The secrets of Metal Gear have spread across the globe, with every nation now wielding the lethal technology. Solid Snake and Otacon have begun working for an anti-Metal Gear organization called Philanthropy, and the game opens with the duo infiltrating a container ship leaving New York harbor to investigate mysterious rumors of an amphibious prototype Metal Gear designed to best the existing generation of machines. FOXHOUND is still running, with a different cast but similar agenda; some time after Snake infiltrates the ship, untried FOXHOUND operative Raiden is sent to stop a group of terrorists who have taken over an offshore chemical cleanup facility and a bevy of hostages, including the President, in the process.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty is the 2001 sequel to 1998’s Metal Gear Solid. With the worldwide success of the previous game on the PlayStation, fans were desperate to see what creator Hideo Kojima could do with the then new PlayStation 2.
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Last week Sony released PS3 Firmware Update 2.40 last week, but had to take it offline temporarily because, for certain users, the XMB wouldn’t display after the update was installed.

The company explains: “We’ve been able to fix the problem, and [are] happy to report that firmware update v2.41 will be released shortly [mid-week].

We want to extend our apologies to the PlayStation community for any inconvenience. Now we’ll be looking forward to seeing everyone online and racking up those trophies!” — Via PSblog

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Darksiders: Wrath of War is being penned by legendary comic book artist Joe Madureira (X-Men, Battle Chasers, The Ultimates) and is set in a Post-Apocalyptic demon-ravaged world where evil forces have prematurely brought about the end of the time. Originally sent to oversee the destruction of Earth, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been betrayed by their master, stripped of their powers and cast down to Earth. Players take on the role of WAR—the first of the Four Horsemen—as he embarks on a brutal quest of vengeance and revenge against the forces that betrayed him with the help of his phantom steed RUIN. Darksiders: Wrath of War features open-world exploration, a deep combat system and a huge arsenal of modern and mythical weapons.

Check out this developer diary on the Darksiders: Wrath of War’s gameplay design:

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As everyone has heard by now, Chrono Trigger DS is coming to Nintendo’s handheld in remastered form! This marks the first time that the beloved Super NES RPG has ever been released for a handheld console (outside of it’s original SNES release in 1995, it was only ever re-released for the PS1 on the Final Fantasy Chronicles collection).

Here is the game’s story:

When a newly developed teleportation device malfunctions at the Millennial Fair, young Crono must travel through time to rescue his misfortunate companion from an intricate web of past and present perils. The swashbuckling adventure that ensues soon unveils an evil force set to destroy the world, triggering Crono’s race against time to change the course of history and bring about a brighter future.

And here is the first Japanese trailer for the game.

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New downloadable content for Metal Gear Solid 4 has been added. The new content includes two new camo suits. To find the new content, take a look in the ‘Extras’ menu of Metal Gear Solid 4.

Here’s a description of the suits:

Laughing Camo: Will cause enemy soldiers to laugh hysterically.

Raging Camo: Causes enemy soldiers to howl in rage when you get near.

Both suits are free to download and cover Snake in Japanese text, with the above mentioned effects.

Also getting new content is Metal Gear Online. A new mode has been added, available as a free download, that will be sure to please fans who wished that more than one player could sneak around as Snake.

The new mode, entitled “Team Sneaking,” gives one team the task of using stealth to infiltrate the enemy team’s base and destroy a target within enemy territory. Like Snake in “Sneaking,” the stealth team is invisible until spotted and then stays visible until the caution timer runs out—much like the game’s single player mode. For those not interested in the stealth game, though, the update also includes a new host option called “Headshots Only” which changes the game’s rank point awards to penalize kills that aren’t headshots rather than reward them.

Via Opposable Thumbs

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The Achievements List for Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 has been revealed, even though the title is still unannounced and unrevealed. Though it WILL no doubt come to Xbox Live Arcade eventually. Maybe we’ll see more at E3?

