First announced at EA, Kojima and Konami have kept their Metal Gear Arcade under wraps pretty well. Well, those wraps are still tightly bound but at least we have a few details and the above picture to hold us over thanks to the latest issue of Famitsu.

According ot the magazine, players will control the arcade while sitting down, wearing 3D glasses using a controller that allows for seperate movement and viewpoint control. Better yeah, in addition to being able to play solo players will get the chance to participate in up to 16-player co-op. Sounds awesome.

Unfortunately, there is no word on if Metal Gear Arcade will ever make it stateside but for those in Japan, it is set to hit arcades over there later this year.

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According to a 1UP translation of an interview in Famitsu, one of the two titles is being aimed towards western gamers. Seeing as how Kojima’s third-person action games have done so well around the world, many are speculating that the title in question is a first-person shooter, as the genre is popular in the West.

Kojima noted that the title will coincide with the restructuring of the studio, adding that it will be a “makeover from the ground up.” He hopes that the studio will be able to compete with top developers around the world.

No information on the other game is known. However, Kojima has stated that it will be formally unveiled first and will be developed in a more traditional studio environment, unaffected by the upcoming makeover.

Dubbed the “Meme Expansion”, the add-on will offer three new maps – Silo Sunset, Forest Firefight and Winter Warehouse, offering a variety of environments to fight in. It will also add two new playable characters: Liquid Ocelot and Mei Ling.

No price or release date was mentioned. However, it will be present in playable form at next week’s Tokyo Game Show.