Kojima Productions Updates Site With… Big Boss Image

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: its raikov in a exoesqueleton armor!

palpiteitor

@LllusionX: In soviet russia, I'm with the KGB.: Yeah, but did Big Boss ever do a backflip on to a live missile, flip off it, then proceed to fire a stinger missile at an attacking helicopter and score a direct hit whilst still in mid-air? I think not.

Twin Snakes cut-scenes I will never accept you as cannon!!

Strange co-incidence. I had a dream about MGS5 last night, for some utterly unknown reason. For some reason it was more like Zelda with Snake just planted in it. Also the insertion method involved him being shot from outer space onto the planet, landing on some magical pad.

Yeah - it's a good job I'm not the one designing MGS5. :-/

Fonzythedog

@tomsau:

Umm...it doesn't HAVE to be Big Boss. But one BIG clue that it is, is the eye patch dude. And Pliskin? Pliskin was Solid Snake in MGS2. I think it's possible that it could be both a prequel before the events of MGS1 but sometime after MGS3, but maybe also have a story that is going on that is post MGS4 involving Raiden or possibly Raiden's son. If that is Raiden that is. It could very well be Gray Fox.

RAIDEN: SENT BACK IN TIME TO KILL BIG BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Projectexodus: I bet it's a game where we play as Raiden, taking place between MGS2 and MGS4. The other game is a remake of Metal Gear, the first game.

@Proteus: DON'T PANIC!: "Portable Ops 2" is essentially Metal Gear for MSX....cmon guys.

Yeah.

Might just be me, because I can remember both MGS2 and MGS3, but I'm hesitant to believe that I'm honestly the one expecting more than an MGS4-Substanance announcement.

@wox42: How did you miss that?

@tomsau: The did that game on cell phones.

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops 3

MG1 remake I knew it!

babel116

@Rojovenom:

Supposed to be PRE (Show big boss image) 5 @ E3

@acidcrownie needs to learn how to use Photoshop.:

+ Watch video

dd528

IF this is the case, Kojima will have a nice bomb at E3 to drop. The question is, will this be an Xbox 360 exclusive or multi-platform? My bets are on Xbox 360. But then again, I'm just hoping it's included on the 360 this time.

bluemanrule

A remake of MG1? Original!

I would have prefered something unexpected, like the WW2 campaign of the Joy.

Pleeeease not Raiden, he sucked in MGS2 AND MGS4.

lfcjake

@chingy1337: Well I certainly hope not... I'd rather have a new story.

KrelianAngel

RIP Snatcher then

@Mike Newlad: It'd be FANTASTIC. Just to see everyone cry, It'd be absolutely fantastic.

why do these R and P remiding me of raiden and pliskin (mgs2 remake woot i wanna new gameT.T)

dsid4evr

I really wish I had tissues with me when I saw this last night. D:

Edward Kaj

Clearly a Policenauts remake.

@SixWingedAngel: I didn't. Time to eat my words! Got ketchup?

OtaconR

@Squirrelbot3000: Really?! Damn!! And I was sooooo sure that it was Z.O.E

-_-

-MasterDex-

OMG please let this mean that Big BOss is coming to Super Smash Brothers Brawl~!

MSX Remake.

But look at the site, i see E,C,S,P,E,R?

wth?

Remake of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake? That would be awesome!

Ropa-to

Did you mean climatic or climactic? Sorry for the pendantic nature of my post. I made this mistake for years without realising.

Pangolin

@MGSchick: why does it HAVE to be big boss? the first thing that came to my head when i saw R&P was raiden & pliskin... also i guess it could be that it happens between mgs2, and mgs4 seems less likely but iunno...

tomsau

@Detre:
It's a new Metal Gear by Kojima. So, it is the Second Coming.

@Projectexodus: or Raiden.

mcderek3000

@Vecha: Can you imagine the impact "MGS5 Exclusive On xbox 360" would be. Or even if this was MGS4: Substance exclusively on the 360. THe internets would be on fire for years.

Mike Newlad

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I hear its amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-kiri Rock. I NEED SCISSORS! 61!

Kidrobotp1n0y

METAL GEAR 1 REVISIT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BIG BOSS? :O

@chang187:
YES, and no AI, no nanos PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

@artofwar420:

I did.

Honestly I don't want it to be Big Boss. I'd rather it be a future clone of solid snake or big boss but it isn't likely. More than likely this will be another prequel. I just hope that we dont have a repeat of MGS2 where you're playing as 2 characters.

RONlN

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCKKKKKKKKKK... YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

This game can't be a prequel to MGS3. If this is really Big Boss, Big Boss has an eye patch here. And that would be post MGS3. Unless they're showing the eye patch just to show the viewer that it definitely is Big Boss.

@HB0MB:

I agree with you as well. Snake was still the inferior clone and went through a lot but still was able to pull it together and be a badass.

@LllusionX: In soviet russia, I'm with the KGB.:

I wouldn't put it past them..

w00t! another MGS game! though... big boss on this picture reminds me of Bill from L4D lol..

Sexy.KOT69

Oh My Effing G!!!!!!!!!!
*mind explodes*

Malec Algazali

@Goldwings: Has no idea why his avatar is a smiling sun: i doubt its an exclusive,, but i do feel its gonna be multiplat.

@-MasterDex-: yea if u ever read the MGS4 database it mentions how big boss fought alongside with ocelot in the nam war. i think it would be a very good back to the jungle/stealh/survival like game we love,, just as mgs3 was.

@MooglesInMyFace: probably not, systems are about the same, and i dont think xboxers would mind swapping the disc 4 times to beat it, i mean its mgs ,, who would mind to get up and swap the disc for the next part of the game.

Kojima is such an awesome troll for putting a countdown to a countdown to a countdown, etc.

taz_manic

@xcr: Who didn't?

