Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: Raiden

A unique cyborg frame, upgraded to aid Raiden in his fight against Sam and Desperado. Equipped with Blade Mode and able to absorb fuel-cell electrolytes from any high-frequency blade, it unfortunately lacks any kind of self-repair unit, meaning Raiden must manually extract repair material from his foes to recover from damage.

―Custom Cyborg Body description in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Source: Metal Gear Wikia

Oh wow, this is seriously impressive! Not just the cosplay, but the photography as well! If anyone knows who the cosplayer is and even the photographer, feel free to comment on this post! Thanks again to Shuichi for sending this in!

Source: Z攻略

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: GRU Soldier

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Metal Gear is a series of stealth video games created by Kojima Hideo which are developed and published by Konami. The player takes control of a special forces operative Solid Snake, assigned to find the titular superweapon "Metal Gear", said to be a bipedal walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles to this day, with the first game released in 1987 for the MSX2.

I’m not sure who this guy is, but I definitely know that “!” when I see it. Can anyone tell me who he is and from which Metal Gear series he first appeared in? That would be great! Thanks to Mike for sending this in!

EDIT: Thanks to anon for letting me know he is a soldier from the Russian Military Intelligence Agency, Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye, simply known as GRU.

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: Big Boss

In 1964, Big Boss (who was still known by his real name, Jack, at the time), took part in the Virtuous Mission as a member of the CIA's FOX unit. His was to rescue defecting Soviet scientist, Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov, but unfortunately failed due to the defection of The Boss. As a result, he was imprisoned by the U.S. Government while recuperating in intensive care.

Well, I just had to rewrite this to cover up my mistake, right? Thanks to Syaza for the contribution, as well as Anon and Lane Butler for correcting me!

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: Raiden

Traumatized by his break-up with Rosemary and the apparent miscarriage of his child, Raiden has become a cold-blooded, emotionless fighter. He has also been turned into a cyborg thanks to the The Patriot's machinations. He does not appear to care for Rose's life, nor his own for that matter, but assists Snake in various missions, often saving Snake's life.

Beautiful cosplay from Sweden's Uppcon 2009! Although Raiden does appear to be far more muscular in the game, the details the cosplayer put into this costume is astonishing! Thanks to Vea for the huge contribution of cosplays from Sweden!

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