Although Konami has finally announced that it is hard at work on Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2, the project isn’t without it’s fair share of difficulties. In a new episode of the studio’s Metal Gear Production Hotline series of live broadcasts, Noriaki Okamura, the series producer, was asked what was going on with Volume 2.
“We had HD ports of Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 and 3 – or, sorry, not really for 1, but the other two,” Okamura said. “But most of the titles released after those don’t have a pre-existing HD port we could use. Some are in HD, but those would all be really big titles. That comes with its own set of issues.”
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1 was released in October 2023, and included the first five main entries in the Konami franchise: Metal Gear (1987), Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990), Metal Gear Solid (1998), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004). It also came packaged with the VR Missions for Metal Gear Solid, game guides, a selection of music from the series, and certain motion comics.
“So with all these factors to consider with the lineup, anything along the lines of ‘what’s in it?’ or questions like ‘how long will it be in development, when’ll it be out’, it’s going to be a little while until we can get a clear picture, but when we do, we’ll let you know here.
We called the first one Volume 1, so we are making a Volume 2, that much is for sure. We’re also worried about how Volume 1 had a pretty rough launch, with all the issues, so we’re going to do everything we can not to repeat that, but we just have to ask for everyone to give us time.”
The next game in the long-running series, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, is scheduled to be released sometime in 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. It is a remake of the 2004 title Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
