Konami’s remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater seems like it is going to be the starting of a series of latest initiatives in the franchise created by a “new team,” in response to feedback from producer Noriaki Okamura.
In a new video released Monday for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the identify of Konami’s upcoming MGS 3 remake, Okamura tells longtime Snake voice actor David Hayter that his workforce, which incorporates “plenty of people on the team who were part of the original games,” has “been entrusted with the future of Metal Gear.”
“We want the players to be able to judge for themselves whether this new team is right for the job of keeping Metal Gear going,” Okamura mentioned, referring to the workforce’s work on Metal Gear Solid Delta and the not too long ago launched Metal Gear Solid: Grasp Assortment compilation.
In his dialogue with Hayter, Okamura opaquely addressed the departure of former Metal Gear creatives, like Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa. Whereas he doesn’t explicitly identify them, he says, “Everyone who is no longer working on Metal Gear is pursuing their own path now, and that’s going to remain the case for these titles.” That’s a fairly strong indicator that Konami plans on (re)making extra Metal Gear with out the involvement of its authentic creator.
Okamura beforehand labored with Kojima and workforce on video games like Metal Gear Solid: Transportable Ops and Metal Gear Solid 5: Floor Zeroes. He was additionally a producer on the poorly obtained 2018 sport Metal Gear Survive, the solely authentic Metal Gear mission launched after Hideo Kojima left Konami.
The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake may characterize a contemporary begin for the franchise at a post-Kojima Konami. The 2024 sport was chosen to be lavishly remade in Unreal Engine 5 as a consequence of its place in the general Metal Gear timeline, Konami told IGN last year; Snake Eater is an origin story for Bare Snake/Massive Boss, and the first sport chronologically in the franchise. In different phrases, it’s a sensible place to start out to usher in new followers who will not be well-versed in the MGS series’ era-jumping sequels.
If Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a success, and Konami does proceed to remake video games, Metal Gear Solid: Transportable Ops and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker could be subsequent in line chronologically. These two early Chilly Battle-era follow-ups to Snake Eater additionally star Massive Boss — not Solid Snake — and would have the ability to construct on the basis of Metal Gear Solid Delta, utilizing characters and belongings from Metal Gear Solid Delta.
When future Metal Gear remakes will come to cross continues to be unknown, as is the launch date Metal Gear Solid Delta. The remake was initially pitched as a 2024 launch, however Konami hasn’t mentioned something this previous week about Delta arriving this 12 months, even because it units pre-orders reside. A 2025 launch is beginning to look extra probably.
For now, Metal Gear followers should cross the time poring over new gameplay particulars launched on Sunday in a new trailer for Metal Gear Solid Delta at the Xbox Video games Showcase.
