New Metal Gear Solid Unveiled via Trademark

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Mere weeks after ex-MGS4 producer Ryan Payton confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 5 is on the way from developer Kojima Productions, publisher Konami has filed a trademark for the phrase Metal Gear Solid Existence.

The registration, uncovered by Siliconera, lacked any other relevant details, though applications for the Existence trademark were made in both the US and Japan.

Kojima Productions recently brought the series' stealth-action antics to the PlayStation 3 through this year's long-awaited release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

While MGS4 was said to conclude the storyline of series protagonist Solid Snake, Payton previously stated that the series would not end there, later noting that the franchise had "a lot of room for filling in the gaps as far as [series antagonist and MGS3 lead] Big Boss is concerned."

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    September 19, 2008 8:55 AM

    I'm both excited and dubious. MGS is my favorite series of all time, but I'm afraid that, without Kojima at the helm, we'll end up with something terribly limp.

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      September 19, 2008 9:08 AM

      Totally possible, but I hate the idea of him doing mgs for the rest of his life.

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        September 19, 2008 9:46 AM

        I couldn't agree more, and I think MGS4 was a triumph and a fitting denouement for the series. They probably should just let it lie as it is, rather than risk the possibility of sullying what is an otherwise sterling series.

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      September 19, 2008 4:25 PM

      Everything after MGS1 was limp. Or just weird.

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