SixWingedAngel

@Ricardo Freitas:

That would make him more than 60 years old, sooo... uh - NO.

Ocelot is The Boss' kid, Kojima already said so.

I somehow have a feeling frank jager will play a role in this...

hyperblackchi

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Or maybe, its a prequel for a new MGS?

Metal Gear Solid 5: Prologue?

The final version hopefully will have actual physical damage to the body when you get hit.

My guess?

Metal Gear 1 remake. Young Snake. Saving Frank Jaeger/Gray Fox...do battle with Big Boss.

Or perhaps a game where Solid Snake is his subordinate prior to MG1?? Something bridging the gap between Snake Eater and MG1??

casmith07

@Str8_Jihadin: ...That was pretty brilliant. Kudos.

RyderJ

@LllusionX: In soviet russia, I'm with the KGB.:
Hell yeah.
Big Boss was always the most badass of the main Snakes. I wouldn't mind playing another game with him in it one bit, so long as the quality, originality, and innovative gameplay is there to back it up.
Hopefully, because the bulk of the Metal Gear story has been told so far, we'll see a shorter, more succinct story a la MGS3 that still retains the impact of previous games.
I am a bit disappointed that Kojima isn't working on something new, though. I'd like to see some new creative directions from Kojima, as he's said he would want to do in the past.

Blah8

@chingy1337: I don't see how they could possibly make a remake. The characters don't match up.

bangbangblah

@wox42: did you play it? It's pretty obvious if you play it.

bangbangblah

Amazing!! I hope we get another Metal Gear! PS3 exclusive of course...

boots555

@Pombar: I actually liked the Acid games better. It was so hard to get a good shot using the PSP joystick in Portable Ops, and it just frustrated the hell out of me. The Acid games weren't spectacular at all, but I give them credit for being creative, and they were pretty decent turn-based games.

bangbangblah

It's the HD remake of the Bouncer!

Damnit, stop going back on your promise to take a break from the Metal Gear franchise Kojima. Zone of the Enders 3 needs to happen!

David Caudill

Yes THIS IS AWESOME i love MGS and especially MGS 3 !!!!

Camper182

I still say its Metal Gear Solid: Subsistence but for MGS4. That's my bet as of now.

@Walter Street: So check it. The leaked images also show Raiden in his ninja outfit and we also have a some what younger Big Boss. I've read it could be a dual time line idea, which I can see. In one time we have a middle aged Big Boss who (with Zero) starts the Patriots and then later defects and creates Outer Heaven and then we get into when the Snakes are born. In the other time we have Raiden, in full ninja cyborg get up and his story of how he got to the point of MGS4 and even possibly his rescue of Sunny.

In this, we have 2 soldiers , defecting from the Patriots' plan and doing what they want with out the confines of boarders.

tripur

Hmmm, I still dont see the reason why Raiden could be in the same picture with Big Boss... and why does Raiden have his eye covered? Possible plot device? or could it be that he's not even Raiden at all? Perhaps they are pulling a "Snake Eater" on us in terms of Raiden. and if this game is in the same timeline as Big Boss... perhaps its Gray Fox.

PantyshotMQN

@fnool: Wait - PO was before MG1? Wow, and I thought I understood this franchise.

wox42

@Juan José Méndez Gallardo:

Good luck, man!

Federico Iglesias

XBOX 360 Confirmed I already know

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: I just informed the missus. Her faux pas response: Man! They're so milking the enterprise! Then I thought: Big Boss Is The Captain Of The Enterprise! Then I thought: That's awesome! First Captain Fury! Doctor PAIN!

normalmode

@acidcrownie needs to learn how to use Photoshop.: Oh god...

OMFG BIG BOSS!!!!

I'm fucking stoaked and the countdown ending June 1st only fuels the rumormill more of a possible 360 port or exclusive.

@acidcrownie needs to learn how to use Photoshop.: Maybe we'll come back to earth, who can tell?
We're leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?

@-MasterDex-:
Actually, I have a 3, a P, R, S, lower case e, and an upper case E that flash. No Z or O. Oh yeah, and that huge mug of the boss is something else too, I guess.

Squirrelbot3000

my guess is it will be a remake of the metal gears for nintendo

hoorayforcats

this is so bad ass! this is exactly what i wanted!

otis123

@m3rcer:
More than likely...

One thing that interests me though is whether this will actually be for the PS3 OR would a new console (PS4, whatever it may be) be out by then? Or will it even BE for the Playstation?

Guess we'll ALL find out once E3 comes around. I hope.

Just pray this will be released during PS3 era.

The SE we saw before plus the RP we have now are probably spelling out SERPENT which could be the name for the new game....

@coolguyface:
Play Metal Gear Solid 3, that'll catch you up REALLL quick. x]

@ZenOfThunder: It can't be a MG1+2 remake. Big Boss looks -too young- in that picture.

I can hope, though.

Excellent! Are we looking at a 2012 or 2013 release?

@lordofsword: Me too! I prefer to see more Ocelot though, seeing as how he had been working for the CIA the whole time during MGS3, and then working for The Patriots after Portable Ops. Also, the story has to clarify more on what happens to Eva after triple-crossing the U.S. and Russia.

I think I'd also like to see how the Big Boss clones managed to be created. I remember in Chapter 3 of MGS4, Big Mama mentioned the donor of the egg cells to the BB Clones. I'd like to know more of who that was.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: No, that is what happens when someone with no knowledge of Military regiment history outside of videogames googles a Patch slogan. "Soldiers without Borders: Beyond the SAS" is the title of a book written by Ian McPhedran, a well known defense writer and war journalist. The SAS he usually writes about is not the one you would expect by the way (Hint: Not in the UK so that leaves two other possibilities)

Onto the Beret, first off it is on the wrong side. The Beret Flash (Aka. Patch) should be over the left eye not right. So who knows what is going on there. The Flash (Aka. Patch) is fictitious of course. However, it looks like South America fashioned into the shape of a skull, detail that you kind of can't produce with a real patch as most were stitched by hand initially before being adopted by as a company Flash.

