MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
‘The whole thing could have been handled better and a little more respectfully, but I’m not going to cry about it,’ says former Snake performer David Hayter of replacement by Kiefer Sutherland
Read More »GAME responds to spate of MGS5, Mario Maker and Fallout 4 pre-order problems
It’s been a couple of rough months for GAME customers, to say the least. In June, the GAME-exclusive Batmobile Edition of Batman Arkham Knight was pulled from sales days before release. The retailer reimbursed affected gamers with a 20 voucher in lieu of their missing purchase, blaming unforeseen circumstances that …
Read More »Konami shuts down Metal Gear Online studio
More than 20 staff lose jobs after LA studio closure
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ships 5m
But no word on PES 2016 sales
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V adds insurance microtransactions
Players can now pay to protect their base in newly-launched online mode
Read More »New Konami report depicts harsh working conditions for staff
Publisher thought to be unhappy with high console dev costs as Metal Gear Solid V budget balloons past $80m
Read More »Kojima to leave Konami amid internal power struggle, report claims
The release of Metal Gear Solid 5 could bring about the departure of series creator Hideo Kojima from publisher Konami. GameSpot reports that a fallout” between Kojima Productions and its mother company has led to senior staff having their access to services such as internal email, phone and internet restricted. …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s nearly 20 minutes of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain in action
Hideo Kojima has show off nearly 20 minutes of in-game Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom pain gameplay. Although it’s the same mission that was shown off at E3, it’s approached in a completely different way – including strategic horse shitting. Also note how due to the fact that the …
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 »VIDEO: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain trailer leaked
Whoops. Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain E3 trailer is available to watch online right now. Although likely not for long. The publisher has already begun trawling the internet and removing them, but for the time being there seems to be one source still hosting the short –which …
Read More »