Next Metal Gear Solid Is Now Metal Gear Rising

Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear Solid series and the vice president of Konami, revealed that the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Rising has been renamed to Metal Gear Rising : Revengeance.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is being developed by Platinum Games, the Japanese developer behind the Vaincre et Bayonetta action. The game's events will take place after Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots; but it will forgo the series trademark stealth gameplay in favor of a hack-and-slash action one.

Metal Gear Solid 2's Raiden will star as the lead protagonist in Revengeance.