It wasn’t that way back that the overwhelming majority of us had been useless sure that the Metallic Gear franchise had no future, however not solely is the sequence set to return with a remake of Metallic Gear Stable 3: Snake Eater – arguably its finest entry – that remake can also be trying more and more promising. Since its announcement final yr, Konami has showcased new footage and revealed new particulars on Metallic Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater at a daily clip, and for almost all, the prognosis has been a surprisingly constructive one.
There’s no query that the corporate’s latest historical past definitely warrants a wholesome quantity of skepticism, of which there’s definitely been no scarcity within the circumstances of each Metallic Gear Stable Delta and the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake. In the meantime, even by way of what has been proven and mentioned, some facets of the MGS3 remake haven’t appealed to everyone- like how little its deviating from the unique, to the extent of nonetheless having areas separated by loading screens, fairly than your entire sport being a single, seamless expertise.
By and huge, nonetheless, impressions on Delta have been fairly constructive (together with from hands-on previews not too way back). The unique Metallic Gear Stable 3’s core design and mechanics nonetheless stay glorious to this present day (for probably the most half), so the prospect of a remake that polishes up the controls and provides some quality-of-life options is an undeniably thrilling expertise. On the similar time, the visible and technical enhancements that the sport is making have additionally regarded persistently outstanding. On the narrative facet of issues, in the meantime, Delta is making little to no changes- which, frankly, is precisely how we’d have favored it for an MGS3 remake, particularly with Hideo Kojima not concerned. Konami hasn’t earned the belief but to be messing about with the story of a beloved Metallic Gear sport.
The query, then, is this- when precisely is Metallic Gear Stable Delta going to return out? What is maybe an excellent larger query for some, nonetheless, is why Konami hasn’t revealed its launch date (and even window) but. Clearly, the sport is kind of far alongside in development- we preserve seeing it at common intervals, and each time we do see it, it seems impressively pristine and polished. There have been definitely some who assumed that at Tokyo Sport Present, we’d be getting extra data on when the sport will likely be popping out. On the very least, we’d be getting a launch window, proper?
Sadly, Konami selected to not reveal that data. We did get loads of MGS Delta at TGS- we received a brand new Manufacturing Hotline episode, a hefty quantity of latest gameplay footage has been proven off, and a brand new trailer was showcased as properly, all of which is continuous to look promising. We didn’t, nonetheless, get a launch date or window announcement, and for some, that has grow to be a supply of no less than minor frustration (or maybe concern).
It’s not exhausting to know that place, to be truthful. Earlier this yr, PlayStation let slip that Metallic Gear Stable Delta was focusing on a 2024 launch, and although that isn’t one thing that Konami itself has formally confirmed (and even hinted at) up to now, given how near launch the sport has appeared every time it has been proven off, and the way ceaselessly it has been proven off, the assumption that it might very properly really find yourself releasing this yr has grown stronger for a lot of. And if it was certainly releasing this yr, Tokyo Sport Present was going to be the place to announce the launch date.
Then once more, it’s price preserving in thoughts that, as talked about above, formally, Metallic Gear Stable Delta has by no means been given a launch date or window. Certain, which may be irritating for some, however Konami has persistently proven fairly a little bit of the sport and remained communicative relating to its improvement, which is greater than we will say for thus, so many main upcoming formally introduced titles. Simply have a look at the likes of, say, the Splinter Cell remake, or Marvel’s Wolverine, or The Elder Scrolls 6, all of that are video games we’ve seen subsequent to nothing of ever since their respective bulletins years in the past.
With all of that in thoughts then, when precisely are we going to get a launch date announcement for Metallic Gear Stable Delta? Clearly, the sport isn’t going to return out in 2024- that began trying unlikely the second that Konami introduced that Silent Hill 2 could be releasing in October. The corporate is probably going going to wish to area out its largest releases, which suggests a 2025 launch is trying fairly possible for the MGS3 remake. So if a 2025 launch date is certainly possible, what does that imply for when Konami will formally announce that?
Effectively, possibly we will look to the aforementioned Silent Hill 2 to get no less than a touch of an thought on that entrance. The survival horror remake was introduced in late 2022, and even on the time, Konami and developer Bloober Crew mentioned that the sport was within the last levels of improvement. Although it wasn’t given a launch date or window, most assumed that it wasn’t too distant from launch. Nevertheless, it wasn’t till Could earlier this yr that Konami lastly introduced a launch date for the sport. Given the truth that Silent Hill 2 is Konami’s first main AAA launch in a number of years, it’s most likely secure to imagine that that’s the sample that the corporate will observe with different AAA titles as properly.
After all, we have seen far more of Delta than we did of Silent Hill 2 following its reveal with the latter going MIA for prolonged durations after it was first introduced, nevertheless it does appear to be Konami doesn’t wish to announce launch date data for a sport too far forward of time. With Silent Hill 2, its launch date was introduced roughly 5 months forward of launch, and we wouldn’t be shocked if an analogous sample had been to be adopted with Metallic Gear.
It’s secure to imagine that Konami received’t be a lot concerned in The Sport Awards this December, given producer and host Geoff Keighley’s patchy historical past with the corporate, which suggests Metallic Gear’s launch date announcement will occur both at a PlayStation or Xbox occasion, or possibly on Konami’s personal phrases (even perhaps with a Manufacturing Hotline episode). Xbox will presumably doing its third annual Developer Direct presentation in January. Possibly that’s the place we lastly get a launch date announcement for Delta? After all, Konami might very properly additionally select to carry off on that data additional nonetheless, particularly if the sport isn’t due out till the latter half of the yr.
Both approach, we will, on the very least, take solace in the truth that Konami does preserve displaying extra of Metallic Gear Stable Delta at common intervals, and that each time we do see it, it continues to appear to be it’s taking stable form. Sure, figuring out extra about when the sport is popping out would have been nice, particularly to associate with the latest dump of latest footage popping out of TGS, however for now, we’re simply going to should focus our consideration on Silent Hill 2 as an alternative. That’s fairly thrilling too, proper?
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