Deja Review: Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D

After a really shaky E3 demo, I was worried about how Konami's 3DS remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 was going to turn out. I'm entirely willing to replay this game -- one of my favorite games ever -- on every platform Konami will sell it to me on, so I was hoping to at least have a good experience when dutifully playing it on the handheld.

To my relief, Metal Gear Solid 3D is a real, playable, enjoyable version of the game, and it's on a handheld. Even without the crutch of a Circle Pad Pro attachment, the controls work fine! There are some compromises thanks the small format -- but there are also a few things that the 3DS version does better.
Gallery: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D (TGS 2011)
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Square Enix may not let Kane and Lynch's 'Sleeping Dogs' lie

Square Enix has trademarked the name "Sleeping Dogs," which could be a canine-based Final Fantasy title, Hitman with a Scooby-Doo-inspired sidekick, or, most likely, another Kane and Lynch game. Yes, most likely -- we never said most desirably.

The previous Kane and Lynch title was Dog Days, and while it struggled to receive critical and commercial praise, Square Enix has hinted that the series may not be dead after all. Eidos "life president" Ian Livingstone said as much at the end of 2010 in an interview with Eurogamer: "We haven't made any announcements about Kane & Lynch going forward, but we all know that Kane and Lynch are two amazing characters who have a lot of brand equity," Livingstone hinted. "People like those guys, so they're not going to... (Continue Reading...)


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