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Kojima Productions tease “big things” for E3 next month
Kojima Productions has big plans for E3 this year, with the latest Kojima Productions Report podcast confirming that fans of the studio have “a lot to really look forward to” at the conference in June.

KP report hosts Sean Eyestone and Kendoza spoke about how the studio is very much working towards E3, with a lot of “big things” in place for next month’s showcase.

Additionally, the podcast discusses about the mysterious Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance teasers that have doing the rounds online of late, reassuring fans that even if everything seems a bit strange, weird and cryptic at the moment, it will all make sense and come together in the end. We can also expect some answers relating to the cryptic Revengeance teasers in the run up and before E3.

The remainder of the podcast, among other things, talks about Hideo Kojima’s ongoing European 25th Anniversary Metal Gear tour, and answers random Metal Gear/KP questions/comments from fans as per the podcast norm. Most of these comments relate to Revengeance.

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For the 25th anniversary of the Metal Gear saga, Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa were in Paris for a press conference.

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Epic απλά!

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Kojima Reveals Revengeance Launch Window?
This weekend, Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa came to London’s Oxford Street to conduct a signing and launch the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary T-Shirt range and we were there to check it out.


Set inside the flagship Uniqlo store, hundreds of Metal Gear fans queued up in the Saturday morning sunlight. At half eight we were ferried inside the store where, half an hour later, Hideo and Yoji made their appearance. It was here that we also got a surprise.

In Hideo’s opening speech he said how during the year there would be more merchandise to celebrate the anniversary and that he would be returning to tour and sign in September. Why would Konami pay out to do a second round of touring, when the shirts were already released?

His previous signings were to coincide with the release of a new title – MGS4 and Peace Walker, so with Kojima touring once again towards the end of the year, could it imply that Metal Gear Rising Revengeance will be released at that time?

It’s been said before that the title would be aiming for a release towards the end of this year and with its current marketing, it’s building up to a big information blast at E3. Either way though, Hideo shall return in September if you missed this time around.

After the opening speeches they took to their desk and the piles of people started going up to get their wares signed and shake the hands of the two. Many awesome cosplays and rare items were on show and it was an awesome atmosphere to be in with so many fans, all of them knowing they were going to meet someone – in many cases for the first time – that they had long respected.

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Spoiler: ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ

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Latest cryptic Metal Gear Rising image reveals Crying Wolf
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THAT cryptic Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance teaser website has just revealed another “Encrypted File Image”. This one looks just like Crying Wolf from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots.

By typing “FOXALIVE” into the site’s command bar, the above image appears. The creature found within appears to have a railgun on it’s back much like Crying Wolf of the Beauty and the Beast unit. The same creature could be found in some of the original Metal Gear Solid: Rising character imagery released back in 2009 (see below).

The teasers just keep on coming. As soon as we have more info on Revengeance, we will bring it to you.
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Υποβάλλω κι εγώ τα σέβη μου στο "επίσημο" τόπικ.
Για όλα όσα έχει προσφέρει στον ψηφιακό κόσμο...
Arigato Kojima-san!

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Close Up: The Metal Gear Solid 4 Master Art Works Book
http://metalgearsolid.nl/?p=226

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Metal Gear Rising Footage Coming Before E3
From Hideo Kojima's Twitter today comes word that Kojima Productions will be releasing footage from Metal Gear Rising's E3 demo ahead of E3.

You may recall that Kojima shared an image of the demo's title screen last week. Apparently, Kojima found this image of Raiden so cool that he asked that the footage be released in advance and was able to get permission to do so.

For details, Kojima suggested asking producer Yuji Korekado (@Korekado_Yuji).

Kojima actually referred to the Raiden shown in the title screen as "Black Raiden." In a later Tweet, he wrote, "I can't say much beyond this, but why he's 'Black Raiden' is a secret."
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^^^^^^IMG

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