Rumors of a Metallic Gear Strong 3: Snake Eater remake have been swirling for years. Now we all know all of the fan hypothesis wasn’t for naught. Konami revealed at Sony’s PlayStation Showcase that the PS2 basic is getting modernized for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC so gamers can take pleasure in it over again.
The remake known as Metallic Gear Strong Triangle: Snake Eater and there’s no launch date but and the one actual look we bought at it was Bare Snake creeping by a really darkish jungle. The Metallic Gear Strong Grasp Assortment, in the meantime, is ready to reach this fall and can embrace Metallic Gear: Strong, Metallic Gear Strong 2: Sons of Liberty, and the unique Snake Eater.
“We’re working onerous for Metallic Gear Strong Triangle: Snake Eater to be a devoted recreation of the unique story and sport design, whereas evolving the gameplay with stunning visuals and a seamless consumer expertise,” the unknown staff behind the remake wrote in a press release.
Information of a possible remake was first reported again in 2021 by VGC
which claimed mega porting home Virtuos can be behind it. The sport was to be one of many key milestones in writer Konami’s shift again towards console gaming. Remakes and remasters of different classics within the firm’s portfolio have been additionally rumored, together with Silent Hill and Castlevania.
The fifth sport within the Metallic Gear sequence, Snake Eater takes place earliest within the timeline and follows Huge Boss throughout the Chilly Battle within the Nineteen Sixties when he was often known as Bare Snake. It arrived on PS2 again in 2004 and was finally expanded in a model referred to as Metallic Gear Strong 3: Subsistence and ported to HD by means of the PS3 and Xbox 360. Relying on who you ask, it’s among the best video games, if not the most effective sport, within the sequence.
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The remake announcement is much less stunning after Konami revealed final 12 months that Silent Hill 2 would get the identical remedy. Given to Bloober Crew, that mission has remained controversial on account of a passionate following across the unique model and a few adverse reactions to the overhauled graphics and modifications in artwork route for the brand new PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC variations.
Snake Eater will little doubt be in a equally fraught place, particularly for the reason that unique director and lead author, Hideo Kojima, had an acrimonious cut up with Konami a few years in the past. Though current examples just like the Resident Evil 4 remake present it’s not inconceivable to faithfully convey a 2004 masterpiece into the current day.
Replace 5/24/2023 6:23 p.m. ET: Added extra platforms the Snake Eater remake is coming to.
Replace 5/24/2023 7:40 p.m. ET: Added a press release from the brand new improvement staff.
