speculation round-up: Metal Gear?! originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>analysishideo-kojimaJoakim-Mogrenla-li-lu-le-lometal-gear-solidmetal-gear-solid-5metal-gear-solid-ground-zeroesmicrosoftmoby-dick-studiomoby-dick-studiosplaystationplot-analysisps3speculationthe-phantom-painvga-2012xboxSat, 08 Dec 2012 19:30:00 EST<![CDATA[The Phantom Pain announced, main character looks like MGS's Snake [update: video pulled]]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/07/the-phantom-pain-announced/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/07/the-phantom-pain-announced/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/07/the-phantom-pain-announced/#comments The Phantom Pain announced, main character looks like MGS's SnakeThe most cryptic trailer so far for the Spike Video Game Awards 2012 was one for a game called The Phantom Pain. We have no idea what it is, since we've never heard of developer Moby Dick Studio.

All we know is that it had a bunch of patients being mowed down and blown up in what looks like a hospital. It ends with a close-up on some dude who had a hook hand and kinda looked like Snake from Metal Gear Solid. We'll update as soon as we figure this out.

Update: Check out the trailer yourself just beyond the break!

Update 2: Sadly, this trailer's been pulled. We'll update this post (and the rest of our VGA 2012 posts with video) as soon as it's back up.

Continue reading The Phantom Pain announced, main character looks like MGS's Snake [update: video pulled]

JoystiqThe Phantom Pain announced, main character looks like MGS's Snake [update: video pulled] originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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