Hideo Kojimas neues Projekt - Metal Gear: Rising

It was just yesterday that we told you about a vague teaser from Konami that seemed to imply an upcoming reveal of Kojima Productions' next game happening in a few days. Well, the page Konami linked to is still nonexistent, but in this week's latest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu, a similar tease has been revealed to the public via a two-page ad, showing a field with some omnious-as-hell clouds in the sky, and the date May 18, 2009.
But we're not convinced that this is a simple photo of some wetlands. Surely this must have elements of whatever Kojima could be working on and preparing to reveal on the 18th. Read on to see just a few things we spotted in the photo so far.


1. Figures in the distance


Two figures can be seen in the distance on the left-hand page. Likely to be people, but are they adults? Kids? Simply part of the background, or maybe established characters?


2. A house


On the right-hand page is a shape that looks a lot like a house. Maybe the people on the other page are a family, and this is their home?


3. Those crazy clouds



This could be any number of things. Our leading theory is that the clouds make up the shape of an airplane -- perhaps a bomber, like the one you see branded with the Kojima Productions logo when you boot up Metal Gear Solid 3. Another take was that the gray clouds combined with the lower, whiter ones could be an alligator head. Another reference to MGS3?
OK, so maybe our internet Mulder-and-Scully act isn't great when it comes to cryptic magazine ads. If you've got your own theories, we'd love to see them. Click the picture at the top of the story to see the full version of the ad.