That is the cool thing about regiment designations, most of them were conceived in the field and stitched into a patch by hand that was later adopted to all. There's that grittiness about the story behind it, or the wonder of what some poor group returning from the field went through to come up with their slogan or symbol.

I assume that Kojima will tell his story as well and perhaps the meaning behind the Flash as well. Let us hope.

@DigitalHero: Imagine the insanity if it was a Wii exclusive and Kojima and his team found a way to utilize the Wii's full potential power.
Gimme some of that popcorn *munch, munch, munch*

@misc.insanity: If Big Boss was in the Korean War, the UN might not have got its arse kicked so soundly by China!

@-MasterDex-: Metal Gear ZOE crossover starring Big Boss as a gruff soldier stuck in the body of a whiny teen, and vice versa, piloting giant space robots to stop nuclear missiles being deployed!

@pmur: Would be a huge kick in the nuts for the Sony fans if it was an Xbox 360 exclusive.

@ThisDudeRufus: Why, there hasn't been one of those since Ac!d 2, so I doubt we're in for one of those!

(Portables Ops ftw!)

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: MG1 remake, or MGS3/PO sequel would be most welcome, actually - also weren't they talking about PSP a while back? A new MGS PSP game I could get onboard.

do want!

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Indeed. Eva still needs to be rescued from Hanoi.

normalmode

@legendofmike: Yeah, though Jack was his nickname.

Suzaku

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: So this is the final countdown?!?

@Juan José Méndez Gallardo: wasn't big boss "John"?

legendofmike

June 1st is the Microsoft conference at E3, I think. So this could mean that it might be on the 360.

@fnool: I'll be applying for Medicins sans Frontieres in a couple of years! =D

Juan José Méndez Gallardo

@TheNocturnalSun: Raiden as main character? Then i hope it stays a PS3 exclusive, i don't want that Raiden crap on my 360...

@MaxDragon7: Kojima always said MGS4 was the end to Solid's story, but I was always hoping that didn't meant he couldn't go and add more to his past. Big Boss is my favourite Snake (MGS3 is my favourite Metal Gear), I'd love to see some more games with him as the main character, and there's a lot they could do. Then again I'd also like to see a game about Ocelot in between MGS3 and MGS1 to see how he ended tangled up in it all.

lordofsword

@grantanamo: Ah, very true.

no matter how excited i want to be i get the feeling i am going to be dissapointed. Serioulsy with this many countdown clocks it better be close to the second coming of jesus.

Detre

Well, both Big Boss and Raiden are named Jack, aren't they?

Juan José Méndez Gallardo

@Xucuroz:
Noticed it too though I'm not sure what it means.

Well, for one, it could mean that the game MAY actually be for the Xbox 360; maybe Kojima decided to share the MGS love for everyone except people who constantly play with their Wii. Then again, it could be a strategy as kinda of a EFF YOU MICROSOFT because it'll be a PS3 exclusive and Kojima wants to rub it in their face.

But who knows. Only the shadow knows... >.> <.<

I said before hand it better not be another Metal Gear already...but damn I can't help it I'm excited....

billysan

i can see these being optic camo heads and behind the masks a new cast...

Rambonz

I'm a huge fan of Metal Gear (I have a tattoo of it and another possible one in design phase). I think the games have been phenomenal, BUT I think he needs to stop. That's it. Drop Big Boss, Snake is done (sad I know) and I think that it's time to either get a new team built or Kojima needs to come up with something new and original.

In some strange way I'm a little sad that this announcement is for another Metal Gear.

So i guess i'm the only one who noticed the count down ends june 1st, which just happens to be the same day as Microsoft's E3 conference? Speculation ftw.

And Bigboss is gone for the site again.....

nightwheel

no idea who big boss is

coolguyface

@Str8_Jihadin: im on a boat!

@gunstarhero: Cough, the story we all want to hear is how he _______ so-and-so and why he became a cyborg ninja.

grantanamo

We all realize this game wont be out for like 3 years right?

CoffeyWasHere

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Oh, and the order of the letters appears to be random. I tried the same thing when it was just "5,3,e, and E" for about 5 min and there was no order.

@LllusionX: All his base are belong to the borg.: OMG I would die if it were a split story of a remake of MG1 and Raiden's story. Ohhhh Christ my gunmetal PS3 purchase was not in vain (Not this it could ever be, its soooo pretty)!

grantanamo

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: I thought at the end of MGS4, Raiden was healed/repaired completely back to normal and hanging out with Rose and his son (name slips me).

@MooglesInMyFace: All I have to say about this is the Microsoft Conference is on June 1st, that is whent he countdown ends, coincidence?

pmur

Big Boss is one manly motherfucker. Look at that fucking complexion and beard he's sporting. If I grow up being HALF the man Big Boss is, I'd be happy.

Grinman

poor kojima.....they just won't let him move on...

Brett Ryans

@keiblerfan69:
LOL I suggest you at least CONSIDER playing one of them XD

Though be forewarned: Cutscenes ARE kinda a big thing with any 4 of the games so be sure to be prepared for that :)

@Str8_Jihadin: BAWSS

Well, now that we know that he was a hero to the end, there's no reason not to go back and play his side of the story.

HepCat

@RavenGunslinger: Repeatan por favor? Wut am there two'nd sintance s'pozd ta meen?

@LllusionX: All his base are belong to the borg.: Too true. It could be a Substance/Subsistence type deal. But that image of Big Boss makes me think otherwise. In that leaked Famitsu image with Raiden (Could be Gray Fox, maybe?) and the whole thunder/lightning thing makes me believe this might be an expansion, or a game with a lot of flash backs and fast forwards. Who knows!

