Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Solid Snake , real name David , is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Konami's Metal Gear series. Created by Hideo Kojima, Snake is... introduced in the first game of the series, Metal Gear from 1987. Snake has appeared in the majority of subsequent games and spin-offs. Japanese voice actor Akio Ōtsuka voices Snake in Japanese, while actor and screenwriter David Hayter provides the English voice of the character. Introduced in Metal Gear, Solid Snake is a combination of spy, special operations soldier, and mercenary commando of FOXHOUND – a black operations and espionage unit. He is tasked with disarming and destroying the latest incarnation of Metal Gear, a bipedal nuclear weapon-armed mecha. Controlled by the player, Solid Snake must act alone, supported via radio by commanding officers and specialists. While during his first two appearances Snake's designs were references to Hollywood films, by Metal Gear Solid he was given a consistent design by artist Yoji Shinkawa alongside an established personality.
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Big Boss is a fictional character from Konami's Metal Gear series. He is first introduced in the original Metal Gear as the commanding officer of... main protagonist Solid Snake, only to be revealed as the leader of the enemy forces as well, a role he would resume in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. In addition to playing a key role in the backstory of the series beginning with the first Metal Gear Solid, Big Boss also appears as the main protagonist of a series of prequels set before the events of the original Metal Gear beginning with Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater where he is depicted as an American covert operative codenamed Naked Snake . As Naked Snake, the character is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in Japanese and David Hayter in English. In his appearance in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Big Boss was voiced by Chikao Ōtsuka in the Japanese version and Richard Doyle in the English version. The character of Big Boss has been praised by video game publications for his role as a villain as well for his relationship with Solid Snake.
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Revolver Ocelot , also known as Shalashaska , is a fictional character of the Metal Gear series. He was originally introduced as a gunslinger-themed... member of FOXHOUND from the former Soviet Union in the video game Metal Gear Solid acting as one of its main antagonists. The game's ending and its sequel reveal Ocelot as an agent from The Patriots an organization that controls the United States. The prequel Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater explores the character's backstory as a young Spetsnaz Major, rivalizing the game's main protagonist Big Boss. While these games would reveal how Ocelot becomes one of the founders from the Patriots alongside Big Boss, in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots he starts a plan to destroy them upon being seemingly controlled by the mind of his late comrade Liquid Snake. Ocelot was created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa with the former wishing to add Western tones to a character from the franchise. Critical reception to Ocelot's character has been positive, with video game websites and magazines listing him as one of the best video games antagonists.
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Harry Gregson-Williams is a prolific English composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He is best known for his film scores, of which he has composed using over sixty electronic music and orchestral pieces. He is also known for his collaborations with director Tony Scott, having scored all his films since the 1998 film Enemy of the State, and for composing video game scores for the Metal Gear Solid series. Gregson-Williams is one... of the most recognized film score composers and a highly-respected film score composer for his musical style, combining electronic music with orchestral and classic music elements. Early in his career, Gregson-Williams held a position in the 1980s as a music teacher at the Amesbury School in Hindhead, Surrey, . Also, in the 1980s Harry was an estate agent for Palmer Snell in Wells, Somerset. He later taught music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he had been a pupil, and also for a short period in Egypt and other African states.
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Kojima Productions is a Japanese video game development studio under the guidance of game designer Hideo Kojima. The company is a subsidiary of Konami, and is located in Roppongi Hills in Roppongi, Tokyo. The studio had just under 100 employees in 2005 but has since grown to over 200 people for the development of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The company's logo is the FOX unit badge from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The... developer was formed on April 1, 2005, after Konami merged several of its subsidiaries including Hideo Kojima's team at Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. The company was intended to relieve Kojima of the business management and administrative responsibilities he had previously as KCEJ's vice president. As the head of Kojima Productions, Kojima is able to focus solely on creating games. In regards to his current position at Konami, he stated: The company has recently completed and released Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection, a compilation of Metal Gear Solid 2, 3 and Peace Walker. They have also recently released Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a port of the original game.
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Hideo Kojima is a Japanese game director originally employed at Konami. He is currently the director of Kojima Productions and was promoted to Vice President of Konami Digital Entertainment in early 2011. His previous positions include being vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. He is the creator and director of a number of successful video games, including the Metal Gear series, Snatcher, and Policenauts, and also produced... both the Zone of the Enders and Boktai series. Kojima is consistently named by fans and industry experts alike as being one of the most influential and innovative video game directors and writers in the industry. Newsweek named Hideo Kojima as one of the top ten people of 2002. In 2008, Next-Gen placed him seventh in their list of "Hot 100 Developers 2008." In 2009, IGN placed him sixth in their list of top game creators of all time. At the 2008 MTV Game Awards, Hideo was given the award show's first Lifetime Achievement Award for a game designer and was also honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Game Developers Conference.
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