A few things can be determined by looking at the Achievements List:

* Game Type 1 - ‘Waves’, which was the game in Project Gotham Racing 4. We can assume this is either the same, or a tweaked version of it. The achievements also mention ‘zones’, which were a kind of enemy in Waves

* The game will contain Geoms - much like Geometry Wars Galaxies for the Nintendo Wii and DS and Geometry Wars Waves in PGR4. An achievement is to collect 500 of them in a single game. They were used as currency in Galaxies, and multipliers in Waves.
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ReWind is an original Nintendo DS game currently in development at Two Tribes. Using detailed 3D graphics and a rich storyline, this on-rails shooter with a twist will use the unique possibilities of the Nintendo DS to full effect.

ReWind offers players a unique gameplay experience because of its on-rails nature, allowing players to focus fully on the destruction of their enemies. Combined with a carefully scripted game world, ReWind offers players a constant thrill from start to finish.

In the true tradition of on-rails shooters the gameplay in ReWind is extremely accessible. Average players will be able to complete the game while seasoned players will be motivated to go for higher scores and completion rates.

Here’s the Rewind DS features list:

* Touch screen control
* High quality 3D Graphics
* Rich storyline
* CD-quality soundtrack
* Microphone support

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Ever wanted to be in a movie? AMD is promising just that with their “Cinema 2.0″ technology which according to them is “a milestone achievement in ultra-realistic and interactive visual computing.”

The following demo, which you can view in the video, shows the power of their teraFLOPS chip, the RV770 GPU which is at the heart of the demo. The demo itself was also running on a consumer-grade AMD RV770 graphics cards, Phenom X4 9850 processor, and 790FX chipset.

Take a look at this impressive technology in this video:

Via Engadget

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Official Star Wars Lightsaber DS Stylusses, or styli, have been revealed! Likely in early celebration of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which releases for the DS on September.

To be released this month in America, the pack of 3 lightsaber styli will run you $7.99 while the larger 2 styli lightsaber pack will cost you $16.99.

Here’s the features list for the 3-pack:

* 3 DS Lite replacement stylus
* Officially licensed by Nintendo and Lucas Arts
* Detailed replicas of lightsabers carried by Yoda, Darth Vader, and the Jedi
* Replacement Styli cannot be inserted into the DS Lite System

And the short, but sweet, features list of the 2-pack:

* Each pen stylus design is a replica of the character’s unique lightsaber hilt and blade color
* Frosted barrel lights up from an LED to resemble the glowing blade of a lightsaber
* Officially licensed by Nintendo and Lucas Arts

Sadly, actual control over The Force is not included. These things look great though and I think it’s really cool of Lucasarts and Nintendo to do this. Even though it’s a no-brainer!

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Are you tired of mandatory hard drive installs on PlayStation 3 and wanna what the deal is? Well blame Blu-ray and DVD according to a new article on the issue from MTV’s Multiplayerblog.

Capcom took a public lashing in February when Devil May Cry 4 was released on PS3 with a mandatory 20-minute installation not necessary on the Xbox 360 version. Since then, Capcom VP of business development and strategic planning Christian Svennsson told said his company didn’t realize the issue would “blow up.” He says the company will take the response into account for future releases.

According to the article, publishers do not want to talk about why some PS3 games require instals, while others don’t. The PS3 version of Lost Planet requires an install, as does Lost: Via Domus and Hot Shots Golf 5: Out of Bounds from Sony. But Dark Sector and many other PS3 releases don’t.

Apparently the issue arises from differences in the reading techniques of DVD and Blu-ray. By nature, the outer and inner parts of a disc move at different speeds while a disc is spinning, regardless of format (CD, DVD, Blu-ray, HD-DVD, etc.). While DVD drives can read data at those differing speeds, Blu-ray reads at one speed. Combine that with the extremely large size of Blu-ray discs, and simply dumping existing DVD data onto a Blu-ray disc will inevitably result in longer load times. Installations are a way around this issue.
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