Patriot Infinity

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Difficult-engine-to-make-in-one-year....

Wow I haven't even played the games and I am excited.

R&P ? Raiden P9rn?

@Patriot Infinity: Noo!! you're gonna jynx it! Just think of DS--NOOOOOO!!!

@Patriot Infinity: Maybe it's a remake of both and more! Remember, "This is a Blu Ray disc. Dual layered too. And we're on a Playstation 3."

I am going to explode, there is too much news.

I bow to thee Kotaku.

Too much news, too little time.

I will be honest, here.
With THIS, and news of GAINAX going to Pixar for something Gurren Lagann related, I'm feeling weak of the heart.

I can even see my vains almost exploding on the back of my hands.

Federico Iglesias

So is Famitsu basicly the only gaming magazine on the planet? That sounds like a good slogan for them.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: With big boss, eh is the best at everything basicly, so when you take into terms that he is a great shot, the king of CQC, the manliest man, a greater snake than snake ever will be, i think that even if they do decide to base it around stealth or action, you can bet it will be epic as hell. and from some of the flak they've gotten from people about not adding enough stealth elements (wtf? MGS4 had octocamo!? what else is there?!?), they might go back to the basics and do their level designs like how they were in the old games. Difficult and relatively linear with a few complex puzzle elements and "some" poor gunplay dynamics.

@misc.insanity:

The second image would suggest post-MGS4.

I don't believe that Kojima would just leave it at that. It's too simple for him. Although I would love to see another MGS game about Big Boss, I doubt it. Something about this just seems off to me.

@Syftx2:
"I am the only one on the planet who thought MGS4 was probably the most overblown game out there?"

hmmmm..... yes...

Ricardo Freitas

some shitty iphone version most likely, and if xbox buys its way into making this exclusive i will personally shit on bill gates mailbox

Hoytzilla

Metal Gear RPG?

Kayube

@DAS: I think raiden is the son of the boss

Ricardo Freitas

FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only thing better than a new ZOE or Snatcher is a game about the motherfucking BIG MANLY BOSS.....

YO.

Bubbleman!

Hey Kotaku and everyone we got some more leaked images over on in the ps3 mgs forum on the official playstation site. just thought ppl might want to know that.

[boardsus.playstation.com]

Last pages of the forum has the latest

Walter Street

Big Boss... The new Chuck Norris

... So it's Big Boss riding Jehuti right? >.>

@TenP:
I'm thinking more PO2, he doesn't look as old as he did in Metal Gear.

@GANNONSMASH:

This is true. But but but, the famitsu article could disprove that all together.

Walter Street

I hope its on PS3 only 360 has enough of its own exclusive games.

Corran006

Another mgs already?

NoahSteam

As long as its Exclusive to a Sony platform, its all good.

Otherwise........i'm going Blue Cosmos on 360 owners.

For the Presvation of our Blue and Perfect world.

PowerFeed

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: The fact that you typed those 6 facts within the first minute of the post is pretty impressive itself.

Skinney is now KamikazeSim

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: It could very well be a way that they are going to retell his story from the beginning. maybe not quite a remake entirely, just a better, newer way of telling his story personaly. and with that one picture of the mag, with raiden in it, i hope to god that it also gives raiden's story.

@Patriot Infinity:

FUCK YES.

MGS fans fap all around the world!!!! :P

@Projectexodus: Hahaha

nworobes

June 1 = Microsoft Press conference.

GANNONSMASH

@Syftx2: Well...your opinion goes well with your position on the comment board. Largely irrelevant.

@fnool: As long as it isn't another lackluster PSP game, I'm totally up for it.

ThisDudeRufus

@MaxDragon7: I only lol'ed because of my overactive imagination.

I'm still thinking it could be "disappointing" in that it could simply be the re-release of "MGS 4-somethingsence".
But I have to admit that Big Boss doesn't fit with that possibility!

Oh well, at least we know for sure it's Metal Gear related :D Hopefully it'll be something awesome!

@icepick314:
I was hoping for Zone of the Enders also.
:<

Tom-Servo

@ch3l0_91: Or, PS3 Re... +make?

god damn it i was just about to send them this ><

@bfwings55: in my pants

@icepick314: Sweet, Penguin Adventure remake confirmed!

@Demonbird:
backup
[www.shacknews.com]

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

A picture of MGS4 Raiden? Big Boss? A website called "WiiEveryDay" uploaded the image?

IT'S AN ON-RAILS WII GAME THAT CHRONICLES THE ENTIRE SERIES, A LA RESIDENT EVIL CHRONICLES!!!

OMG MEG4TONZ!!!1

I was hoping for a Zone of the Enders but more MGS makes me just as happy.

@SilentKayos:
Eyepatch means it's post-Snake Eater.
Also I'm pretty sure he served in the Korean War, not WWII.

@ZenOfThunder: Yeah that's what I'm most hoping this will turn out to be, even moreso than a MGS5 or anything.

I would really like to see the first two MG games remade, and Big Boss's mug showing up there does give me hope. I know Kojima said Solid Snake's story is done, but I won't be surprised if that statement excluded a "re-telling" of his past stories (i.e. MG1/2)

firefly

@ch3l0_91: HOLY SHIT! I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK! GIVE ME NAO!!

YES! BIG BOSS!! Another Big Boss game! *cries for joy*

@MaxDragon7: BIG BOSS?! METAL GEAR?! COLONEL! WHAT'S GOING ON?

@snoopytimes: Aye. It's probably a play on Medicins Sans Frontieres (doctors without frontiers). I'dn't be surprised if they express ire at the title...

I Rike it.

