Konami has prepared a big announcement for tomorrow, however it appears that IGN may have spoiled the surprise. According to some video interviews with series creator Hideo Kojima on website IGN’s server, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will be released on September 1st, and will be the final Metal Gear Solid game.
As Kojima told IGN:
“I always say this will be my last Metal Gear, but the games in the series that I’ve personally produced – Metal on MSX, Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3, 4 and Peace Walker – and now Metal Gear Solid 5 constitute a single Metal Gear saga With Metal Gear Solid 5 I’m finally closing the loop on that saga. In that sense, this will be the final Metal Gear Solid. To me, this is the last Metal Gear.”
For what is worth, the videos were pulled but NeoGAF’s member ‘Nibel‘ (who discovered the videos in the first place) managed to capture an image from one of them that shows its release date.
Stay tuned as in a couple of hours we’ll have the official statement from Konami.
Oh, and here is hoping that the PC version won’t be delayed!
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I feel like Konami won’t let this be the last Metal Gear game
Probably the last Metal Gear Kojima will actively participate in the development. I believe he’ll shift focus to new and different projects, and let his protégés(if he has any) handle Metal Gear from then on out.
I honestly enjoyed his earlier IPs more than most of the metal gear series.
he has said that nonsense since mgs2 “this is the last mgs game”
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Pc version release date? Thats what we would like to know.
This will be the ultimate test of the Fox Engine on PC. A full on game. I still think it’s not going to let anybody who PC games down.