THE BUZZ: Japanese magazine Famitsu has revealed a few new details regarding the upcoming action game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. First, the game will attempt to explain the events that took place between Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Rising, which is somewhat of a given. CODEC conversations will make a return as well. And lastly, the Metal Gear Solid series has always been the poster boy for epic cinematic cutscenes and while gamers can expect similar treatment here, they are said to be less cutscenes than the main entries in the series. No details for a release date were revealed.

EGM’s TAKE: CODEC conversations, how exciting! Konami is the only publisher that can tell its fans they will get fewer cutscenes and claim it as a feature. Metal Gear Rising is a hotly anticipated game so any details revealed usually cause a stir. We’re interested in when we can get our hands on this game. After all, this is a Platinum Games joint, the team behind Bayonetta, and Vanquish. They know the action genre.