Metal Gear Solid: Rising Was Cancelled, Became Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Solid: Rising was announced at E3 2009 to be the first Metal Gear game on the Xbox 360, and to feature around cyborg Raiden. However, the game announced just a few days ago, is not the same game.

Metal Gear Solid: Rising was cancelled before it was taken over by Platinum Games, which is was then renamed Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Why? The reason Metal Gear Solid: Rising was cancelled, was due to an action made by Hideo Kojima himself. The "cut at will" concept faded away, and so did studio interest. Platinum games later came to Kojima and discussed interest about the project, in which it was then brought back to life.

This explains why the game was a no-show at E3 2011 and TGS 2011, but hopefully we'll see more about it in the coming months. The reason why the name was changed, is because this is not a Metal Gear Solid game, in fact it's not even part of the Metal Gear Solid series. A entirely new Metal Gear, so you can expect more from this sub-series in the future.