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Kojima Productions is understaffed and working on other projects right now, but it's something he has in mind.

Hideo Kojima is a legend in game design, but he’s had a hard time getting away from his most successful franchise, Metal Gear. Since 1987, Kojima has done almost exclusively games that center around the adventures of his beloved character Snake (in various incarnations) and, even though he’s tried to pass the series on to the next generation of Konami designers, he keeps getting pulled back. But that’s not to say that Kojima hasn’t been about to branch out a bit over the years. You may remember his portable game Boktai, which had a direct sequel and a DS follow-up called Lunar Knights. No? Well, you certainly remember Zone of the Enders. You know…the game that was included free with the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo? Despite having that moniker for years, ZoE has its share of dedicated fans, and they will be happy to hear that the series isn’t far from Kojima’s thoughts.

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The 3DS Circle Pad Pro will be exclusive to the video game retailer.

In response to developer and customer requests, Nintendo developed and will release what they have called the Circle Pad Pro peripheral.  This attachment supplies the 3DS with a second analog stick as well as two additional shoulder buttons.  Nintendo had already indicated that the peripheral will be made available in North America on February 7^th and that they will also offer a bundle that will package together the device and Resident Evil: Revelations which debuts the same day and will support the second stick. 

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The Last of Us team has been hard at work for over two years.

Usually when a studio decides to reveal a new game you only get a short snippet, not the full length trailer that Naughty Dog revealed at this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards for their upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive title, The Last of Us.  This reveal was especially surprising since Naughty Dog has traditionally been a ‘one game at a time’ studio with a singular creative team.

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Nintendo outlines their 2012 Q1 release schedule.

Nintendo didn’t have the most even release schedule in 2011.  A year that could be characterized as lacking in terms of software releases was capped off by a small barrage of marquee releases in the form of Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. 

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