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Right now is the thirty fifth anniversary of one of the vital influential, genre-defining, and beloved franchises in online game historical past, Metallic Gear. That’s 35 years of crawling round in navy bases, dodging spotlights, hiding within the backs of vans and below packing containers, and sitting by seemingly limitless codec conversations about what date it’s. And it’s been one hell of a journey, I’m certain you’ll agree.

Whereas Konami has not seen match to do something attention-grabbing with the license since sequence creator Hideo Kojima left the corporate, the writer has introduced that it’s making ready to re-launch among the sequence M.I.A. titles, that had been discontinued from sale again in November 2021. On the time, Konami famous that there have been licensing points because of using real-life documentary footage in sure video games, that the writer hoped to resume.

In a tweet posted earlier immediately, Konami famous that the delisted titles can be returning very quickly, although it selected to not point out any of the precise video games themselves by title. Is that this all we will probably be seeing regarding the iconic franchise’s anniversary yr? Fairly presumably, whereas Konami is wont to hold on to the model for apparent monetary recreation, the studio appears more and more uncomfortable with the thought of manufacturing new titles with Kojima being a key participant within the title’s growth. Joyful anniversary, please purchase these video games once more Sort of an anticlimatic anniversary.

Regardless, right here’s to the thirty fifth birthday of an plain, indelible, 100% real game-changer.

1987年7月13日に発売された『METAL GEAR』シリーズは、本日35周年を迎えました。
一時販売を停止しておりますタイトルにおいて、販売再開のための準備を進めております。　#METALGEAR #MG35th pic.twitter.com/X7RL5du2qE

— メタルギア公式 (METAL GEAR) (@metalgear_jp) July 13, 2022

Chris Moyse

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