Following the revelation at Microsoft’s Pre-E3 Press Conference last night, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., have today released a statement including all the details currently known about the Xbox 360’s first Metal Gear Solid project.
Metal Gear Solid: Rising is currently in development for the Xbox 360 - the first Metal Gear Solid game to launch on the Xbox 360. Raiden, one of the most popular characters in the Metal Gear Solid universe, will star in the all-new title from Hideo Kojima. Raiden first debuted in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PlayStation2 as a playable character and appeared as a non-playable cyborg in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PLAYSTATION 3.
"The Metal Gear Solid series is one of the most highly acclaimed videogame franchises of all time," said Anthony Crouts, Vice President of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "With Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the Xbox 360 community will finally get a chance to enjoy the action and excitement that this popular franchise is known to offer."
As seemingly rightly questioned by both your own Electronic Theatre and our friends across the ocean at Blend Games, the lack of the word “exclusive” appears to suggest not all is as it seems. Though Metal Gear Solid: Rising is undoubtedly a considerable coup for Microsoft, we’ll have to wait-and-see whether or not the title will appear on other formats. Electronic Theatre will keep you posted.