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Konami EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Silent Hill: Shattered Memories hits December for Wii 12 Konami has finally put a firm date on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Wii -- December 8. How appropriate, considering the game's icy setting.  If your arms tire out easily, but you s... Konami to publish Ninety Nine Nights 2 in America? 11 Despite the original game flying under the Microsoft Game Studios banner, Konami surprisingly took up the mantle and revealed that it was publishing Ninety Nine Nights 2 in Japan. Now it seems th... Tomena Sanner is still crazy, even in English 9 We just recently learned that the strangest Japanese WiiWare one-button side-scrolling game is coming to the US. Tomena Sanner, they call it, and Konami is working on releasing it here early nex... Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker getting English demo 14 Love Metal Gear Solid? Can't understand Moon Speak? Well you are in for a tasty treat, young fella-me-lad! It has been confirmed that an English language demo for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker i... Kojima, Suda amazed by DSi virtual girlfriend Love Plus 55 If you haven't seen Konami's virtual girlfriend Love Plus and its effect on lonely men, then you're really missing something. It's...amazing. Grown men are kissing DSi screens. I could go on abou... Man causes hospital blackout, blames Silent Hill 60 You don't often see Silent Hill at the center of a "games made me do it" controversy, but a thirty-five-year-old man claims that Konami's psychological horror series inspired him to bre... Frogger is totally returning to PSN, WiiWare this fall 11 Finally, the years of handwritten letters and dozens of signatures to your online petition have paid off! Konami has announced that it'll be releasing Frogger Returns, an update to the arcade cla... SPOILERS: Full game of Castlevania Rebirth on Youtube 33 Yesterday, the Nintendo Week showed us about 12 seconds of the new WiiWare title Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth. Now, less than 24 hours later, someone has played through the entire game and ... Konami announces Shadow of Destiny for PSP 26 We kind of already knew this, but act surprised for Konami's sake. The really strange but totally original PlayStation 2 title Shadow of Destiny is making its way to the PSP, Konami announces tod... MGS: Peace Walker on PSP so children can play it 37 Oh Hideo Kojima, you shady old bastard, you! The Metal Gear Solid creator has explained why the latest game in his stealth series, Peace Walker, is on the PlayStation Portable, despite looking ep... A Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth screen (and friends) 44 Forgive the less-than-classy use of space up there. I didn't want to stretch the above screenshot to fit Destructoid's header size requirements, and other than decorating the borders with as many... Rocket Knight screenshots are all up in your business 10 Following yesterday's surprise announcement for a game we totally weren't told about weeks ago, Konami has finally seen fit to share with us some fresh screenshots from Rocket Knight. The retro r... Konami announces Rocket Knight ... again 8 Seriously, Konami? You've just gotten around to doing this?Despite having already revealed Rocket Knight to 1UP weeks ago, Konami has seen fit to announce Rocket Knight yet again, having finally ... Hideo Kojima has promised Zone of the Enders 3 40 Last week, Hideo Kojima stated that a new Zone of the Enders was at the top of his to-do list, providing a modicum of hope to those who want to see a new entry in the mech-battling series. Now th... New Zone of the Enders is top of Kojima's 'to do' list 53 Zone of the Enders really wasn't my thing, but I am clearly a minority case. The PS2 mech series proved to be quite popular among gamers, and many Hideo Kojima fans have clamored for the mad geni... Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will utilize Vocaloid 23 If you love all things Metal Gear Solid like my good buddy Rey here at the office, I'm assuming you want to get your hands on Peace Walker. Kojima says it'll make you buy a PSP, due to some surpr... Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth screens pop up 22 Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth has come a long, long way since the GameBoy days, if these new screens that were recently shown in Famitsu are any indication. The WiiWare title has been confir... Kojima: Peace Walker will make you buy a PSP 37 One should think that everybody who ever wanted a PSP now has one, but mad genius Hideo Kojima believes that there are plenty of people ready to be turned into fans, and that Metal Gear Solid: Pe... Hideo Kojima uses Obama Peace Prize to plug his game 114 Yesterday, I was legitimately shocked by news that Barack Obama had won a Nobel Peace Prize for being trendy and simply saying he'll do some things. Hideo Kojima isn't quite as cynical as me, how... Wear a diaper: Silent Hill 'perfect' for a haunted house 20 Jeff Shiefelbein (the human pictured above) has been working on