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Initial release 1 September 2015
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- Kojima Productions
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- Action Adventure
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Publishers
- Konami
Franchise Metal Gear
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Essential| Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain review
Living the dream.
398
Looks like Call of Duty's DMZ mode is getting a Metal Gear Solid-style extraction balloon
Reverse deployment.
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Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough, guide and tips: All mission checklists, how to unlock Chapter 2 and the true ending
Our complete walkthrough for Metal Gear Solid 5.
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Metal Gear Solid 5 - Rescue the Intel Agents: Kiziba Camp, CFA Officials location
How to infiltrate the forest, find the escaped Intel Team member and extract them to safety in Metal Gear Solid 5 - The Phantom Pain.
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News
Looks like Call of Duty's DMZ mode is getting a Metal Gear Solid-style extraction balloon
Reverse deployment.
Ishraq Subhan
5 comments
News
Turns out Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament was rigged all along
Whatever was chapter three?
Ed Nightingale
22 comments
News
Metal Gear Solid filmmakers are "searching like Solid Snake" for story, says Oscar Isaac
"We are climbing through airducts".
Victoria Kennedy
28 comments
News
Konami is switching off Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain PS3, Xbox 360 servers
Peace at last.
Tom Phillips
40 comments
Feature
Dicebreaker Recommends: Specter Ops, the closest we're getting to a Metal Gear Solid board game anytime soon
Tabletop Espionage Action.
Matt Jarvis
6 comments
News
Dune and Star Wars' Oscar Isaac cast as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid movie
Kong: Skull Island's Jordan Vogt-Roberts still helming.
Matt Wales
43 comments
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough, guide and tips: All mission checklists, how to unlock Chapter 2 and the true ending
Our complete walkthrough for Metal Gear Solid 5.
Eurogamer Staff
1 comment
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Rescue the Intel Agents: Kiziba Camp, CFA Officials location
How to infiltrate the forest, find the escaped Intel Team member and extract them to safety in Metal Gear Solid 5 - The Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 tape locations: How to unlock all music tapes for the full soundtrack
How to track down every single music tape in the game.
Eurogamer Staff
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 Achievement list and Trophy list
Every Achievement and Trophy in the game.
John Bedford
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 S Ranks: How to boost mission scores, GMP bonuses, reduce penalties
Gain more S Ranks and making more GMP during missions.
Eurogamer Staff
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 Blueprint locations list: How to unlock all Handguns, Machine Guns and Sniper Rifles
How to unlock every collectible Blueprint in the game.
Eurogamer Staff
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Lingua Franca: Afrikaans interpreter location, Viscount location
How to find the Afrikaans interpreter, rescue the prisoners, and locate the Viscount in our Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Voices: Shabani location, Man on Fire boss fight
How to track down Shabani in the Ngumba Industrial Zone, then escape the Man on Fire in Phantom Pain's Voices mission.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Close Contact: Engineer locations for extraction
How to locate the engineers at Ngumba Industrial Zone and then extract them to safety in the Close Contact mission of Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Root Cause: Eli's Challenge, Intel Team member location
How to complete the Eli's Challenge Side Op, then rescue the Intel Team member in Root Cause, the next tricky mission in The Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Skull Face: OKB Zero and how to reach each gate
How to reach OKB Zero and track down Skull Face in the penultimate missions of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
News
Five years on, Metal Gear Solid 5's secret nuclear disarmament cutscene has finally been unlocked
Seemingly without hacking this time.
Tom Phillips
27 comments
News
Kong: Skull Island director shares concept art for MIA Metal Gear Solid movie
And David Hayter returns as Snake for lockdown-era codec.
Tom Phillips
14 comments
News
David Hayter reprises Snake in this Metal Gear Solid tribute video
Kept you waiting, huh?
News
Surprise Metal Gear Solid 5 update lets you play as Quiet
Keep it on the down-load.
Wesley Yin-Poole
82 comments
News
Xbox Games with Gold for May includes Vanquish, Metal Gear Solid 5
Plus Streets of Rage and more.
Matt Wales
33 comments
News
Konami says it has no idea why Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament event just unlocked
Trigger happy.
Tom Phillips
43 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| What does the Metal Gear Solid 5 PS4 Pro patch actually do?
A barebones upgrade.
Richard Leadbetter
119 comments
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 Key Items locations: How to unlock all costumes and suits
How to trigger every Key Item in Phantom Pain, so you can unlock new developments and upgrades, and gain some new cosmetic items too.
John Bedford
News
Looks like Call of Duty's DMZ mode is getting a Metal Gear Solid-style extraction balloon
Reverse deployment.
Ishraq Subhan
5 comments
News
Turns out Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament was rigged all along
Whatever was chapter three?
