2026-02-28 13:00 UTC · PC Gamer · Rick Lane
Metal Gear Solid 5 famously released in two highly disproportionate parts, with its short (but highly replayable) prologue Ground Zeroes releasing roughly a year before the full-fat Phantom Pain... Read more.
2026-02-11 22:40 UTC · PC Gamer · Shaun Prescott
t today's DICE Summit, a gathering of industry veterans paid tribute to Call of Duty and Titanfall co-creator Vince Zampella, who died in December. Joining the likes of Todd Howard, Randy Pitchford and Ted Price was Hideo Kojima, who, according to Gamefile, sought advice from Zampella when founding his own studio Kojima Productions... Read more.
2025-10-18 14:00 UTC · PC Gamer · Rick Lane
Metal Gear Solid 5 isn't exactly short of options for approaching its open-ended stealth scenarios. But encouraging players to use every tool at their disposal can be difficult once they've found a loadout that they like. Its Subsistence rule was one of Kojima's solutions to this, allowing players to re-enter previous missions without a specific loadout and forcing them to scavenge weapons and equipment on the fly... Read more.
2025-09-03 07:07 UTC · CGMagazine · Philip Watson
Due to a new posting on social media, Hideo Kojima may have inadvertently confirmed that his version of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was unfinished. It’s no secret prolific video game maker, Hideo Kojima, likes to do two things: post on social media and tease fans, and today he may have done both. In a new post on X (formerly Twitter), Kojima posted a published article from Inverse that’s titled “10 Years Later, Hideo Kojima’s Unfinished Masterpiece Is Still Influencing Today’s Games,” which implies Kojima believes Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an ‘unfinished masterpiece.’ Th
2025-08-18 18:58 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
If you're looking for something to keep you occupied ahead of the Snake Eater remake, dive into Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid 5 Definitive Experience, a masterful take on the tactical espionage action genre. Set in two parts, Ground Zero acts as the amuse-bouche, a Pesto Scallop if you will, a tiny bite of flavor that gets your mouth watering, ready for the main meal, The Phantom Pain, which offers one of the most emotional experiences in the history of videogames. Right now, you can get both of them together for just $22.98 / £19.15 over on Fanatical, making it the perfect time to pick them
2025-08-17 23:20 UTC · PC Gamer · Ted Litchfield
In an interview with VGC, beloved Metal Gear Solid voice actor David Hayter revealed that, not only has time healed the sting of getting recast in Metal Gear Solid 5, he has played the game and loves it... Read more.
2025-08-14 11:05 UTC · PC Gamer · Joshua Wolens
Metal Gear Solid 5 came out (oh my god) 10 years ago, but it can still spark discourse like a game half its age. Did Konami mistreat Hideo Kojima? Did Kojima push his luck too far? Will we ever get Episode 51 (no)? Do we regret our words and deeds more than the regular amount? And can we ever forgive the way the series unceremoniously jettisoned David Hayter as Snake's actor so Kojima could hang out with Kiefer Sutherland, who voiced MGS5's Venom Snake?.. Read more.
2025-08-05 22:09 UTC · PC Gamer · Lincoln Carpenter
For my money, Metal Gear Solid 5 remains the watermark for open world action games thanks to its excellent espionage toybox, its mercenary company management systems, and the timeless satisfaction of abducting enemy combatants with a little balloon. 10 years after its launch, it just got even better thanks to Dynamite, a functioning two-player MGS5 co-op mod from modder unknown321... Read more.
2023-11-03 19:03 UTC · PC Gamer · Wes Fenlon
Eight years after Metal Gear Solid 5, the actor behind bikini-clad sniper assassin Quiet has spoken about the role and working with Kojima in a new interview with IGN. Actor Stefanie Joosten called making Metal Gear Solid 5 "an absolutely wonderful experience," but also reflected on "the perspective of the people that are not as happy with how she was portrayed," saying "I think the video game landscape has changed quite a lot since then.".. Read more.
2022-08-19 10:00 UTC · PC Gamer · Sam Greer
This is a debrief report from Flaming Buffalo (I arrived late to codename assignment), from reconnaissance in the Soviet Army controlled region of Afghanistan. I was given two weeks to navigate and gather as much intel as possible on the USSR presence ahead of Big Boss' arrival. He's a busy guy, you know—it's not like he can be in two places at once. after all... Read more.
2022-05-09 23:27 UTC · PC Gamer · Ted Litchfield
new video by Did You Know Gaming has shed some more light on the mysterious nuclear disarmament cutscene first discovered in Metal Gear Solid 5 in 2015... Read more.
2022-03-03 15:03 UTC · PC Gamer · Rich Stanton
Hideo Kojima recently went on a minor digression about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, interesting in its own right as part of the series creator talking a little more openly about the games in recent years—in the immediate aftermath of the Konami split, Kojima didn't talk much about Metal Gear. Before we go any further: spoilers, obviously... Read more.
2022-01-08 12:04 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
We remember Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain for lots of things. An unfinished conclusion, answers to questions no one really asked, and a woefully underused Keifer Sutherland displacing David Hayter's iconic growl in Snake's shoes are all among them, and perhaps better forgotten. But let's not forget the blood-curdling prologue. Years after its release, Snake's awakening in a Cyprus hospital that's being attacked by a ruthless hit squad remains one of the most captivating openings in the series. It's carefully paced and thick with the kind of tension you'd expect from a classic horror gam
2021-10-03 18:16 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
According to a new report, Konami is looking to revive three of its major franchises - Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, and Silent Hill - with help from external developers. These would include a "reimagining" of Castlevania series and a Metal Gear Solid 3 remake. This is all according to a report by VGC, which says that multiple "publishing sources" at Konami have told them of various projects in the words. Rumours of new Silent Hill games have been doing the rounds for a while now, for starters, with The Medium developer Bloober Team specifically not denying that it was working on a Silent Hil
2021-10-01 17:42 UTC · PC Gamer · Joseph Knoop
Konami is getting back into the business of making Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill games, a report from VideoGamesChronicle indicates... Read more.
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