Taking place at the Barbican Centre, a sprawling Brutalist arts complex in London’s financial district, it was billed as an affirmation of videogames’ “musical, narrative and artistic” capabilities: one of those collaborations between games culture and high culture which are increasingly familiar to gallery- and concert-goers in big first world cities. This was Dear Esther Live, a staged playthrough of the game – which has just been re-released on the new consoles – accompanied in the flesh by an orchestra and narrator. It was therefore a little weird to see it filling a giant projector screen in a concert hall in central London last week as part of a live performance of the videogame itself. But it’s similar enough that areas which many find bleak and forbidding, if beautiful, instead strike me simply as comforting and homely. It’s a stylised version of what the Hebrides are like. True, its hillsides are steeper and its cliffs much taller than those of the small Scottish island where I actually grew up. 1 launches this autumn.The landscape of Dear Esther is the landscape of my childhood. As such, it's great to see these games present in the collection, as they've only really ever been available as bonuses in rereleases of Metal Gear Solid 3. These games laid the groundwork for the Metal Gear Solid series' lore, and they are still canon within the wider series. This game, along with its 1990 Japan-only follow-up, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, are top-down stealth games where players infiltrate enemy bases as Solid Snake. While Metal Gear Solid is when Hideo Kojima's stealth espionage series went mainstream, it actually began when Konami released Metal Gear on the MSX2 in Japan and Europe in 1987. 1 will include the HD Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, in addition to a version of Metal Gear Solid that also features the VR and Special Missions, but it also states that the package includes the first two games in the Metal Gear series.ĭigital Trends contacted Konami to affirm that this PlayStation Store listing was accurate, and a PR representative confirmed that "for the Collection, the PS Store listing is correct." The PlayStation Store listing goes into a lot more detail about what versions of what games are actually included in this collection. An image that appeared briefly following the Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater's announcement confirmed the collection and revealed it would feature Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. You might have missed the announcement of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. Those titles are the original Metal Gear and its follow-up, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. 1 will contain two more games than expected, according to its PlayStation Store listing and a statement that the game's publisher, Konami, provided to Digital Trends. Nintendo’s next-generation NX console could debut during Gamescom next month ‘Quantum Break’ heads to Steam next month as special bundle lands at retailers PlayStation chief says the next console is still three years away Microsoft says its next-generation console is actually just called Xbox An Xbox version has not been announced.įreedom Planet 2 makes the leap to consoles next summer The equally atmospheric adventure Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture followed last year, first on PlayStation 4 before making the jump to PC. It received lukewarm reviews, with many critics comparing it unfavorably to the original game and not finding its particularly scary. After The Chinese Room wrapped up work on the project in 2012, it next tackled the much-anticipated horror sequel Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs. It will also feature a live, on-stage playthrough of the game.ĭear Esther has seen an unusually long development time, beginning as a Half Life 2 mod in 2008 before being released as a stand-alone game four years later. A live musical performance by Curry, hosted by The Barbican, is set for two weeks later. In September, The Guardian will also hold what it’s billing as a “directors’ commentary directors’ commentary” in London, where the team will discuss the game’s development for 90 minutes. “The console release of Dear Esther will mark the start of a monthlong celebration of its legacy,” publisher Curve Digital adds.
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