@new_age_solider: dont bet on it, they'd need to remake that whole complex engine from scratch, and i doubt they could do it in a year, and if they did, it definitely wouldnt look like that.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

My bet is that this is all expansion pack stuff.

I thought everyone was wary of another MGS game? Or are people just having a sudden and violent turn of heart...?

@gn2007: Hopefully someone will put up the whole interview with Kojima, since it seems to describe what the story of the new game is all about.

DAS

@DigitalHero: Older than he looked in Portable Ops, too. Somewhere between PO and MG1?

@MaxDragon7: idont know.. but i think ch3l0_91 is on to something...

and ill quote (becuase page 3 comments dont do this geniues justice)

"P,S,3,e,R = Raiden game @ e3 for PS3"

@Masonvrocks:

[forums.gametrailers.com]

enjoy

ch3l0_91

@Str8_Jihadin:

A Big Boss?

I pray to the heavens its more game than movie this time around.

D0RC

!!!

OK, I'm officially REALLY excited for this now. I honestly thought it would be one of his other series. That would be hilarious if it was after this, though.

@Str8_Jihadin:
@BubbleF**kingBuddy:
These chicks don't even know the name of my band
But they're all on me like they wanna hold hands

@ch3l0_91:
Where did you find that little tidbit!?

How dull. After the mediocre silliness that was MGS4, I'm amazed people are still excited for Kojima to spew forth yet more drivel....

Mister_Bump

Isn't June 1st the same day as the Microsoft Press Conference?

@new_age_solider:

I said RAIDEN!! =p

ch3l0_91

@Marius13: From the new Famitsu, apparently.

[wiieveryday.blogspot.com]

BubbleF**kingBuddy

OH YES GOD YES BIG BOSS IS BACK!!!

@ch3l0_91: <3

@snaldo008: I was thinking the same thing. Big Boss in Vietnam sounds right.

-MasterDex-

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: im not sure i agree with # 4 just yet, but you're spot on with the other oens.

OH. GOD. YES. I had my doubts about whether another Metal Gear was a good Idea, after MGS4 wrapped everything up so well, but as soon as I saw that face, my inner fanboy woke up and now I'm giddy like a MGS obsessed schoolgirl! CAN'T. FRIGGIN. WAIT.

@ch3l0_91: Spoilers >_<" lol

@ch3l0_91: I was wondering what to do with this...
[www.joystiq.com]

Now, the article has fulfilled it's purpose.

-RAIDEN CONFIRMED!

I hope it totally pulls a bait in switch and Kojima releases an on-rails-cell-shaded-metal-gear-lite... for the wii.

lethal funk

You gotta admit it, ridiculous hyping campaign but pretty successful getting my attention

babitempur

@supo: Z.O.E for sure!!

-MasterDex-

@Patriot Infinity: Suits me fine.

-MasterDex-

It's gonna be vietnam. The Skull in his barret is part of asia. Besides, Big Boss wasn't old enough to participate WW2.

elmorepow

@Sonira - I am old news.: ...as the main or a main character, that is.

@Chris Husson:

is that from the famitsu how did no one catch this or put this up on kotaku nice find though :)

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

WHOA WHOA WHOA!

Where did this magazine scan come from?! WTF?!

I think the fact that the clock ends on the date of Microsoft's E3 press conference is a pretty telling fact.

I think we just found how MS plans to top their FFXIII coup last year.

Aha, I had a feeling if they did another MGS it would contain Big Boss.

Ok why june 1st and not june 2nd, im not trying to start any wars here but is it possible that the next metal gear game could be multiplatform??

xblacknightxz

I'm actually looking forward to this, I was worried they were gonna continue with MGS5 but now it looks like we could see another chapter of the life of Big Boss.

Hopefully they give up exclusivity if they do a new metal gear.

@UltimateIdiot - Imperfection at Best:

I don't think that 360 version would lower the quality of the PS3 version.

MooglesInMyFace

HOLY SHIT!! I Can't POSSIBLY-

care less than I do.

It's just NOT humanly possible.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

I agree with most of this except Solid Snake not being fit to stand in his shadow. Solid is better because he was able to deal with the psychological mindfuck of finding out he is a clone and be affected by advanced aging. Yet he still proceeded to kick ass.

HB0MB

Oh HELL YEAH!!! Maybe this will be a Metal Gear 1 remake? Either that or an awesome new Metal Gear staring Big Boss, like MGS3 was.

@chingy1337:

Remake? Big Boss looks older than he looked in MGS3 and younger than he looked in the original Metal Gear (MSX) artwork. So I doubt it's a remake.

@Archaotic:

There's already a leaked image. How do I post images on here?

Heres the link anyway, enjoy.

[i126.photobucket.com]

Greenstuff-Alex

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: You're awesome with these clues.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: So, do you foresee this being an MGS game where stealth is not the main element?

I'm curious about how it would play as I have only a working knowledge of MGS.

@DAS: Correction, raiden's eye patch on left eye >.<

DAS

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: I hate to ruin the mood, but, uh,...

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@Alex_Mexico:
I'm going with this. They already have a sstem optimized for the ps3. That's where they will stick. Kojima likes his massive bluray disk capacity.

@Musouka: WTF!? Raiden TOO!!?? man I AM speechless... This is one of the biggest surprise ever. No one expected Big Boss, and now Raiden with eye patch (right eye too) and both in hi-def.... FUCK!!! Best E3 ever?

DAS

@ch3l0_91:

You win.

[img269.imagevenue.com]

Actually, Raiden is there too, not just Big Boss.

Chris Husson

@Kay Thiele:

Correct me if i'm wrong. But if we use E3 in Los Angeles as a reference point. Doesn't the timer end at 3 PM on Sunday May 31... Not Monday June 1?

I could have screwed up in a quick calculation.

@란:

Points at post below!

@Patriot Infinity: w00t! can't wait for this one.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!

