Hideo Kojima is Excited for Revengeance, Will Demo it Early at E3

Hideo Kojima is very excited about Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance—enough so that he's requested his publisher Konami for special permission to show the game at E3 this year in fully playable form. Prior to his request, the publisher had no plans to present Revengeance at the convention.

Developed by Platinum Games and produced by Kojima Productions, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is set in Hideo Kojima's well-crafted Metal Gear universe and puts you in the role of Raiden, a cybernetic ninja who tears things up with his sword like a boss.

Unlike the other Metal Gear games, Revengeance is a part of the new "Metal Gear Rising" series and is strictly designed as an action game with fast-paced, third-person melee combat. It even has a bullet time state.

The game will be playable at E3 2012, which takes place in Los Angeles next month.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be released for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the fourth quarter this year.