Highlights

  • Metal Gear Solid fans can expect a busy year in 2024 with the potential release of the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol.2 and the remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, known as Delta.
  • The release of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is highly anticipated, as it will finally make Metal Gear Solid 4 available to current-gen owners, satisfying the demand of fans who have been unable to play the game without a PlayStation 3.
  • The success of Metal Gear Solid Delta could determine whether other Metal Gear Solid titles receive remakes, making 2024 a crucial year for the franchise as fans hope to be reintroduced to the beloved series.

The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of the most beloved video game series of all time. Its five mainline entries are accentuated by several spin-offs and other related projects that help to deepen a world that's already been packed to the brim full of lore by its creator and visionary, Hideo Kojima. Despite no new entries in the series since 2018's very poorly received Metal Gear Survive, the first project since Kojima and developer Konami publicly parted ways in 2015, the series' popularity shows no signs of waning. Earlier this year, fans were treated to the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol.1, packaging together the first three entries and their prequels. With a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 on the way, and Vol.2 of the Master Collection in the pipeline, 2024 could be a busy year for the popular stealth franchise.

After learning of Kojima's departure from Konami shortly before the launch of Metal Gear Solid 5, many fans feared that this would signal the end of the stealth-action series. Metal Gear Survive did little to quell these fears, with the zombie-survival premise not fitting into the series' usual deep and thought-provoking narratives whatsoever. The reaction to Survive prompted Konami to seemingly shelve the series, but clearly, the developer has since changed its stance. While neither Vol.2 of the Master Collection nor the MGS3 remake, known as Delta, is confirmed for 2024, it seems likely that at least one of these projects should be released before the year ends.

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Metal Gear Solid Could Be Set For a Big Year in 2024

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With the potential of two huge releases in 2024, the upcoming year could be one of Metal Gear Solid's busiest in a long time. The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol.1 only had a gap of five months between its announcement in May 2023 and its release in October of the same year, so fans shouldn't be too concerned by the lack of any official announcement regarding Vol.2 yet. Remakes of the original Metal Gear Solid games have long been called for, and it's great to see that Konami has acknowledged this with the announcement of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

Considering how each entry in Vol.1 was a faithful port with no tweaks to the controls or visuals, it shouldn't take Konami too long to ready Vol.2 for release, regardless of exactly which titles are set to feature in the bundle. To an extent, the same can be said for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, which, while being remade from the ground up, is staying faithful to the original game, including using the same lines of dialogue. This should, in theory, dramatically cut development time, so a 2024 release for the highly-anticipated game is a realistic possibility.

Games Which Could Feature in the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol.2

  • Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  • Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Including Ground Zeroes)
  • Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
  • Metal Gear Solid Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Solid's Master Collection Vol.2 Could Finally Reunite Fans With a Beloved Title

Of all the games in Metal Gear Solid's library, Metal Gear Solid 4 remains the most elusive for modern fans, having only been released for the PS3 back in 2008. Every other installment has been re-packaged and re-released at some point, but Metal Gear Solid 4, which serves as a conclusion to Solid Snake's story arc, has remained frustratingly out of reach for those who do not own Sony's PlayStation 3. Therefore, the prospect of MGS4 finally being made available to current-gen owners is enough to excite fans of the series both old and new.

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Of the other games likely to make the cut, 2015's Metal Gear Solid 5, which continues the story of Big Boss during the 70s and 80s, seems a given, considering it's the fifth and final mainline entry in the series. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is another game that seems like it could feature. Originally released for the PSP in 2010 before it was ported to the PS3 and Xbox 360, this canonical entry, which again focuses on Big Boss, takes place in between the events of MGS3 and Metal Gear Solid 5 and introduces many gameplay mechanics that were expanded on in the latter.

The other titles on the list of potential inclusions are Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, another game made for the PSP, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a spin-off focusing on the ninja-cyborg Raiden's exploits after the conclusion of MGS4. It is slightly less likely that either of these end up featuring, however, due to both of these titles being less popular and arguably not being considered canon to the series. Additionally, Rising being developed by Platinum Games could complicate things.

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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Could Also Arrive in 2024

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News of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater's upcoming remake during Sony's PlayStation showcase in May was predictably well-received. The third mainline game in the series is hailed by critics as the strongest of the bunch, and, with it also being the first entry in Metal Gear's convoluted timeline chronologically, it makes perfect sense for Snake Eater to be the first game to receive the remake treatment.

Only limited footage of Metal Gear SolidDelta has been released so far, which shows Snake sneaking through some familiar jungle segments, highlighting the game's graphical fidelity as well as some obvious improvements to the gameplay mechanics. These include Snake's ability to sneak while crouching, a mechanic that is almost a given for modern-day stealth titles but was sorely missing from the original game. The success of Delta could likely decide whether the other Metal Gear Solid titles are also set for remakes, so fans will be hoping that Konami can recreate the magic of the original game while modernizing it for today's audience. 2024 could prove to be the year that the world is properly reacquainted with Metal Gear Solid.