Baby_Andgu

mgs3 and mgspo was my favorite bring back big boss :D

Merch Wnek

@ALT:

ALT.

Dumbest name since "CAPS LOCK"

I'm happy. Even if the character difference is subtle, Big Boss is a cooler character than Snake.

The Amazing Exploding-Man

I am the only one on the planet who thought MGS4 was probably the most overblown game out there? We have 2 stages of the game that aren't even populated with enemies. The other 3(or 4) are just ok. A love story that was fanboy contrived and no emotional impact.

Couple this with probably one of the worst current generation FPS trying to be an MMO and you have a game that's not a game at all but a 8 hour movie.

David Hayter, stop writing the movie now, it's already out on blue ray.

@TriplEEE13: Yeah, I do. I also want this as a wallpaper...

OMG but what if... it's a a PSP game... or something. Wait, no no no, don't think like that!

PE3S - MGS5 for PS3 at E3. MGS4 sold so much, they wont jump from the platform.

elmorepow

Sweet News thanks KOJIMA, KONAMI, and SONY!

gecko7jlk is enjoying the killzone 2 map pack

Big Boss FTW!

DoubleV

@Str8_Jihadin:

And they're all like
OH MY GOD IT'S HIM
BECKY OH MY FUCKING GOD IT'S HIM
"I swear to fucking god dude you fuckin rock"
"Please Marshall please let me suck your cock"

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@Charlie: Yeah, but you can't really get that picture in game on a console either.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: He's not old enough in that picture to be BB from Metal Gear. It's probably going to be the game about the operation pre-Les Infante Terribles when he went into a coma - unless Kojima is doing a big ass retcon.

Black-Dog-Howls

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: I think we finally find out more details on who Solid, Liquid, and Solidus' female donor was. I remember getting a glimpse of info on her in MGS4.

Big Boss.

Dumbest name since "the paaaaaain"

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: I still think this is PS3 exclusive.

@TheNocturnalSun:

[img132.imageshack.us]

RAIDEN!!!

ch3l0_91

Can we keep this one on the commando bad-ass perspective and not wacky sci-fi Japanese mech-mumbo-jumbo, that's what RPGs are for, YOU LISTENING KOJIMA!!? think Metal Gear Solid (PSone). I don't wanna see any monkeys or child geniuses or pretty boy turned stealth assassin. Gimme some fucking grit for fuck's sake, YOU HEAR ME KOJIMA!!!?

chang187

@Projectexodus: lulz XD that would ruin anyones day

Ah, technology. In mere months, we've gone from the porno 'stache to full-on Grizzly Adams.

spikespeigel

OMG.

This looks fucking AMAZING.

@Comatose Turtle:

LIKE A BOSS

@MooglesInMyFace: I hope not, I am spoiled by MGS4. Anything less than what MGS4 had to offer would be disappointing. With Kojima being a perfectionist, I don't think he is willing to do worse than his previous titles.

@Kay Thiele: It looks like PS3 render though.

elmorepow

@Kay Thiele: Multiplatform if anything.

@artofwar420: *sigh* Even divulging the existence of it without any info more than that would be enough to tide me over for however many years it will take.

Knowing its coming in the next decade would be nice.

Famitsu scan

[s647.photobucket.com]

BIG BOSS! and everyone kept thinking raiden!! OWNED BY KOJImA!!!

MGS4: Existence. Wait for it.

RP = Ryan Payton.

and i JIZZED. IN. MY PANTS.

@Patriot Infinity: Looks like you need to change your avatar to the above image...

I'm going to wait and see on this one... I really do enjoy the series, but I wanna see what they announce at E3 before I make a commitment just yet.

TriplEEE13

My god YES!!

elmorepow

Portable Ops 2, definitely. Or a PS3/360 version of the first Portable Ops.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: Your powers of perception amaze me, please teach me your ways!

@MooglesInMyFace:

It would be pretty cool. Not to mention profitable for Konami.

@snoopytimes: Sounds like bubble buddy got it.

"Soldiers without Borders: Beyond the SAS - a Global Network of Brothers-in-arms". Big Boss's cap says "Soldiers without borders". Soldiers without borders is SAS related.

Yep, definitely Snatcher.

@supo: metal gear game? yes it probably is.

wazzzup16

RP? Rat Patrol? being led by Big Boss revitalized.

@artofwar420:
I with you. That was an amazing serious. Such a shame to see it cast a side.

RavenGunslinger

@Patriot Infinity: I WAS HOPING FOR A GAME STARRING THE BOSS BUT THIS IS AWESOME AS WELL.

wazzzup16

@SilentKayos: you mean vietnam? cuz if is vietnam we may get some revolver ocelot as well

Nice, another killer title for the PS3

@Proteus: DON'T PANIC!:

Portable Ops 2 - Now with high-resolution 3D art in the manuals!

Projectexodus

S E R P E N T? Besides the obvious snake definition, is serpent any kind of significant name in the MGS series?

I'm curious what platforms it will be announced for.

Possible scenarios:

1. You will have either 360 owners going bonkers because this one is exclusive as well.

2. OR You will have PS3 owners going bonkers because it's multiplatform.

I believe it is only going to be PS3 because of Famitsu.

Read older Kotaku post to see why:
[kotaku.com]

Anyhow, it's going to be interesting. /grabs popcorn

You got me, I really didn't think you'd be working on and announcing yet another Metal Gear so soon after 4 Kojima. Although I still have a feeling this won't be Metal Gear Solid 5.

@MooglesInMyFace:

I'm gonna de-rail this for your own safety...

So I get on stage, right?
Drop the mic
Walk up to these hot chicks and I'm all like,
"Sup ladies, my name's Slim Shady.
I'm the lead singer of D12, baby."

