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"Available from March 27th, the new compilations retain their original packaging, but are twinned in a special slip cases for just £19.99. The first two pairings will be Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops with Silent Hill Origins, and Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops alongside Coded Arms."
A Turkish man has escaped a prison in western Germany by making use of the tried and true Solid Snake method of using a cardboard box. There is now a manhunt taking place to recapture the clever escapee.
"Here’s a joke: Did you hear the one about Uwe Boll directing a movie version of the acclaimed video game series “Metal Gear Solid”? So did Uwe Boll – only he’s not laughing.
“This was an absurd story,” Boll told MTV News about how his name got attached and then removed from a cinematic adaptation. “Two French guys wrote a script, said they are from Konami hired to write the script, said ‘You wanna direct it?’ I read the script, I liked the script. I said, ‘Yes, I can do it.’”
A quick deal..."
In a recent interview with IGN, Hideo Kojima discussed Metal Gear Solid 4 (naturally). Same old, same old, right? Kotaku thinks not! They found a very interesting little paragraph in which Kojima mentions his son's reactions to the Metal Gear Solid games. And, well, his words aren't exactly kind.
"Twenty years ago, a bandana-rocking badass stepped onto the Nintendo Entertainment System and went to work on bringing down some bad guys at Outer Heaven. His name was Snake, and the videogame world would bow to his presence.
Well, they eventually would. After a couple sequels, Snake receded into the background of gaming culture. While the world moved on, Snake rested. Snake waited.
In 1998, Metal Gear Solid shipped for the PlayStation and turned the industry on its head. Sequels ..."
http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mg20th/index.html
Konami have decided to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Metal Gear in style by opening up this new page on their official website, and I have to say it's looking pretty good! The Metal Gear series has had success on all these different platforms, so it deserves to be recognised.
When it looked as if Portable Ops couldn't get much better, Konami decide to drop on us the first official online tournament! Is this going to be a huge success, or a complete flop? Only time will tell. Hopefully this will do well for Konami - they've definitely developed a great game series here! :D
![Box shot of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUFNQL1N0cmF0ZWd5L1RhY3RpY2Fs/metal_gear_solid_portable_ops_frontcover_small_4wI87BvFBAOzLny.jpg)