haunted houses -- which, in conversation, he simply refers to as "haunts" -- for 15 years. Inspired his family's love of ... Kojima hoping to improve MGS: Peace Walker controls 17 Have you all had a chance to download and play the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo? I certainly have, and I thought it was pretty damn promising. Despite the generally positive feedback, howe... Pop'n Music keeps its 9-button spirit on PSP 11 After the somewhat frightening disappointment felt by some after seeing the thing they're calling Pop'n Music on the Wii, this might be a ray of sunshine for rhythm game fans. According to a maga... TGS 09: All about the PSP for Konami in their booth tour 6  Konami's presence at Tokyo Game Show was all about their latest PSP sweetheart, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. They paid little attention to the PSP's bigger and older brother the PlayStat... TGS 09: Download Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker right now 50 A brand new trailer has surfaced for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and it is stupidly amazing. If you're an MGS fan, you owe it to yourself to hit that link and check it out. The story sounds li... Review: Zombie Apocalypse 36 If you're over the whole “zombies in videogames” streak the industry has been on the past few years, you're not alone. What once was a rare and genuinely exciting occurrence (Zombies ... Silent Hill haunted maze opens this October 24 The Jeff Schleffelbein’s Sinister Pointe attraction venue in Orange County is getting a very Silent Hill makeover this Halloween, which we already knew about. The 10,000 square feet vacant ... We made these Zombie Apocalypse screens safe for your family 21 Yesterday, Konami announced that its four-player shooter Zombie Apocalypse would be hitting Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network next week. Today, the publisher passed along some screens. Odd... The Zombie Apocalypse hits XLBA, PSN next week 22 If there's one thing I like more than playing videogames, it's killing zombies. Too bad I'll be in Japan next week covering the Tokyo Game Show, because Konami has announced that Zombie Apocalyps... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Metal Gear VS Metal Slug 130 Last week we stepped on another sports course to watch another industry rivalry. With a long line of games on other consoles in both series' pasts, it was tied for the first half of the votes. Ho... Review: Contra ReBirth 33 The surreal mixing of Hollywood references, real-life political terminology, and sci-fi craziness has long been a staple of Konami action games, but the Contra series takes that special brand of ... Metal Gear Solid 4 keychains are badass 13 There's only one thing lacking from the Metal Gear Solid experience. Keychains! Who else could you entrust your keys and Borders reward tags to than Solid Snake himself? Japanese Capsule toy comp... Konami announces Silent Hill Mobile 3 12 I see Silent Hill mobile games as one of those things that are just kind of there -- not really great games, but I'm a Silent Hill addict so I'm going to buy them anyway. KnowYourMobile has annou... Silent Hill: Homecoming won't be coming to Japan 38 Silent Hill: Homecoming will not be released in Japan, Konami's official Web site has announced. The Silent Hill sequel, developed by American studio Double Helix and released in North America on... Konami reveals Tokyo Game Show floor map 4 Tokyo Game Show officials may not be ready to show off the show floor, but the folks at Konami don't seem to care. They've put together a pre-TGS page that not only features a pretty cool rotatin... Contra ReBirth comes stateside to WiiWare on Monday 24 You may not have known it, but Konami has recently published a new Contra Game. Japan, Europe and Australia have already been enjoying the new Contra ReBirth on WiiWare -- some since May, and now... The ESRB says Tomena Sanner is headed to the states 6 "Too Japanese" my ass.Sorry about that. Quirky Japanese games sometimes give me "Tourette's of the keyboard",  especially when they are finally announced for release in t... Pre-order new Silent Hill, get creepy soundtrack for free 10 I was going to wait for either Dale or Colette -- both of which are Silent Hill crazy, one of which is a musician -- to write about this. But both are on planes to Seattle for PAX, without Wi-Fi,... Kojima: Peace Walker and Rising teams 'not good friends' 18 According to mad scientist Hideo Kojima, his studio is not one big, happy family where everybody gets along. In fact, there's a little bit of competition brewing between the teams working on Meta... Metal Gear Solid confuses Hideo Kojima 28 You know a game has become convoluted and bizarre when even its own creator can't keep track of what's happening. As much as I love the Metal Gear Solid series, I must admit that the retcons and ... GC 09: Konami unveils new Shattered Memories trailer 43 I got all excited when I went over the details of Konami's gamescom press conference today and saw that there was supposedly footage from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for PSP (posted