With Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater due out later in 2024, and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 nearly a year old, thoughts have inevitably turned to what’s next for the Metal Gear series from franchise custodian Konami.
In June last year, fans spotted that inspecting the Metal Gear Solid timeline page on the official Metal Gear Solid website revealed placeholder buttons for Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Solid 5, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker — three games IGN understands will indeed form a part of the unannounced Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2.
While the entire collection will no doubt excite Metal Gear fans, it’s the inclusion of Metal Gear Solid 4 that’s of most interest. Kojima Productions’ 2008 action-adventure stealth video game has been shackled to the PlayStation 3 since launch, and with Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2. expected to launch on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and Nintendo Switch, an army of newcomers are set to experience Guns of the Patriots for the first time.
At the time of IGN’s report, Konami declined to comment. But in November, original Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter set tongues wagging within the Metal Gear community after he teased involvement in something Metal Gear Solid 4-related.
“Had a pretty cool meeting the other day…” Hayter posted on X/Twitter, below, next to a model of Snake from Metal Gear Solid 4.
Had a pretty cool meeting the other day…#MGS pic.twitter.com/By8XNFcdqi
— David Hayter (@DavidBHayter) November 18, 2023
Now, in a recent interview with IGN to discuss the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Konami producer Noriaki Okamura teased Vol. 2 and its inclusion of Metal Gear Solid 4.
Asked directly about bringing Metal Gear Solid 4 to modern consoles, Okamura replied:
“We definitely are aware of this situation with MGS4. Unfortunately we can’t really say too much at the moment with Vol. 1 containing MGS 1-3 dot dot dot… you can probably connect the dots!
“Right now we still are internally concerned about what we should be doing for the future of the series. So sorry, we can’t really reveal anything at the moment. But stay tuned!”
While we wait for the inevitable Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 announcement, check out IGN’s Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater preview. It’s due out on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam later in 2024.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.