Happy Birthday Solid Snake, 22 Years of Solo Infiltration

Submitter: Starlight - (http://www.examiner.com)

Site Tags: happy birthday solid snake 22 years solo infiltration

Category: General/Off Topic

On July 12th, in 1987 everybody's favorite stealth man Solid Snake debuted with the Japanese release of Metal Gear for the MSX2 computer platform.

He and the game that started it all can now celebrate their 22nd birthday.

To quote: Since then, Hideo Kojima's game has turned into a mega-franchise, with releases on computer platforms, NES, all three generations of the Playstation,...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://blog.us.playstation.com)

Site Tags: no gravity the plague of mind coming psn tomorrow

Category: PS3 Online

Today Sebastien Rubens of the PlayStation Blog announced news that No Gravity: The Plague Of Mind is hitting PSN tomorrow. To quote:

No Gravity, a science-fiction space journey that goes beyond a simple space shooter, hit the headlines for the first time in 2007 as a “homebrew” game for the PSP. It was acclaimed as a game that “puts tons of retail games to shame with its...

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Submitter: Starlight - (http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk)

Site Tags: metal gear solid mobile sneaks out n-gage

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Showing what a master spy he is, Solid Snake – protagonist of stealth-'em-up Metal Gear Solid Mobile – sneaked out onto the N-Gage showroom yesterday evening when we were least prepared for it.

While the majority of the (almost) ever-vigilant Pocket Gamer staff were drinking themselves into a stupor at the PG chrimbo bash, Konami made its move.

"Metal Gear...

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Submitter: Starlight - (http://blog.wired.com)

Site Tags: valve tried trick half life 2 hacker into fake job interview

Category: PC/Tech

After the secret source code for its then-unreleased shooter Half Life 2 showed up on file sharing services in 2003, game-maker Valve Software cooked up an elaborate ruse with the FBI targeting the German hacker suspected in the leak, even setting up a fake job interview in an effort to lure him to the United States for arrest.

The gambit ultimately failed, and Axel "Ago"...

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Submitter: Bakke - (http://blog.us.playstation.com)

Site Tags: playstation store us update november 2008

Category: PS3 Online

Per Grace Chen (Senior Manager, PlayStation Store) today:

Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the PlayStation Store weekly update.

Qore

Qore Episode 06: November, 2008 ($2.99 for episode / $24.99 for Annual Subscription)
Episode 06 of Qore: Presented by the PlayStation Network travels to Tokyo to take an up-close look at the gaming culture, but...

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New Warhawk Expansion Pack to arrive this April on PSN

Submitter: PS3 News - (http://threespeech.com)

Site Tags: new warhawk expansion pack arrive psn ps3

Category: PS3 Online

Sony has announced that the expansion pack Operation: Broken Mirror will launch exclusively on PSN in April, bringing the mighty Armoured Personnel Carrier into the fray as troops battle it out in the seven arenas of the new Vaporfield Glacier.

Press Release:

New Warhawk expansion pack to arrive this April on PLAYSTATION®Network

Operation: Broken...

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