here), bu... GC 09: Hudson announces the Tower of Shadow for WiiWare 24 Oh wow, here we go: news I'm excited about. During the Konami press conference at gamescom, a new WiiWare title from Hudson was announced called Tower of Shadow. Gameskyo posted the trailer and s... GC 09: New trailer from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow wows 71 When Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was announced at this year's E3, I'll admit, I pulled a little bit of the retro snob behavior. I wasn't so sure I wanted a 3D Castlevania game,but after I saw th... Pop'n Music Wii: still pretty, still no proper controller 16 When Pop'n Music was announced for the Wii at E3 this year, kitty and bunny ears everywhere perked up among its dedicated fans. They then dropped when it turned out that, not only was there no 9-... Silent Hill gets a haunted house maze thing of scariness 11 Orange County, CA is about to get the living piss scared out of it, because Silent Hill is coming to town! The guys behind the Saw attraction are plotting a haunted house-style maze based on the ... Due to demand, Konami reissues PlayStation 2 games in UK 31 It's always nice to hear that a company is listening to its customers. In a time where PlayStation 2 console and game sales are finally slowing down, Konami re-releases some of their more in-dema... Konami can't say anything about Metal Gear Solid 4 Trophies 19 It's still shocking to think that one of the PS3's biggest, most important exclusives still doesn't have Trophies, but Metal Gear Solid 4 is yet to offer gamers arbitrary awards for doing nothing... Konami ESRB tease: Shadow of Destiny, Contra Rebirth 13 Two do-wanty games are probably headed our way from Konami. Both were let out of the bag by the folks at the ESRB, who had to drop a rating on them first. We're always poking around to see what's... Confirmed for GamesCon: Kojima, Molyneux 11 The Leipzig Games Convention, or GamesCom, is right around the corner, set to kick off on August 19th in Cologne, Germany. Europe's major videogames trade show is already big, but two major names... Igarashi still with Konami, still making games 21 The announcement at E3 that Hideo Kojima would be taking over the Castlevania series with the next game, Lords of Shadow, was met with much excitement, but one man was probably not as excited. Th... SDCC: Our f'n metal preview of Metalocalypse 34 We got an early look at the impossibly metal Metalocalypse here at San Diego Comic-Con, where it is making its debut. Developer Frozen Codebase is busy readying the game for the PlayStation 3's P... SDCC: SAW director bringing Castlevania to the big screen 26 While we're not sure if we needed a Castlevania live-action film, this is an interesting twist -- James Wan, best known for his work on the SAW franchise, will be directing the Paul W.S. Anderson... Konami secures Jackson 5 tracks for Karaoke Revolution 7 Konami has announced that not one, but five Jackson 5 songs will be featured in the upcoming Karaoke Revolution. While a host of Jackson 5 content has been licensed for the series, the songs &quo... Sexy Time! Metal Gear Solid 3 43 [Sexy Time! is a regular series where we take a look at some of the more, shall we say, erotic aspects of video games. It also gives us a reason to post images such as the above. You're welcome.]... Bit Museum #4: what the hell is an Entex Adventure Vision? 7 If you ask most people to name a retro console that features bright red LEDs and monochromy and causes migraines and epileptic seizures, they'll start shaking in horror. "V-V-Virtual Boy...&... MGS: Peace Walker is Kojima's Metal Gear Solid 5 31 Hideo Kojima has been chatting about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the unexpected new PSP game starring Big Boss, aka Naked Snake. Kojima has revealed that, although it isn't Metal Gear Solid 5... Pro Evo 2010 will be a return to realism, says producer 15 Somewhere along the line, during my time here, I got pigeonholed into doing posts about soccer games, even about franchises I'm not familiar with. You'd think that it would be Samit's responsibil... Save the world by destroying the world in Tornado Outbreak 5 When I first heard about Tornado Outbreak, I was hoping it would be some awesome realistic game of destruction. Turns out it’s a kid’s game. Dang. So, you’re some kind of creat... New Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement screenies look cutesy 29 If you ever played any of the Vandal Hearts games, you likely have the same fond memories I do of this tactical RPG series that more often than not fell under people's radar. I wasn't even aware ... Heads up: a Metal Gear Online tournament starts on June 26 13 Konami is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in an unusual fashion. Instead of creating commemorative figurines or throwing wild office parties, the ... Former Konami employee sues for discrimination 17 A female ex-Konami employee by the name of Yoko Sekiguchi is apparently suing the publisher for ¥33 million ($344,000) in damages for what she describes as sexual discrimination. 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