Ed Nightingale
22 comments
News
Metal Gear Solid filmmakers are "searching like Solid Snake" for story, says Oscar Isaac
"We are climbing through airducts".
Victoria Kennedy
28 comments
News
Konami is switching off Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain PS3, Xbox 360 servers
Peace at last.
Tom Phillips
40 comments
News
Dune and Star Wars' Oscar Isaac cast as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid movie
Kong: Skull Island's Jordan Vogt-Roberts still helming.
Matt Wales
43 comments
News
Five years on, Metal Gear Solid 5's secret nuclear disarmament cutscene has finally been unlocked
Seemingly without hacking this time.
Tom Phillips
27 comments
News
Kong: Skull Island director shares concept art for MIA Metal Gear Solid movie
And David Hayter returns as Snake for lockdown-era codec.
Tom Phillips
14 comments
News
David Hayter reprises Snake in this Metal Gear Solid tribute video
Kept you waiting, huh?
Vikki Blake
12 comments
News
Surprise Metal Gear Solid 5 update lets you play as Quiet
Keep it on the down-load.
Wesley Yin-Poole
82 comments
News
Xbox Games with Gold for May includes Vanquish, Metal Gear Solid 5
Plus Streets of Rage and more.
Matt Wales
33 comments
News
Konami says it has no idea why Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament event just unlocked
Trigger happy.
Tom Phillips
43 comments
News
PlayStation Plus October games lineup includes Metal Gear Solid 5
Amnesia: Collection! Hustle Kings! More!
Wesley Yin-Poole
92 comments
News
Metal Gear Solid 5 update adds playable Ocelot to FOB missions
Plus swimsuits.
Jeffrey Matulef
22 comments
News
Watch the first Metal Gear Survive gameplay
"It's like a nightmare that you can't wake up from!"
Jeffrey Matulef
62 comments
News
Metal Gear Solid 5 Definitive Edition spotted at various retailers
UPDATE: Confirmed, due 13th October.
Jeffrey Matulef
62 comments
News
BBC documentary on disabled gamer's Metal Gear Solid limb is worth a watch
Sometimes uncomfortable, ultimately uplifting.
Tom Phillips
18 comments
News
David Hayter reprises Metal Gear Solid role in Ford commercials
"Snake is back. And he's driving a Ford."
Jeffrey Matulef
72 comments
News
Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter to star in MGS fan tribute project
From the ashes of Shadow Moses.
Jeffrey Matulef
39 comments
News
Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter throws shade at Hideo Kojima
Calls The Phantom Pain "60 hours of humiliation".
Jeffrey Matulef
99 comments
News
Metal Gear Online will add playable Quiet in March
UPDATE: Release date and Survival mode detailed.
Jeffrey Matulef
30 comments
News
Hideo Kojima stars at DICE, chats about "edgy" new game
"I feel extremely free right now."
Wesley Yin-Poole
29 comments
News
Metal Gear Solid 5 has shipped 6m units
Konami's Pachinko revenue declines, despite Silent Hill and Castlevania cabinets.
Jeffrey Matulef
75 comments
News
Metal Gear Online PC emerges from beta to full launch
Offers free 3000 Gear points if you play this week.
Jeffrey Matulef
16 comments
News
Konami is hiring for a "New Metal Gear"
Franchise publisher has a lot Raiden on this.
Jeffrey Matulef
69 comments
News
Kojima: "My role in this world is to keep on making big games for as long as I can"
And he can do it quicker independently, he says.
Robert Purchese
38 comments
Review
Essential| Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain review
Living the dream.
Rich Stanton
398 comments
Preview
Metal Gear Solid 5: A phantom battle waged by the vanished
A brave new world.
Jeffrey Matulef
83 comments
Preview
Managing Mother Base in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Big Snake, little Snake inside an upgraded cardboard box.
Wesley Yin-Poole
51 comments
Preview
The strange evolutions of Metal Gear Solid 5
Ground Zeroes introduces the cornerstone of a new type of Metal Gear - but are the foundations solid?
Martin Robinson
47 comments
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough, guide and tips: All mission checklists, how to unlock Chapter 2 and the true ending
Our complete walkthrough for Metal Gear Solid 5.
Eurogamer Staff
1 comment
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Rescue the Intel Agents: Kiziba Camp, CFA Officials location
How to infiltrate the forest, find the escaped Intel Team member and extract them to safety in Metal Gear Solid 5 - The Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 tape locations: How to unlock all music tapes for the full soundtrack
How to track down every single music tape in the game.
Eurogamer Staff
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 Achievement list and Trophy list
Every Achievement and Trophy in the game.
