At E3, I asked Jean Pierre Kellams of Platinum Games about the status of Metal Gear Rising for backwards compatibility. As you might expect, the ball is firmly in Konami's court.
Metal Gear Rising was a Platinum Games-developed hack n' slash set in the Metal Gear universe. Players took control of Raiden, the series' famed cybernetic ninja, as he hunts down a band of rogue cyborgs.
Metal Gear Rising is a personal Xbox 360 highlight of mine, with its dynamic blade cutting, reactive parry combat and insane boss fights. Hideo Kojima consulted on the title to ensure it retained that Kojima-feel, and Platinum produced what is, in my opinion, one of the best games in the series.
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