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Jul 11, 2016
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Metal Gear fans’ worst fear comes true as proud video game masterpiece becomes a pachinko machine
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Depending on how cynical a gamer you are, this is either the last thing you expected, or the first.
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Dec 11, 2015
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- Japan
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Geoff Keighley: Konami bans Metal Gear Solid V’s Hideo Kojima from game awards
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Anime News Network
Dec 4, 2015
- Japan
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New female Metal Gear figure features a heaping helping of suggestiveness…and a doggy! 【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2015
Sniper Wolf figure hits the bullseye where a love of boobs, video games, and dogs overlap.
- Japan
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With a career spanning over half a century and an impressive portfolio of artworks for novels, games and well-known international movie releases, fans around the world are mourning the loss of a great talent and taking a look back at his extraordinary body of work.
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