Metal Gear Online will be playable from September 1st and come bundled with Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Following yesterday's leaked release date, Konami has confirmed two limited edition MGS5 bundles: a special 'Day One' edition and limited 'Collector's Edition'. The latter comes with a half-scale replica of Snake's bionic hand, plus a raft of exclusive digital content, at a UK retail price of £99.99.
A full list of exclusive content is available but, sadly or not, contains a few glaringly obvious clues about MGS5's plot and unannounced locations. There's reference to dryland, wetland and rocky cardboard boxes, plus a Metal Gear Rex helmet for MG: Online – a possible hint toward the mysterious Metal Gear prototype glimpsed at the end of a previous trailer, perhaps.
Konami's press release re-references Venom Snake – and not Big Boss – which might not discredit the emerging fan theory (potential spoilers ahead) that you really play as iconic series anti-hero, Gray Fox, albeit disguised as the Snake we all know. With a giant horn. That's a story for another day, so stay tuned for the best MGS5 coverage and analysis in the run up to the game's September 1st launch.
Metal Gear Solid's former art director once said he spends "a lot of time fussing over the details of the characters' backside since that's the side the player sees most in-game"
In 1997, Hideo Kojima said the "one thing" he wanted to avoid in Metal Gear Solid was "tedious" cutscenes with characters "blabbering at each other for 4 or 5 minutes"
