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E3 2009: Industry-standard press release service lists just-announced Xbox 360 game as also coming to Sony's console, Windows system; [UPDATE] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker due 2010, Rising confirmed as multiplatform.

LOS ANGELES--Today at Microsoft's E3 Press Conference, one of the biggest news items was the announcement of Metal Gear Solid: Rising for the Xbox 360. As teased by designer Hideo Kojima during his Game Developers Conference keynote address, the all-new game will star Raiden, the acrobatic supporting character of Metal Gear Solid 4 and star of Metal Gear Solid 2.

However, no sooner was the game revealed than confusion set in about what platforms it was being released for. It was revealed during the portion of the Microsoft press conference that corporate vice president John Schappert said was reserved for Xbox 360 console exclusives. However, the product page on Games Press--the UK-based press-release service relied upon by much of the games industry--is listing the game as coming to the PC and PlayStation 3 with a "TBA" launch date.

Unfortunately, Konami's ambiguously worded announcement of the game doesn't clarify the situation. It only describes MGS: Rising as "the first Metal Gear Solid game to launch on the Xbox 360." No mention is made of exclusivity of any kind, timed or not.

Adding to the Metal Gear Solid rumor gumbo is another Games Press listing for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PSP. Other than a wide-open 2010 release date, no other information is listed about the game, which could possibly be the subject of a second teaser site put up by Konami.

As of press time, Konami reps had not responded to requests for comment on either game. However, earlier today, Games Press was also the source of the premature announcement of Crysis 2 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

[UPDATE] Turns out Games Press was spot-on in terms of the new PSP title. At Sony's E3 press conference Tuesday morning, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was confirmed. The game is set in the 1970s, 10 years after Metal Gear Solid 3. "It's a true sequel to the MGS franchise," Hideo Kojima announced at the event. Solid Snake will return in the game, which is set in Latin America and involves some more jungle stealth action. The game is due in 2010.

[UPDATE 2] Metal Gear Rising was confirmed for the PS3 and PC at Konami's E3 Press Conference.

577 Comments

  • toshiro96

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 1:34 pm PT

    personaly i think that mgs should stay on playstation formats because i don't see gears of war or halo with ps3 written down the side, do u??? and i don't care if u call me a fanboy cus i've been with mgs since the first one when i was 5 :] i don't feel right seeing raiden on a green game cover. 360 is gunnu disgrace konami. they might need 2 discs 4 risising and it'll still crash 10 times

  • Pwnd56

    Posted Sep 18, 2009 5:46 pm PT

    well, thanks, microsoft, you just have to get money, don't matter what u do, huh? taking games and sharing exclusives from us sometimes, and ruin an amazing franchise for us customers, huh?...

    well, i hope ur happy with ur products, cause vista suks, and PAINT, yeah, PAINT crashed when i was making only 1 sprite.

    OH, YEAH, AND RROD!!!!

  • olle1990

    Posted Jul 27, 2009 3:11 pm PT

    I think we should left some good game franchie just for the ps3 xD

  • Ne_rome

    Posted Jul 26, 2009 7:02 pm PT

    I'm not trying to be a fanboy,
    but ALL the other MGS games were on PS2 and PS3,
    not 360.
    The MGS series was an exclusive to Playstation, and i think it should stay that way.

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:24 am PT

    50gb reduced to 9gb unless its multdisk.

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:23 am PT

    sunny did mention mgs rising at the end of mgs4

  • Warz456

    Posted Jul 2, 2009 2:37 pm PT

    Would you fanboys give it a rest, geez! So what if a game is exclusive or not? if you have a PS3, get it for PS3! If you have an XBOX360, then get it for that! If a game IS exclusive and you want to play it that badly, get that system. It seems every game i read about has PS3 and 360 owners talking about how much the other sucks. I have both because theyre both great systems. and MGS is a great game that will be out for both. What differences does it make??

  • DeadlyOnez

    Posted Jun 19, 2009 5:43 pm PT

    what peace walker all about? a sequel or a whole separate concept? I see 4 snakes are they big boss, solid , liquid and solidus?

  • DeadlyOnez

    Posted Jun 19, 2009 5:40 pm PT

    Microsoft is raping ps3 for anything and everything lol. Stop fighting for consoles and get both already damn.

  • plrhockey93

    Posted Jun 16, 2009 12:45 pm PT

    @blaze_adeel. all ps3 fans would kill for MGS not to be an xbox exlusive. any true ps3 fan loves that game and really wants it to be on the ps3. so i think they deserve to fight and yell at 360 for taking away a sequal to one of the greatest games ever made (

  • blaze_adeel

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 3:40 pm PT

    i cannot believe ppl r still jealous/fighting over the consoles !!!!games r made so that every body can play and have fun. it not about being exclusive or multiplatform it abt having fun!!!

  • gedbyz

    Posted Jun 9, 2009 7:51 pm PT

    Hey stop dissing Microsoft. Xbox kicks a$$ so put that in your pipe and smoke it Sony people.

  • SQUALL20XX

    Posted Jun 9, 2009 1:23 pm PT

    MGS everywhere now

  • Joesnake

    Posted Jun 9, 2009 9:28 am PT

    gonna be worse than mgs4 because xbox hav a rubbish disc

  • Joesnake

    Posted Jun 9, 2009 9:24 am PT

    microsoft r dumb asses thinking its an exclusive

  • dashizy666

    Posted Jun 9, 2009 7:01 am PT

    Wow talking about raining on someones parade.

  • superdynamite

    Posted Jun 7, 2009 2:41 pm PT

    How could Microsoft announce Metal Gear Solid as an exclusive at e3 2009 if it wasn't an exclusive??? Are the execs at microsoft that disconnected from reality and their own company that they didn't know???

    Morons!!!

  • SSBFan12

    Posted Jun 6, 2009 6:00 pm PT

    This game is going to be really epic I can't wait to get it. But to bad that we are not playing as Solid Snake.

  • _full_metal_

    Posted Jun 5, 2009 2:53 pm PT

    when kojima said that mgs rising will be the first mgs game to launch on 360 i think he meant tht it would be the first to be simultaneously releasd with the ps3 copy bcaue it says tht i will also be on ps3

  • mazin-95

    Posted Jun 5, 2009 8:45 am PT

    gamespot was once the best game-reviewing site, probably still is,
    but its getting worse with all u fanboys,
    ps3 sucks, 360 sucks, wii sucks, DS sucks, PSP sucks,
    who gives a damn what you think? i bought my console and i love it, i love my ps3, i love playing 360, and wiis also, stop flaming each other please