Konami’s remake of Steel Gear Stable 3: Snake Eater feels like it is going to be the start of a collection of recent tasks within the franchise created by a “new staff,” in line with feedback from producer Noriaki Okamura.
In a new video released Monday for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the title of Konami’s upcoming MGS 3 remake, Okamura tells longtime Snake voice actor David Hayter that his staff, which incorporates “loads of individuals on the staff who have been a part of the unique video games,” has “been entrusted with the way forward for Steel Gear.”
“We wish the gamers to have the ability to choose for themselves whether or not this new staff is true for the job of protecting Steel Gear going,” Okamura stated, referring to the staff’s work on Steel Gear Stable Delta and the lately launched Steel Gear Stable: Grasp Assortment compilation.
In his dialogue with Hayter, Okamura opaquely addressed the departure of former Steel Gear creatives, like Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa. Whereas he doesn’t explicitly title them, he says, “Everybody who’s not engaged on Steel Gear is pursuing their very own path now, and that’s going to stay the case for these titles.” That’s a reasonably strong indicator that Konami plans on (re)making extra Steel Gear with out the involvement of its unique creator.
Okamura beforehand labored with Kojima and staff on video games like Steel Gear Stable: Moveable Ops and Steel Gear Stable 5: Floor Zeroes. He was additionally a producer on the poorly acquired 2018 sport Steel Gear Survive, the one unique Steel Gear venture launched after Hideo Kojima left Konami.
The Steel Gear Stable 3 remake may signify a recent begin for the franchise at a post-Kojima Konami. The 2024 sport was chosen to be lavishly remade in Unreal Engine 5 as a consequence of its place within the total Steel Gear timeline, Konami told IGN last year; Snake Eater is an origin story for Bare Snake/Large Boss, and the primary sport chronologically within the franchise. In different phrases, it’s a wise place to start out to herald new followers who is probably not well-versed within the MGS collection’ era-jumping sequels.
If Steel Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater is a hit, and Konami does proceed to remake video games, Steel Gear Stable: Moveable Ops and Steel Gear Stable: Peace Walker could be subsequent in line chronologically. These two early Chilly Warfare-era follow-ups to Snake Eater additionally star Large Boss — not Stable Snake — and would be capable to construct on the muse of Steel Gear Stable Delta, utilizing characters and property from Steel Gear Stable Delta.
When future Steel Gear remakes will come to go remains to be unknown, as is the discharge date Steel Gear Stable Delta. The remake was initially pitched as a 2024 launch, however Konami hasn’t stated something this previous week about Delta arriving this 12 months, even because it units pre-orders stay. A 2025 launch is beginning to look extra doubtless.
For now, Steel Gear followers must go the time poring over new gameplay particulars launched on Sunday in a brand new trailer for Steel Gear Stable Delta on the Xbox Video games Showcase.