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Kojima's next game... Lord of Shadow?

Hideo Kojima involved in Konami action game?
Kojima Productions has been busily teasing away its next game this month, but after revelations in the world of magazines its next title could have already been accidentally revealed.

The latest issue of PSW - which went on sale this week - features a teaser for its next issue with the headline, "Hideo Kojima's Next Game". It continues: "Konami has been busy hinting at what the Metal Gear Solid 4 developer will do next. Well we know. And all will be revealed next issue!"

The teasing text is accompanied by a silhouette of what appears to be a big burly man. It's since been discovered that the silhouette pays a near-perfect resemblance to the lead character from Konami's 360 and PS3 action game, Lord of Shadow. Whoops.

In case you missed it, Lord of Shadow was announced last year and is being developed by Spain-based Clive Barker's Jericho dev, Mercury Steam. It's described as a "dark fairy tale with lots of combat and puzzle solving. Konami boldly claimed, "this is a title we hope will set a new standard for action-adventure titles."

Considering the big song a dance he's made recently over intentions to work with a Western developer, Kojima's supposed involvement in the game seems plausible.

That said, as Lord of Shadow's isn't strictly a Kojima Productions title, we'd be surprised if it turned out to be the developer's 'big' reveal being teased on the internet this month.

For the full low-down on what Kojima's up to we suppose we're going to have to tick down the hours to E3, Kojima Productions' website countdown or PSW number 122 on June 18.

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Posted by nOVA1987
It will be very interesting to see what hideo kojima pulls out of his sleeve for this one, im kinda glad its not another metal gear in a way because i really dont want them to spoil the series and so far its ended on a high
Posted by KMakawa
Teaser site actually shows a set of letters during the lightning, So far it comes up with. well, what I believe to be "SE3G", though I dont know if its a G or not, stupid font :(

Anyway, no idea what that resembles, though they are trying to give out a message.
Posted by lonewolf2002
I'm also in the camp of that it was an S rather than a 5 but time will tell.
Posted by metallicorphan
i think it was Kotaku who said that the 'G' that you said..which is actually the wrong way round to be a lower class g(because it doesnt look like a capital G)...could actually be @...the others being 35E...(yes the 5 could very well be a S)

and then they came up with '5@E3'

and of course that lead to the inevitable 'MGS5 @ E3'

who knows if they are right...all will be revealed



and if it is that Lord of Shadows thing,that has already been announced
Posted by NazAareth
If Kojima is working on Lord of Shadows, it'll be interesting to see what he brings to the table. He has always said he didn't want to just do stealth action so working on this would provide that change of pace.

That 'G' on the Konami teaser site looks more like a lower case 'e' as it closes off at the top not the bottom.
The teaser site could be poiting toward that Metal Gear Existence game, which got copyrighted by Konami way back when. Best bet is an MGS4 expansion, with extra Raiden missions and, dare I say, trophies?
Posted by save_us_daj
watching kojima's "next" countdown, i have the message alternating between "5E3" and"5e3", although the lower case e doesn't seem to pop up that often and sometimes not even as the e in e3
Posted by liquidsoap89
I'm still going with mgs4 SUBSISTENCE (S for subsistence, hmmmmmm) or whatever s world it could start with, cuz they've done that with the others. I believe it's only a matter of time (maybe 100 whatever hours) until it's revealed.
Posted by tina1167
I don't think I have ever remembered this much "teasing" if it's a add-on to an existing game. Re: Metal Gear Existance" This amount of teasing, hints and torture means it will be BIG.
It's got to be a Metal Gear 5.
The odd looking backwards G in the letters at his teaser website is a symbol for "Snake" in japanese.

Google Japanese symbol for snake or serpant.
Posted by lonewolf2002
A look at PSW mag running feature on the new Kojima game:

http://www.hctor.com/silhouette-shows-off-kojimas-next-game/
Posted by spud-o
someone else said e is a zodiac sign for snake....
Posted by snake_boss
http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/next/index.html
if you look to the right of the image you see a fence its sorta modern so it has to be mgs5 or a new franchise :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
Posted by 360_Fan
All I am seeing on some other forums is some very nervous if not arrogant PS3 owners. So what if this is going to be a 360 thing. PS3 wont die if it looses the MGS exclusive deal.
Posted by Vyvrtka
um what does it have to do with MGS? :roll: This news is (probably) about Lords of Shadow.

And I don't know why PS3 users should be nervous, the next MGS game isn't gonna be 360 exclusive, multiplatform maybe, but making MGS 360 exclusive would make no sense at all as all MGS fans are PS users, so yea, no worry, MGS will stay with PS
Posted by lonewolf2002
He didn't say it was going to be 360 exclusive he said it will not matter if the PS3 loses MGS as an exclusive and comes to the 360 as well.
Posted by Zedfragg
As long as it's not another Metal Gear Solid game I'll be happy enough to play it. Everyone by now knows my views on MGS...Stale...Stagnant...Now-Unoriginal...

Something new!! YAY!!
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