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Hideo Kojima may have predicted his clash with Konami more than a year before the publisher erased the Metal Gear Solid creator’s name from his next game. That’s the theory put forward by YouTube user timesplitter88, who revisited last year’s bite-sized prequel to Metal Gear Solid 5, Ground Zeroes, and …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes dated for Steam
The PC port of Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be released before the end of the year. Specifically, the game will arrive on Steam on December 18th. The PC SKU will offer 4K graphics as well as an increase in simultaneous light sources, the number of models …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V is coming to PC
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain are headed to Steam. Series creator Hideo Kojima revealed this at a Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Gamescom preview event in Cologne hosted by Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley. This is fairly big news for PC Metal Gear fans. …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes sold three times as much on PS4 as on Xbox One
Konami has revealed a significant sales bias for March release Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes. Its latest financial report reveals that the game sold three times as many copies on Sony’s PS4 as it did on Xbox One. Eurogamer reports that specific sales numbers were not revealed, although 570k …
Read More »Konami confirms Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes merchandise deals
Insert Coin, Level Up Wear and GB Eye have been named as official merchandise providers for Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Clothing firm Insert Coin will offer a range of items including t-shirts, polos, tank tops, hoodies, leggings, hats and gloves carrying the Ground Zeroes branding. These will …
Read More »‘Solid sales’ for MGS5: Ground Zeroes can’t stop Konami sales drop
Konami has reported a 37 per cent decrease in video game sales for the year ending March 31st. That represents 10.8m unit sales, resulting in net revenue of Y218bn, operating income of Y10.3bn and net profit of Y6.2bn – nearly half the Y13.2bn profit that was reported the year before. …
Read More »Konami has shipped 1m copies of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes has hit a big milestone. Konami has announced that it has shipped 1m copies of the game across PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. That’s not sold, but it means 1m copies are out there and available at retailers. That also doesn’t count …
Read More »Content-specific MGS V: Ground Zeroes content unlocking on all systems
Konami is going to open up the previously platform-specific Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes content. CVG reports that both the PlayStation-exclusive Dj Vu and Xbox-exclusive Jamais Vu missions will both be made available across all four consoles – PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. Dj Vu sees the …
Read More »InFamous: Second Son forces Metal Gear into second place
Sony’s PS4 exclusive InFamous: Second Son has debuted at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The game enjoyed the second biggest week one on PS4 behind launch title Killzone: Shadow Fall and is the first InFamous title to claim the top spot. Konami’s Metal Gear Solid …
Read More »MGS5: Ground Zeroes appears to have had its price cut on PS4
Those looking to download Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on PS4 have received a nice surprise this morning. Having previously been announced at 29.99 digitally for both PS4 and Xbox One, the game can currently be had on PSN for just 24.99. Videogamer says the Xbox One version is …
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