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

Does the fact that the picture looks fairly Hi-Def have any indication? Can't get that on a PSP...although I would love a PSP game just as much

@TenP: They seem to have change the file structure after people started analyzing it. This timer is 4 days and 21 hours long. It will end on the 31st or the 1st (depending on where you are) so maybe another timer will appear or they will just announce.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

The order of the letters:

P
R
E

Big Boss

5

e
3

MGS5 is a prequel staring Big Boss.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@Patriot Infinity:
I agree. I am laying here suffering from an internal injury and this brightened my day.
So pumped.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Oh yeah BigBoss is the only one worth the Snake title as you state.
and in respose to TenP
What if its a remake from MG just this time you are bigboss and 'snake' is comin to stop you ! XD lol

Interstella

@samarl: Militaires Sans Frontieres. I believe thats French for Military Without Frontiers.

snoopytimes

@Luke Plunkett: Like a truck.

I don't think it's not even a remake at all, maybe more of how Big Boss established Outer Heaven and the story along with it.

Then again, I could be totally wrong.

BUT I would definitely love me a remake. As for Portable Ops 2, I could do without it. I NEEDS ME SOME HIGH-DEF YOUNG BIG BOSSSSSS

fernandobotello

OMIGOD BIG BOSS! I CAME!

DonkeyKong866

@TheNocturnalSun:

And the Countdown leads to the June 1st :)

MGS for Xbox 360

Kay Thiele

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

We'll see..

My, it certainly would be impressive if they remade the original Metal Gear games. Or even tell the story between MGS3 and Metal Gear.

That pic of big boss looks good enough to be rendered in the MGS4 engine. Hell, not even any Big boss artwork has ever looked that detailed. Maybe it's the first person experience of Big Boss' "fall from grace". Or maybe it's big boss' full story! But WTF all this raiden stuff looks too convincing. Big Boss and Raiden have never even met, have they?

EldaDarnoldo

P,S,3,e,R = Raiden game @ e3 for PS3

ch3l0_91

@Archaotic:

I disagree, he looks to be at least in his late 40's early 50's in that pic.

He looks much older than in MGS3!

FUCKIN' AWESOME!!!!!!

Wow, I'm sure NO ONE saw this coming!!! lol

With that kinda rendering I guess this is coming to PS3, as PSP wouldn't have the capability of such thing. BUT MAN, I'm dying in anticipation to know what this is about.

DAS

yay remakes!

woooooooooooooooooooooooooottttt...!!!!!!!!!

Portable Ops 2 or Metal Gear Remake. I'll take both, please. :)

@MooglesInMyFace: Hey, you never know.

I was quite nervous it was going to be Z.O.E. but had a high feeling it was the another MG, but wait a minute, obviously this looks like it takes place after MGS3, but could it maybe be even Zanzibar??? Big Boss does look a little old from the pic. Play as a rookie solid snake? a remake of a classic? who knows? but other then that, its freakin awesome!!!

This had better not be a MG1 remake. It had better me a MG1&2 remake.

@SilentKayos: I think BB being in WWII was retconned away.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

*faints* Big Boss, i think is the patriots fundation history or something like that, woot

Snake and GreyFox on Zanzibar I hope :)

jakinov

@samarl: Its a Skull, I know that much....

@icepick314: You might not be that far off, this new Meta Gear might not come out for another year, leaving space for another game which might be ZoE 3.

It makes sense. Kojima said there will never be a MGS with Solid Snake again and "Solid Snake's story is over" But he never said anything about "Naked Snake"

@icepick314: We all can T_T

This has just become my most anticipated game of E3. Man I can't wait. I can't freaking wait.

Thank You Kojima-san. I think we can all agree in saying Thank you.

Walter Street

@Patriot Infinity: Most likely Metal Gear related. I'd love to see it in action, right NOW!

*explodes* (again)

*Screams like a little girl*

Metal Gear REMAKE?????

Would be SICK!!!

@MooglesInMyFace: It probably will.

Brace for legendary shitstorms in a few days.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@Patriot Infinity: I think your avatar was proof of this alone =P

@SilentKayos: that would be cool but considering he looks older than he did in mgs3, i doubt it

TheNocturnalSun

Pants: J*zz'd

PR =

Project
Rex

i.e. Metal Gear Solid 1 :D

Aurongel

I'm hoping it's Metal Gear Crab Battle.

"Soldiers Without Borders" is what his beret says. which means Outer Heaven.

Pikminblue

great news if the ps3 gets another metal gear that will be amazing

Jad35

@TheNocturnalSun: You aren't allowed in my Big Boss Loving PSP Owner club!

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@SilentKayos...doubtful if he's wearing an eye patch- but it would be awesome.

Bialia

Well, he's too young for MG1, so the best bet right now is "Outer Heaven being set up inbetween Portable Ops and MG1"

Kinda meh since I'm still waiting for the extra version of MGS4 (I can think of a lot of things I'd like it to have), but at the same time, happy for a new game. If you can call another Metal Gear "new"...

Shanzay

"Militaires sans Frontieres."

MGS:PO sequel? On PSP or PS3?

E3 just got 100x better.

Anyone notice the Outer Haven logo on his cap?

Teasing the series in general? Or could we possibly be getting another game where you play as big boss! Hoping its the latter here.

Countdowns= <3 , big boss =<33 ,hideo =priceless.

treegreen

OH MY EFFING GOD! Are you serious Kojima? Are you serious? YES!!!!!!

deathly

@TenP: This is the last one. Ending just before E3.

OK Konami- you've got my attention again.

Bialia

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

I was thinking a MG1 remake, as well. Either that or MGSPO2

TenP

Holy. Freaking. Crap.

Day one purchase FOR ME! I should have though about it being a prequel/remake rather than something different or a sequel... XD

But yes, I cannot WAIT to hear more about this.

fernandobotello

Fuck that looks awesome.

