Konami’s remake of Metallic Gear Strong 3: Snake Eater seems like will probably be the start of a sequence of latest initiatives within the franchise created by a “new workforce,” in line with feedback from producer Noriaki Okamura.
In a brand new video launched Monday for Metallic Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater, the title of Konami’s upcoming MGS 3 remake, Okamura tells longtime Snake voice actor David Hayter that his workforce, which incorporates “loads of individuals on the workforce who have been a part of the unique video games,” has “been entrusted with the way forward for Metallic Gear.”
“We wish the gamers to have the ability to choose for themselves whether or not this new workforce is true for the job of protecting Metallic Gear going,” Okamura stated, referring to the workforce’s work on Metallic Gear Strong Delta and the not too long ago launched Metallic Gear Strong: Grasp Assortment compilation.
In his dialogue with Hayter, Okamura opaquely addressed the departure of former Metallic Gear creatives, like Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa. Whereas he doesn’t explicitly title them, he says, “Everybody who’s not engaged on Metallic Gear is pursuing their very own path now, and that’s going to stay the case for these titles.” That’s a reasonably stable indicator that Konami plans on (re)making extra Metallic Gear with out the involvement of its unique creator.
Okamura beforehand labored with Kojima and workforce on video games like Metallic Gear Strong: Transportable Ops and Metallic Gear Strong 5: Floor Zeroes. He was additionally a producer on the poorly acquired 2018 recreation Metallic Gear Survive, the one unique Metallic Gear mission launched after Hideo Kojima left Konami.
The Metallic Gear Strong 3 remake might signify a recent begin for the franchise at a post-Kojima Konami. The 2024 recreation was chosen to be lavishly remade in Unreal Engine 5 as a result of its place within the total Metallic Gear timeline, Konami informed IGN final 12 months; Snake Eater is an origin story for Bare Snake/Huge Boss, and the primary recreation chronologically within the franchise. In different phrases, it’s a sensible place to start out to usher in new followers who is probably not well-versed within the MGS sequence’ era-jumping sequels.
If Metallic Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater is a hit, and Konami does proceed to remake video games, Metallic Gear Strong: Transportable Ops and Metallic Gear Strong: Peace Walker could be subsequent in line chronologically. These two early Chilly Conflict-era follow-ups to Snake Eater additionally star Huge Boss — not Strong Snake — and would be capable of construct on the muse of Metallic Gear Strong Delta, utilizing characters and belongings from Metallic Gear Strong Delta.
When future Metallic Gear remakes will come to go continues to be unknown, as is the discharge date Metallic Gear Strong Delta. The remake was initially pitched as a 2024 launch, however Konami hasn’t stated something this previous week about Delta arriving this 12 months, even because it units pre-orders stay. A 2025 launch is beginning to look extra doubtless.
For now, Metallic Gear followers must go the time poring over new gameplay particulars launched on Sunday in a brand new trailer for Metallic Gear Strong Delta on the Xbox Video games Showcase.
