Toyfare 2007: News Recap

Solid Snake by Medicom The American International Toy Fair kicked off today and toy newsites will be alive with news this week and when I make my massive shopping list.
SIDESHOW TOYS
Sideshow will be importing the Medicom 1/6 scale (Barbie sized) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots figures. Raiden and Solid Snake are confirmed with […]

Ashley Wood talks Metal Gear Solid

Artist Ashley Wood was the guest on session 022 of The Kojima Productions Report Podcast. Wood was discussing his work on Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel, Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty comic series by IDW Publishing, and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
MGS Digital Graphic Novel
The Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel, […]

Metal Gear Solid on the Silver Screen

Tor Thorsen at Gamespot reports Kojima Productions has confirmed Metal Gear Solid will be made into a live action motion picture. The project was announced in Kojima Productions’ fake E3 Newsletter, so many people didn’t take the article seriously.
Given the semicomic nature of the fake E3 newsletter/Kojima Productions catalog, many thought the story was […]

Konami brings Hellboy, Marvel Cards to Consoles

E3 Konami called 2006 a “Year of Firsts” during their press conference at E3. This was in reference to products like an American dating sim called Brooktown High: Senior Year and the Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel. But most of the excitement was for the breathtaking Metal Gear Solid 4. But there […]

Metal Gear Awesome

Over on deviantART, Egoraptor posted a hilarious flash movie he created appropriately titled Metal Gear Awesome. This is how he describes his creation:
After years of hard work, Metal Gear Awesome is finally complete. It could’ve taken me like 3 days but I got lazy.
Chris Kohler from Wired’s Game Life blog gave this warning about […]

IDW Publishing Solicitations May 2006

Game related comics for May 2006
MGS: Sons of Liberty #6
METAL GEAR SOLID: SONS OF LIBERTY #6
Written by Alex Garner
Art and cover by Ashley Wood
As the Metal Gear Solid story hurtles forward, Snake and Raiden engage Metal Gear Ray in an all-out battle! And old mysteries are laid to rest, as Snake finally reveals […]

Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic Trailer

Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic at Konami’s Gamer’s Day Event, Kojima Productions uploaded the trailer.
See the trailer (streaming):

Or download the trailer (9.37 asf)
Kojima Productions also announced today the Kojima Productions Report, an English podcast hosted by the international manager of Kojima Productions, Ryan Payton. […]

Interactive Metal Gear Solid Comic for PSP

MGS Digital Graphic Novel Konami unveiled Hideo Kojima’s non-game project to be a digital comic book for PSP.
Announced in San Francisco at the 2006 Konami Gamers Day, tentatively titled Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic will be an all new adventure written by Kojima and franchise producer Noriaki Okamura. Illustrator Ashley Wood, who […]