Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Finally Frees MGS4 from the PS3 With August Release Date | Sony State of Play

Konami has yet revealed Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, promising to bring remasters for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and, yes, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, to modern consoles aboriginal this year.

The steadfast pulled backmost the curtain to denote its long-awaited follow-up bundle astatine the February 2026 State of Play. It’s confirmation that 2 classical tactical espionage enactment titles are getting touch-ups, but much importantly, it means MGS4 volition yet permission its PS3 situation erstwhile the postulation launches August 27, 2026. Konami has confirmed separately that, successful summation to PS5, the postulation is coming to PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X | S.

Creator Hideo Kojima’s 4th mainline Metal Gear Solid crippled features David Hayter arsenic an aged Solid Snake and was primitively released for the PS3 successful 2008. It’s besides remained connected this 1 level since, meaning lone those who ain the 20-year-old console person been capable to (officially) play it. Now, aft 18 years, Old Snake’s communicative volition beryllium disposable to acquisition elsewhere.

Also included successful Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 is 2010’s MGS: Peace Walker. The crippled primitively launched for PSP and aboriginal came to the PS3 and Xbox 360. Hardcore fans tin besides bask entree to 2000's Game Boy rubric Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, arsenic good arsenic the integer soundtrack. Even without confirmation regarding what changes the Master Collection Vol. 2 brings, astir fans would astir apt hold that ports for each of these games are agelong overdue.

Konami released Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 successful October 2023 and, contempt its rubric suggesting astatine slightest 1 further measurement would beryllium developed, has mostly remained quiescent astir a sequel since then. Mixed successful with the troubled motorboat of the archetypal bundle was a leak (as good arsenic confirmation from IGN), suggesting much MGS remasters were connected the way, but it wasn’t until August 2024 that the steadfast would yet archer fans to “stay tuned.”

While we hold to spot if Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 volition person a much unchangeable motorboat than its predecessor, you tin work astir what Konami is doing to reassure players. You tin besides cheque retired Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, an MGS3 remake that we gave an 8/10.

You tin besides cheque retired everything announced astatine the February 2026 State of Play.

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