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Konami brings interactive comic featuring Solid Snake and Metal Gear characters to Sony's handheld.

Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel

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SAN FRANCISCO--The 2006 Konami Gamers' Day in San Francisco had more than just games on display today. Wilson Cheng, product manager at Konami Digitial Entertainment, said, "I am very happy to announce that Konami will be introducing a new type of genre that combines different types of media onto one UMD disc."

Thankfully for longtime Konami fans, the subject of the "new genre" is something gamers will be very familiar with. It also appears to answer questions raised by legendary designer Hideo Kojima, who recently told Famitsu that he was working on a non-game project for the PSP called Metal Gear Solid BD.

Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic (working title) is an interactive comic book-style story from franchise creator Hideo Kojima and producer Noriaki Okamura. Artwork will be provided by Australian comic book artist Ashley Wood, who fans may know from his work on Todd McFarlane's Spawn and the Metal Gear Solid comic books.

"MGS Digital Comic goes way beyond just clicking through scanned comic book pages," said Ryan Payton, international manager of Kojima Productions. "It provides an involved interactive experience as players must investigate the MGS story, link together plot points, and complete the puzzle of the Metal Gear narrative through multiple play throughs."

It's unclear just how interactive the comic will actually be, but a trailer shown at the event certainly confirmed it will be animated. Voice bubbles appear in sequence with the game's audio, and static images slide across the screen as comic-style effects like "Bang!" or "Pow!" appear onscreen when characters fire bullets.

Konami has not announced a release date or price for Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic.

49 Comments

  • bfreeman0

    Posted Nov 4, 2006 5:46 am GMT

    Didn't any1 read the top comment this is just another MGS thing for the PSp. The game you've all been wating for is called "MGS: Portable Ops" and that looks awesome. definitely the multiplayer feature.

  • Guns_Of_Sicily

    Posted Jul 6, 2006 8:42 pm GMT

    No, the new game Kojima is making is MGS: Portable OPS......now if only they made this also for the story of MGS2 and MGS3.....do you hear me Kojima!? I don't have a PS2!!! *cries*

  • kogaratsu

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 12:54 pm GMT


    This is indeed for the hardcore mgs fans

    if something similiar with final fantasy franchise came out it would also bve for the hardcore ff fans

    glad that they make these things

    icing on the cake

  • gamerhollic

    Posted Jan 27, 2006 2:19 am GMT

    what...IVE BIN WAITING FOR AGES FOR THIS GAME....and its a comic??!!!???!!!!????

  • farnes

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 8:29 pm GMT

    looks good
    and i'd buy it if i owned a psp

  • DevilHunterX

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 1:02 pm GMT

    Read the comic. Hate the artwork

  • ssjdagas

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 9:09 am GMT

    Amazing! I'll buy this one! Unless it's too expensive or gamespot thinks it sucks...

  • faceman420

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 9:01 am GMT

    As long as they don't charge out the a$$ for it..

  • deleteduser

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 8:46 am GMT

    they should work on a new game instead making comics, it doesn't interest me.......

  • Nico_14_Ian

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 8:35 am GMT

    WOW! Could anyone else be like.. so sarcastic..?

  • ricricpimp4life

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 7:14 am GMT

    the next thing u know they will come out with books for psp

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 6:37 am GMT

    wow. i am shocked at all the new 'milking ideas' with all the announcements of this 'new' psp crap.

  • ewjim

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 6:28 am GMT

    "New genre" - right time! I want to see it...

  • Demaar

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 3:31 am GMT

    What is it with Konami and these lame spin off things for the PSP?
    Do they just not want to commit to a full proper game or something?
    Oh well, I suppose it's better than pure ports.

  • greyfoxdna

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 3:06 am GMT

    Wat i dont understand is why they are using a really crappy art style compared to all the cover & concept art for the game, that was so much cooler than this mess, even though i did get my hands on the original issues when the MGS1 comic came (only cos im a crazy fan), im still peed off.

  • mikekare79

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 2:21 am GMT

    Can they make a real one for the PSP or did I waste my money buying one?

  • Jammet

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 2:00 am GMT

    Please do not tell me that this is the hyped new Metal Gear Solid "game" Kohima was hinting about. Please instead, tell me that this has absolutely nothing to do with that. Tell me it's only something to tease us some more.

    Please!