John Bedford
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 S Ranks: How to boost mission scores, GMP bonuses, reduce penalties
Gain more S Ranks and making more GMP during missions.
Eurogamer Staff
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 Blueprint locations list: How to unlock all Handguns, Machine Guns and Sniper Rifles
How to unlock every collectible Blueprint in the game.
Eurogamer Staff
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Lingua Franca: Afrikaans interpreter location, Viscount location
How to find the Afrikaans interpreter, rescue the prisoners, and locate the Viscount in our Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Voices: Shabani location, Man on Fire boss fight
How to track down Shabani in the Ngumba Industrial Zone, then escape the Man on Fire in Phantom Pain's Voices mission.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Close Contact: Engineer locations for extraction
How to locate the engineers at Ngumba Industrial Zone and then extract them to safety in the Close Contact mission of Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Root Cause: Eli's Challenge, Intel Team member location
How to complete the Eli's Challenge Side Op, then rescue the Intel Team member in Root Cause, the next tricky mission in The Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Skull Face: OKB Zero and how to reach each gate
How to reach OKB Zero and track down Skull Face in the penultimate missions of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.
Matt Wales
Guide
Metal Gear Solid 5 Key Items locations: How to unlock all costumes and suits
How to trigger every Key Item in Phantom Pain, so you can unlock new developments and upgrades, and gain some new cosmetic items too.
John Bedford
Feature
Dicebreaker Recommends: Specter Ops, the closest we're getting to a Metal Gear Solid board game anytime soon
Tabletop Espionage Action.
Matt Jarvis
6 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| What does the Metal Gear Solid 5 PS4 Pro patch actually do?
A barebones upgrade.
Richard Leadbetter
119 comments
Feature
Eurogamer's Games of 2015 no. 2: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Grinding gears.
Martin Robinson
162 comments
Feature
Where can Metal Gear go from here?
Who's the Boss?
Jeffrey Matulef
67 comments
Feature
The wolf in Snake's clothing: Metal Gear's twisted hero
Is Kojima's stealth series gaming's Fight Club?
Jeffrey Matulef
46 comments
Feature
Metal Gear Online needs major work
Despite bugs, there's fun to be had, but will Konami stick with it?
Aoife Wilson
84 comments
Feature
Metal Gear Solid 5: The unfinished swan song
Wow them in the end. Or don't.
Jeffrey Matulef
87 comments
Feature
All about that base: Metal Gear Solid 5's FOBs are glorious
And the microtransactions aren't an issue, yet.
Rich Stanton
104 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| 1080p60 and beyond: the best PC hardware for Metal Gear Solid 5
How The Phantom Pain on PC improves over console - and the hardware you'll need for the best experience.
Thomas Morgan
250 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| Can last-gen consoles handle Metal Gear Solid 5?
Digital Foundry on the highs and lows of MGS5 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Richard Leadbetter
150 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 5
Can Xbox One's 900p upgrade sustain 60fps? And how does it compare with PS4?
Thomas Morgan
361 comments
Feature
The Phantom Pain is unlike other Metal Gear games
And unlike other open world games, too. Our early impressions ahead of review.
Matt Wales
169 comments
Feature
Rich Stanton on: The Koj delusion
Is Metal Gear Solid provocative or just perverse?
Rich Stanton
155 comments
Opinion
When the new becomes old - why 2015 should be a stellar year
Reasons to be cheerful.
Martin Robinson
99 comments
Opinion
Japan's slumbering giants awake at Tokyo Game Show
Metal Gear and Final Fantasy prove there's still plenty to get excited about from gaming's spiritual home.
Martin Robinson
46 comments
Opinion
Snake moves with the times, Lara doesn't
The Tomb Raider deal dominated headlines, but Metal Gear's move onto Steam is the true harbinger.
Oli Welsh
308 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| Life after Ground Zeroes - what's new with MGS5: The Phantom Pain?
Digital Foundry explores the 30-minute E3 demo.
John Linneman
96 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| Watch the latest Metal Gear Solid 5 trailer at 60fps
The full monty.
Richard Leadbetter
49 comments
Interview
Stealth vs stealth
One is making Metal Gear Solid 5, another Volume. Both discuss the current state of stealth.
Wesley Yin-Poole
79 comments
Feature
Developers' Most Anticipated Games of 2014
Titanfall! Destiny! The Witcher 3! The Last Guardian (hopefully)!
Wesley Yin-Poole
92 comments
Feature
The next-generation will be open-world
Ubisoft and more on connected freedom.
Wesley Yin-Poole
70 comments
Feature
Digital Foundry| Tech Analysis: Metal Gear Solid 5's FOX Engine
Kojima's quest for photo-realism.
Rick Lane
52 comments
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