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Metal Gear Solid Delta:
Snake Eater
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Developer(s)Konami Digital
Entertainment[a]
Publisher(s)Konami
SeriesMetal Gear
Platform(s)
Release2024
Genre(s)Action-adventure, stealth
Mode(s)Single-player

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater[b][c] is an upcoming action-adventure stealth video game developed and published by Konami. It is a remake of the 2004 game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. As with the original game, the narrative is set in 1964 and follows a FOX operative codenamed Naked Snake, who must attempt to save a Russian rocket scientist and sabotage the activation of a nuclear-powered superweapon, while absolving his country from the suspicion of the Soviet Union amidst Cold War tensions and confronting his former mentor The Boss, who has defected to their side.

The remake of the game is the first major entry since the release and negative reception of Metal Gear Survive (2018), which marked Konami's initial exit from publishing AAA console games in favor of focusing on their arcade and mobile initiatives. Singaporean studio Virtuos provided additional development support. The game was officially announced in May 2023. It is expected to be released in 2024 for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S.

Development

See also: Kojima Productions § Closure, and Konami § Controversies

Following the departure of series creator Hideo Kojima from Konami and the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Konami's CEO Hideki Hayakawa announced in October 2015 that the company's intentions of largely pulling out of investing in the development and publishing of major AAA titles for consoles and PC, in favor of redirecting focus towards mobile gaming and their presence in arcades.[2] Following the release of spin-off game Metal Gear Survive (2018), which was a critical and commercial failure, the future of the Metal Gear franchise became uncertain.[3] In October 2021, former Video Games Chronicle writer Andy Robinson reported that Konami was in the process of rejuvenating their presence in the mainstream video game industry by refocusing on their premium game development efforts, including beginning production on multiple new projects in franchises that had been subsequently de-prioritized by the publisher in their transition towards arcade and mobile game ventures.[4]

The remake was a co-production between the internal development team at Konami Digital Entertainment (KDE) responsible for previous Metal Gear games, and Virtuos as a support studio, in addition to the latter helping port the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection games to modern platforms.[5] Konami chose to remake Snake Eater over other Metal Gear titles was due to its nature as an origin story for the franchise, that depicted the character of Big Boss in his formative years. Konami additionally confirmed that neither Hideo Kojima or original artist Yoji Shinkawa were involved in the remake, but that the goal of the development team was to produce a faithful adaptation of the original story, clarifying that there would be no new additions on top of the existing narrative.[6] The usage of the Delta symbol (Δ) in the game's titling was meant to honor the symbol's meaning of a "change" or "difference" without changing structure, relating it to the game being a faithful remake of the original Metal Gear Solid 3.[7]

The remake would utilize the game's original voice cast by reusing audio from the original release of Snake Eater, as opposed to the actors re-recording their roles.[8][9] This was largely due to the respective deaths of the Japanese seiyuus for the characters Donald Anderson / Sigint (Keiji Fujiwara; died in 2020), Colonel Volgin (Kenji Utsumi; died in 2013), Aleksandr Granin (Takeshi Aono; died in 2012), The Fear (Kazumi Tanaka; died in 2007), and the fictionalized President Lyndon B. Johnson (Shinji Nakae; died in 2007).[6]

Release

The game was officially announced for PlayStation 5 on May 24, 2023 during Sony Interactive Entertainment's PlayStation Showcase alongside the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 compilation comprising the first five installments of the Metal Gear series, including the original version of Snake Eater. Following the presentation, the title was confirmed to also be releasing on Xbox Series X/S and Windows via Steam.[10][11] The game is expected to be released in 2024.[12]

References

Notes
  1. ^ Additional work done by Virtuos.
  2. ^ Known in Japan as Metaru Gia Soriddo Deruta Sunēku Ītā (メタルギアソリッドΔ スネークイーター)
  3. ^ Stylized as Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater.[1]
References
  1. ^ Peters, Jay (24 May 2023). "It's Metal Gear Solid Delta, not Metal Gear Solid Triangle". The Verge. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. ^ Crecente, Brian (2015-05-14). "Konami CEO: 'Mobile is where the future of gaming lies'". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  3. ^ "Metal Gear Survive flops at UK retail". Eurogamer.net. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  4. ^ "Konami is set to revive Metal Gear, Castlevania and Silent Hill". VGC. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  5. ^ Square, Push (2023-05-25). "Virtuos Assisting Konami on Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Development". Push Square. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  6. ^ a b Posted 2023年5月30日16:55, 重田雄一 (2023-05-30). "MGS3のリメイク『METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER』に小島監督と新川洋司は関わらない KONAMIへの問い合わせで判明". IGN Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Nightingale, Ed (May 25, 2023). "What's behind the Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater name?". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 10, 2023.}}
  8. ^ "A Legendary Soldier Returns; METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER Brings the Pinnacle of Tactical Espionage Action to PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam®". KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT B.V. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  9. ^ Bailey, Kat (2023-05-24). "Konami Releases First In-Game Screenshots from Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake". IGN. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  10. ^ "The Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Is Real And Coming To PS5". Kotaku. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  11. ^ Porter, Jon (2023-05-24). "The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake is officially happening". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  12. ^ Bailey, Kat (2023-05-24). "Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Also Confirmed for Xbox and PC". IGN. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
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