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 12:14 am GMT

    i guess it's pretty cool

  • vaejas

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 9:21 pm GMT

    MGS:Choose Your Own Adventure. Roffle at the dialogue... okay, Crab Battles aside, the only goofy thoughts I want to hear from Snake are about Cardboard Boxes. Guess I should check out the existing comic book series before I pass judgement... but I give it a week for a fan-dub. SNAAAAAAKKKE!!!

  • wemhim

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 8:58 pm GMT

    Sounds pretty cool to me.

  • RenegadeZero

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 8:52 pm GMT

    What the hell is this image?

    http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2006/news/01/25/mgscomix_screen006.jpg

  • Viquist

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 7:24 pm GMT

    yeah... sounds like suckage to me - but then if I were one of those who owned a PSP I'd buy anything to have a reason to dust it off - however, sounds really kool for die hard MGS Fans

  • wslyngstad

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 7:21 pm GMT

    It sounds interesting, and could be a new avenue for other comic book publishers to consider (Marvel, DC, Image, etc...) I think the whole thing will hinge on the price. $9.99 is probably the highest you could go for a UMD comic book.

  • seba_d

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 6:26 pm GMT

    Metal Gear... thats the real revolution in gaming history. or should i say Kojima?

  • darkcult

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 6:26 pm GMT

    I love my PSP and Ashley Wood's art kick ass.
    Hideo allways brings inovation with his stuff.
    This is going to be HOT!!!

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 6:06 pm GMT

    i have a bad feeling this is gonna suck.

  • section912

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:57 pm GMT

    ............................................................................WTF!!

  • Tequila_Zaire

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:54 pm GMT

    Great idea...but the story is already well known and what...this is te 3rd retelling? No thanks. The art is a bit too "off"...it'd be much better with the character designer of their ACID! games.

  • jsnepo

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:52 pm GMT

    Yoji Shinkawa should be behind the artwork and not Ashley Wood.

  • KennethGorelick

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:37 pm GMT

    This sounds like it's going to be a cheap spin-off of the MGS games.

  • zhuojloh

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:34 pm GMT

    cant they make a animation movie like advent children?

  • Zorak000

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:32 pm GMT

    Hello! umd movies meet games and comics in an unholy three-way that feels so right! (...or will it?)

  • XlpranksterlX

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:22 pm GMT

    WTF is it a game or what? Its probably just a UMD with some extras and a minigame or something.

  • GunslingerMan

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:18 pm GMT

    Wow, im acctually very much excited about this .

  • TheVeEJ

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:16 pm GMT

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  • Funkyhamster

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:14 pm GMT

    So is this based on the original MGS? If so, the scene with the, uh, posterior could be from when Meryl and Snake are in the bathroom outside the command room.

  • SGTMUS

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:13 pm GMT

    Personaly i would of got it , but i don't like the ashley woods artwork.

  • boyblob

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:10 pm GMT

    Well it's always seemed that Kojima wanted to make movies or novels. Now he's making comics.

  • DOHONEYJP

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:08 pm GMT

    PSP is going weird places. I have friends who spend way to much time putting stupid crap on their PSPs(porn and junk like that). It all comes from their pc. Then they turn around and never take the damn thing out. They use them a few feet from the pc. It all seems ridiculous to me and a big waste of time. Games; yes, other crap; no way.

  • a_tru_christian

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:05 pm GMT


    depends on how long it is to go through, if it can be completed in 1 or less hours i won't buy it. but if its 2 or more hours (which is a long time for just a story) then i'll consider. if its 3 or more hours i most definately will buy it, MGS is awesome.

  • LTomlinson21

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 5:02 pm GMT

    DAMN!
    PSP has a ton of news today.
    Lol.

  • Zanza_Unleashed

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:52 pm GMT

    Uh, yea, I buy books to read books, I don't buy discs to read comics

  • Game-o_O

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:49 pm GMT

    Lol, PSP is going to take the Manga industry now. Go Sony! You can take it all lol.

  • djdizz

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:48 pm GMT

    Yea this is for those type of people that breathe live and sweat MGS

  • Bladex2k

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:48 pm GMT

    these are for the hardcore kojima fans

  • FstBrk342

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:42 pm GMT

    hey id buy it....if i had a psp

  • artillery

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:41 pm GMT

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  • best-gam3r

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:41 pm GMT

    WTF! i predict major suckage. but until then, i'll just wait and see before i can pass judgment.

  • Donkeljohn

    Posted Jan 25, 2006 4:40 pm GMT

    It is not a game, it is a comic book? I wonder what the D&B value of the first printings are going to be like. . .

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