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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced a collection of
double-packs for PlayStation Portable featuring pairings of its
biggest titles for the format.
Available from March 27th, the new compilations retain their
original packaging, but are twinned in a special slip cases for just
£19.99. The first two pairings will be Metal Gear Solid Portable
Ops with Silent Hill Origins, and Metal Gear Solid
Portable Ops alongside Coded Arms.
Set in 1970, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops follows directly
on from the events of Hideo Kojima’s renowned Metal Gear Solid 3:
Snake Eater. The player assumes the role of series hero Snake (aka
Big Boss), as he puts together the elite FOXHOUND unit made famous
in earlier Metal Gear titles, and instigates a bloody revolt
with his treacherous FOX unit.
Heralding the return of many notable characters from the Metal
Gear series, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops introduces a
new team-building mechanic that brings additional depth and
gameplay. Players can capture and recruit characters they encounter
and assign them to different units that will perform different
functions, such as healing team-mates, gathering intelligence and
creating new items. Players can also recruit rare and unique
characters with special abilities throughout the game. Each
character is rated on a series of more than ten attributes, giving
players incredible variety in building the ideal squad and creating
different teams that are best suited to different combat situations.
Silent Hill Origins is the first time Konami’s horror series
appeared on PlayStation Portable and tells an original story with
disturbing graphics and all-new gameplay elements. The game’s
narrative reveals the origins that transformed the titular Silent
Hill from a sleepy town to a hellish stronghold of terror and
introduces several new characters to the franchise.
Silent Hill Origins follows a solitary truck driver, Travis
Grady, who gets stuck in the terrifying town while making a routine
delivery. He quickly discovers the locals aren't quite normal, and
neither is the town. To complicate matters, Grady is confronted by
crippling memories from his troubled past. He must escape from
Silent Hill while resolving the memories that have plagued him since
childhood.
Coded Arms is a fast-paced and visually stunning First-Person
Shooter set within an abandoned Virtual Reality system. The VR
universe was originally conceived as a training device to prepare
mankind for an alien invasion, but was hurriedly shut down when the
system became self-aware and created a brutal world populated with
virtual, yet hostile alien races. Cast as a hacker, the player is
equipped with an array of hi-tech weaponry and must cleanse the VR
world of its unsavoury denizens. What follows is a gung-ho blaster,
as the VR world adapts to throw wave after wave of monstrous
creatures at the player – and where the normal rules of science no
longer apply… | 
