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The Save Point – My First Shmup

by Xopher Reed under FEATURED on Nov 29th

There have been countless videogames that have come and gone from my meaty hands over the 31 years that I’ve been alive on this planet. I’ve tried damn near every style of game there is, from naughty, to trippy, all the way from sedentary “press X to win” types of games to the type that require special dance mats, I’ve gamed it up for a good 28 years of my existence.

C64, commodore 64, GAMING, ikaruga, konami, retro gaming, Shmup, the save point, time pilot, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade

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Silent Hill: Downpour Delayed Until Next Year

by Jamie Gibson under PLAY on Oct 10th

A representative of Konami today confirmed that Silent Hill: Downpour will be delayed until Q2 2012, after the game’s release date was changed on Amazon Germany and other retailers.

GAMING, konami, NEWS, PlayStation 3, Silent Hill: Downpour, Vatra Games, Xbox 360

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TGS Silent Hill: Downpour Trailer Is Pretty Korny

by Jamie Gibson under PLAY on Sep 17th

What did we do to deserve Akira Yamaoka’s talent being replaced by…Korn.

GAMING, konami, PlayStation 3, Silent Hill: Downpour, tgs, Trailers, Xbox 360

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GameStop Prices Metal Gear Solid HD Collection

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Jul 4th

Do you have half a Benjamin sitting in your pocket that you wouldn’t mind spending on what is essentially the only game I will be picking up this year?

Gamestop, GAMING, hd collections, kojima productions, konami, metal gear solid, PlayStation 3, PS3, Xbox 360

Silent Hill Collection coming in the Fall And Silent Hill Vita Details

by Jamie Gibson under PLAY on Jun 9th

Silent Hill 2 and 3 are coming in HD this fall, but this collection is PS3 only.

E3, GAMING, konami, NEWS, PS3, PSVita, silent hill, Xbox 360

MGS, ZOE and Silent Hill all getting the HD treatment

by Jamie Gibson under PLAY on Jun 3rd

At their pre E3 conference last night Konami announced three new HD collections for PS3…and Xbox 360. (Latter not confirmed for Silent Hill)

E3, GAMING, konami, metal gear solid, NEWS, PlayStation 3, silent hill, Xbox 360, Zone of the Enders

Pour a Cold One for Hudson

by Ryan Wilson under PLAY on Mar 31st

…because as of tomorrow, they’ll will be swallowed up by Konami.

Adventure Island, Bomberman, Bonk, closing, GAMING, Hudson, konami

Akira Yamaoka Auctioning Off Guitar That Scored Silent Hill

by Ryan Wilson under PLAY on Mar 31st

See this beautiful piece of wood and metal? This thing is responsible for the entire Silent Hill series up to this point. And now you can own it!

akira yamaoka, American Red Cross, auction, Charity, Ebay, GAMING, guitar, konami, Play for Japan, Red Cross, silent hill

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TMNT The Arcade Game only 200 MS points

by Scott Mason under PLAY on Mar 7th

I might as well have bought the arcade cabinet with the numbers of quarters spent on this game.

Arcade, GAMING, konami, Microsoft, Nintendo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

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Hard Corps: Uprising – First Impressions

by Scott Mason under PLAY on Feb 23rd

Contra Reincarnated.

ANIME, arc system works, Contra, first impressions, GAMING, Hard Corps: Uprising, konami, Microsoft, Trailers, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Sequel in the Works…Already

by Ryan Wilson under PLAY on Oct 11th

Damn, Konami, you definitely aren’t wasting any time with your franchise reboot. Oscar Araujo, composer of the soundtrack to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, let slip that the he had been hard at work at the music for the previously unannounced sequel, claiming that “the second will be more spectacular”. The sequel will yet again be helmed by Spanish developer MercurySteam. Konami has yet to comment...

castlevania, castlevania lords of shadow, konami, MercurySteam, sequel

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The Best Press Event of E3?

by Ryan Thomason under PLAY, READ on Jun 17th

Apparently, Konami went insane during their press event. How insane? Well enough that it’s being looped every hour for your viewing pleasure. Please, watch this, it’ll make your day.

2010, crazy, E3, e3-2010, Event, fail, funny, GAMING, Hilarious, insane, konami, Press, press event, weird

DefJam Rapstar – 17/40 Tracks Listed

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Jun 3rd

I know that the demographic of this website tends to lean more towards the indie music and prog rock crowd, but when I was growing up…I listened to a literal shitload of rap and hip-hop. I’m talking about the classics here, you know, the ones from the 80s into the early 90s. Not the top 40 crap we hear these days. This does have something to do with the game coming from Konami and 4mm Games, I promise.

4mm games, defjam rapstar, hip hop, konami, PlayStation 3, PS3, rap, Xbox 360

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – Big Effing Trailer

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Apr 8th

If you can stomach a few minutes of moonspeak, then you’ll be treated to some of the game modes that will convince you (if you’re not already) that this will be the handheld game to beat. Eat your heart out Nintendo fanboys.

handheld gaming, hideo kojima, kcej, kojima productions, konami, konami computer entertainement japan, metal gear solid, metal gear solid: peace walker, MGS, mgs:pw, playstation portable, PSP

Metal Gear Solid 4: Thumbs of the Patriots

by Xopher Reed under PLAY, READ on Mar 2nd

Quite possibly one of the coolest videogame related videos I’ve seen in a long time. Bravo to the creators of this for capturing the essence of a MGS game while using nothing but props and fingers.

guns of the patriots, konami, Metal Gear Solid 4, WPR Discusses

No CG in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Feb 18th

I’ve been reading through various videogame Twitter accounts recently, and got a bit caught up when I read the one for the new Castlevania game being developed in conjunction with Hideo Kojima.

castlevania, castlevania lords of shadow, kojima productions, konami, twitter

Oh Kojima, You Teasing Bastard

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Feb 6th

We already know that Hideo-kun is the master of hype. He had gamers like me frothing at the mouth to play MGS4 for so long that I thought I’d go crazy. I can’t give full credit to Kojima-san on this one. The hype this time goes to the PR manager for Kojima Productions, Jiro Oish.

kojima productions, konami, metal gear solid, peace walker, playstation portable, PSP

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GC 2009: New Castlevania Trailer

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Aug 24th

At GamesCom last week, Konami released a trailer for the new Castlevania that has Kojima attached to it.

castlevania, gamescom 2009, Kojima, kojima productions, konami, mercury stream, PlayStation 3, PS3, Xbox 360

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This Week In Bullshit: Konami drops Six Days in Fallujah

by Jamie Gibson under PLAY on Apr 29th

Well it’s been rumoured for a few days now but today, it was confirmed by Konami that the controversial Six Days in Fallujah, has been dropped by the company just around three weeks after announcing the game. Is it honestly surprising, given the amount of anger it received from the “public”? Not really, but it’s still a shame to see that Konami doesn’t have the balls to give this game a...

Bullshit, konami, The Media

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Games That Defined Me — Xenogears

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Feb 17th

When I was 18, done with high-school, and enjoying the freedom that came from being a teen with a part time job and no real plans, I had my gaming to keep me busy. Every week it seemed, I would have a new game for my PlayStation that just NEEDED to be played. I recall that I picked up Xenogears on the same day that I got Metal Gear Solid. To be honest, I was there for MGS but got Xenogears as well. I didn’t realize...

chrono cross, chrono trigger, Gears, ghost in the shell, god, hideo kojima, konami, Mecha, metal gear solid, parasite eve, psychology, Small Medium at Large, square ea, Square Enix, square soft, Xenogears, yasunori mitsuda