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Get the details below.
Theory Engine R&D
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Lead Engineer: Yoshikazu Satake (God Eater)
Engineer: Daisuke Emura (God Eater, Sky Gunner)
Engineer: Toshinari Takahashi
Project JabberWocky
This title is a new rhythm action game from Patapon director Hiroyuki Kotani and sound creator Kenmei Adachi. It is set in a unique world featuring cute characters. It is in development as a title that will implement multiplayer via Theory Engine’s game serverless technology.
Director: Hiroyuki Kotani (Patapon, XI [sai], Mad Maestro!, Sky Gunner)
Producer: Kazuto Sakajiri (The Eye of Judgment, Magatsu Wahrheit)
Sound: Kenmei Adachi (Patapon, LocoRoco, Gran Turismo)
Main Artist: Nelnal (@nelnalium)
Project Shaz
This title is the latest multiplayer action game from God Eater development staff. Please look forward to a new story created by the Freedom Wars tag team of Toshiyuki Yasui and Tomokazu Fukushima. It is in development as a title that implements multiplayer between many players via Theory Engine.
Despite being one of the most iconic moments in video game history, it was only a matter of time before speedrunners discovered a way to bypass the much-beloved ladder-climbing sequence in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater entirely. What a thrill.
Brazilian speedrunner apel shared a video this morning showing how a complicated series of inputs can be used to teleport Snake up the ladder passage in the remastered Metal Gear Solid 3 without any climbing involved. This newly discovered technique is derived from a “food zip” bug apel found years ago, which at the time opened up possibilities for skipping boss fights.
Shortly after uploading today’s video, apel provided step-by-step instructions on how to recreate the skip. It’s all Greek to me, but if done correctly, Snake will T-pose and the camera will shoot upwards, saving a ton of time compared to climbing the ladder the way Hideo Kojima intended.
Apel does note, however, that this is currently only useful in a multi-segment Metal Gear Solid 3 speedrun as opposed to an uninterrupted playthrough since the bug is so inconsistent. It may also crash your game, so be careful should you try this out yourself.
Originally performed in an emulator, fellow Metal Gear Solid speedrunner Hau5test has shown that the ladder skip can also be done on actual PlayStation 3 hardware. It might not even require the hard reset mentioned in the instructions, making it potentially viable for single-segment world record attempts.
It’s been some time since I’ve played Metal Gear Solid 3, but the sequence of Snake climbing an abnormally tall ladder remains its most enduring moment. It comes almost directly after beating one of the game’s bizarre bosses, providing you with a quiet moment to reflect on Snake’s mission thus far. And who can forget Cynthia Harrell’s acapella rendition of the bombastic Snake Eater theme song kicking in to break up the monotony? Just aces all around.
Speedrunning is a funny thing. While diehard Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater fans consider the ladder climb one of its defining artistic moments, folks looking for ways to complete the game as fast as possible long regarded the same sequence as a frustrating obstacle between them and their goals. As someone who doesn’t belong to either camp, I’m just happy to be along for the ride.
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If you were planning to pick up Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D from the 3DS eShop any time soon, you might have to wait.
Konami has had to remove 12 different versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 from multiple digital storefronts – this includes the Nintendo 3DS eShop, due to license renewels.
We are currently working on renewing the licenses for select historical archive footage used in-game, therefore, we have made the temporary decision to begin suspending the sale of METAL GEAR SOLID 2, METAL GEAR SOLID 3 and all products that include these games from digital storefronts globally starting from November 8th, 2021.
We sincerely ask for your patience and understanding as we work towards making these products available for purchase once again. Thank you for your continued support of the METAL GEAR series.
The games and platforms included are the following:
Which products will be temporarily removed?
・PlayStation®3 METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SONS OF LIBERTY HD EDITION ・PlayStation®3 METAL GEAR SOLID 3 SNAKE EATER HD EDITION ・PlayStation®3 METAL GEAR SOLID HD EDITION ・PlayStation®Vita METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SONS OF LIBERTY HD EDITION ・PlayStation®Vita METAL GEAR SOLID 3 SNAKE EATER HD EDITION ・PlayStation®Vita METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION ・PlayStation™Now METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION ・Xbox 360 METAL GEAR SOLID HD EDITION: 2 & 3 ・Nintendo 3DS METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D ・GOG.com METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SUBSTANCE ・NVIDIA® SHIELD™ METAL GEAR SOLID 2 HD for SHIELD TV ・NVIDIA® SHIELD™ METAL GEAR SOLID 3 HD for SHIELD TV *Some of the above titles are not available in some countries and regions
Again, it’s only temporary…but it is a nice reminder to grab it next time it’s available, if you have been wanting to add it to your 3DS Home menu.
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Everybody is going soft on us these days, and it’s goddamn infuriating. Seriously, how are the young boys of America supposed to grow up big, strong, masculine, and repress their emotional communication skills when they’re losing big, beefy role models each and every day? Now, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that they can’t even pretend to be a T-Rex anymore.
Per a report from the quivering liberal elite at the New York Times, the world’s most recognizable and fearsome of dinosaurs probably wasn’t the wantonly vicious, bloodthirsty apex predator we were promised, but instead, some kind of sensitive-gummed, wishy-washy picky eater.
“The jaws of Tyrannosaurus were powerful enough to crush bones. However, in situations where food was plentiful, they may have used their sensitive snouts to eat the more nutritious parts of their prey selectively,” Soichiro Kawabe, paleontologist at Fukui Prefectural University’s Institute of Dinosaur Research and co-author of a new study on the subject, told the NYT. “The diet of Tyrannosaurus may not have been as crude as we imagine,” they added.
Great. Wonderful. What’s the point of having steak knife teeth and a literal lizard brain if you can’t wholly abide by the Jordan Peterson Diet? Apparently, it was potentially a way to better be a parent. “Crocodiles have sensitive snouts, which… also give them such a finely tuned sense of touch that they can carry their young in their mouths without crushing them with their powerful jaws,” explains the article. The paleontologist theorizes that T-Rexes might have done the same. And, as you are well aware of by now: being a dad is very not masculine. Not in the slightest.
Well, you know what have to say to the woke police coming for the dinosaurs? Make the T-Rex a sensitive picky eater beta male in Jurassic Park: Dominion, you cowards. Go on. See how the public reacts to the king of dinos chomping off only people’s heads, then carrying around tiny T-Rex babies in its jaws before spitting them out towards Sam Neill and Laura Dern…