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A report from The New Yorker puts a date on when Metal Gear Solid series creator Hideo Kojima left Konami (which has been widely accepted at this point) – and explains why we still lack any official word from either of the involved parties. According (opens in new tab) to …

I’m playing Metal Gear Solid 5, sitting in my helicopter, scrolling through the various menus of my iDroid. Story missions: Finished. Side ops: Completed. Mother Base: Fully built. All that’s really left now is to raid other players’ forward operating bases, so I bring up the list of potential victims. …

When you think of Metal Gear Solid, ‘online multiplayer shooter’ is probably the last thing that comes to mind. But Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab) also includes the latest edition of Metal Gear Online, with all the gadgets, cardboard boxes, and inherent silliness found …

Like a handsome stranger, Dragon Quest Heroes makes a great first impression. It’s beautiful, smooth and unbelievably charming. But the more time you spend with it the more you start to see its foibles, and the more it starts to grate. Like noticing that it’d be the type of person …

Don’t think of this GTA 5 (opens in new tab) ramp truck as a highway murder machine. Think of it as a free stunt jump generator, giving the commuters of San Andreas a chance to experience the same joy players feel when they launch into the horizon. Until they disappear, …

There was a moment towards the end of The Last Of Us (opens in new tab)’ pre-release story trailer that looked a lot like it was giving the end away: In hindsight, it seems an obvious slight of hand but it still caught me out and left me thinking that …

I have to say I was a little surprised when Crystal Dynamics revealed that part of Lara’s character development would involve learning languages in Rise Of The Tomb Raider (opens in new tab). It’s something different so I like it, but it is such an unusual idea. Talking to GamesRadar, …

Warning: MGS5 story and ending spoilers throughout To say that Metal Gear Solid 5 (opens in new tab) feels unfinished – whether that feeling is intentionally designed (opens in new tab) or not – is an understatement. Broken into two chapters and a prologue, MGS5: The Phantom Pain tells the …

Batman: Arkham Knight (opens in new tab) DLC keeps rollin’ along – quite literally this time, as a new skin based on the Tumbler (first seen in 2005’s Batman Begins) is now available to download for $1.99 / £1.69 or as part of the $40 / £33 season pass. Downloading …

Metal Gear Online (opens in new tab), the competitive multiplayer counterpart to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab), is going live in a matter of weeks. Beyond the obvious concerns about Konami’s servers catching fire (again), what will make it a good online game? To …