Rowd

@Patriot Infinity:
He looks too young for this to be a MG1 remake, but maybe that's just me.

However, Famitsu should have all the news for us in an hour or so...the cover story is Metal Gear.

BigBoss in his WW2 campaign? We can only hope.

@Proteus: DON'T PANIC!: NOOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!!!!!!11

TheNocturnalSun

It feels like Christmas!

yes!!

Zone of the Enders 3!!!

hey...i can dream, can't i?

HOLY SH-

I hope it's on PS3 and 360.

MooglesInMyFace

New Portable Ops?

ZOMG! *faints*

But this still doesnt mean we'll play as him. It could be Gray Fox.

Projectexodus

Oh snap!!!

RavenGunslinger

Wazza da huzzafuzz??

Yaxnzax

Ohh man. I hope its what I think it is.

supo

I am so incredibly fucking excited for this!!! I was in such a bad mood a minute ago, then my friend linked me to this image and I swear I almost came!

I'm so glad it's another prequel with Big Boss. Could this be a remake of MG1 or 2 with him in Outer Heaven and/or Zanzibarland? Hopefully we'll find out at E3!!!

HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!

deffinatly boss with the patch being the right eye, very hairy just like snake, and i cant decypher his barret yet any clues?

samarl

I smell a remake in the works.

chingy1337

Known Facts:

1. Big Boss is a manly motherfucker.
2. He made crying masculine at the end of Snake Eater.
3. Solid Snake is not fit to stand in his shadow.
4. "Soldiers without Borders: Beyond the SAS - a Global Network of Brothers-in-arms". Big Boss's cap says "Soldiers without borders". Soldiers without borders is SAS related. Major Zero was SAS. MG1 Remake!
5. This is a day-one purchase for me.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

subtle

There are 2 more countdoooowns!

Doo doo DOOO dooo!

TenP

Big Boss!!!!!

*explodes* :D

Awesome news!! Long live Kojima-san!

WillardAttica

I knew it!

sick!

TheNocturnalSun

@MaxDragon7: it was big mama you noob! she was in love with big boss but he could not have kids because he was in the area during the bikini atoll nuclear test

otis123

Hmm, maybe a remake of Metal Gear.

ChaosBahamut

@Jack_Blade: Prepare to have your 360 loveing heart broken.

@hoorayforcats: If it is remakes I can guarantee it wont be a remake of Snake's Revenge. Since Kojima-san doesn't acknowledge that game. If they are remakes it will be of the ones for the MSX computer.

@Detre: MGS > Christ

@fernandobotello: I'm saying its a counter to what ever Microsoft shows. Hard to compete with Big Boss, all though I think there are enough Master Chief lovers out there that a new halo could trump it.

@keiblerfan69: I say start from the beginning. Get the first one on PC or PS1 or Twin Snakes on Game Cube. Unless you wanna go in chronological order. Than get 3 first.

@Kayube: I hope not.

@Mister_Bump: If I were to say what I think of that comment I'd surely get banned.

@F4ceYourFe4rs: Yeah Sony Has to Counter what ever Microsoft has with something BIG. Whats bigger than BIG BOSS?!

@Placentasaurus: I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!

Big Boss version Mercenary?

Kyrie

@Pombar: I put more hours on MPO and MPO+ than I did on the original MGO...and that's a lot of fucking hours.

@Major0celot: oh come on now! They were PERFECT, they established Solid Snake as a quasi-superhero. They were great. MGS1 is the game that really launched the series, and remaking it more over the top was a kickass was to do it.

@bangbangblah:

agreed

DarkSonic999

@Syftx2: I don't think you played this game? There are enemies every where, The game isn't trying to be and FPS or an MMO its a Third Person Tactical Stealth Game. It has drama suspense, and interesting characters. Is it perfect? No. There are some odd Japanese eccentricity that feels a little out of place from time to time, but that is part of its charm. It manages to be both entertaining, interesting, and engrossing, with a story that took 20 years to finally wrap up. There isn't a stealth action game out there as good as MGS, Many have tried and failed. (I'm looking at you Splinter Cell) Maybe you should play a game before bad mouthing it. Further more you should start a story from the beginning and move forward rather than from the end and say it sucks. That's like reading The Return of the King first and saying you know all about the Tolken world. You will just look and sound like a douche.

@InsidiousTuna: I would take a PS3 version of Portable Ops. I was a little let down by the PSP version.

@Fonzythedog: I remember I dreamed once that MGS4 (before it was released) was actually this laser tag sort of amusement part thing. I had friends go through it, and I was upset because I couldn't go through with them, and therefore wasn't able to explain it to them and that they wouldn't get it and would think the graphics sucked... You know, the graphics... In a laser tag arena...

Dreams are fun.

@ST19AG_WGreymon:
...has there even been a 2nd one? ;)

@eyeshield:
yes after seeing the face of Snake on that picture everybody changed their heart!

MGSM

did anyone notice this one has blue eyes? blue eyes are for solid snake...but this one also has an eye patch, and the eye patch is on big boss...this is contradicting!

MGSM

oh...my..god...i had only imagined what had happened after the Metal Gear Portable Ops events...how Big Boss separated from Zero and how Everything started, how the Inside World Big Boss talks about at the end of MGS4 was created...I can't hold my feelings for this I have no words for what I feel!!!

MGSM

@MrPurpleton: Nah, there was a litle too much Ryuhei Kitamura sauce in those cutscenes for my tastes. The originals contained just the right amount of lunacy.

I had my doubts until...I saw the image. When the clock ended, the new one began and I thought, oh well...About 1:30 seconds into the new one, bam! There he is. I don't recognize the pin he has on his hat though...

Any takers?

Sheng-Long-Lives

there was also a bunch of letters and numbers, e, 3, E, O, R, 5

Smeagol_Vader