Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain marks the last time we’ll ever see a Metal Gear Solid game helmed by series creator Hideo Kojima. Despite the now legendary falling out between Kojima and Konami, Kojima was at least allowed to make the final trailers himself. As such, the final trailer for The Phantom Pain is no exception to Kojima’s genius. It is a masterful piece of work that traverses the main line of Metal Gear Solid games (so essentially every game that is considered canon) which not only shows Big Boss’s progression from hero to villain, but even touches on the fate that Solid Snake narrowly avoided. But, in any case, I’ve rambled on far too long about the trailer, hit the jump to see it for yourself!
In addition to the trailer that dropped, Konami also revealed that companion app in a press release. Check it out below!
Some of you have also asked for details on the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Companion App. Below is a list of features that we can share:
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will have a companion app similar to the successful app for Ground Zeroes.
- Like in Ground Zeroes, the app can connect with the main game to show the in-game map as you play. Acting as a second screen map in the palm of your hand.
- Using the app to navigate allows the player to see the map at all times and see more of the map on the screen than in game.
- The app also allows you to listen to all records / music that you obtain as you progress through the game.
- The companion app is only available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Xbox One and will be available for download on Sept. 1, 2015, in time for the game’s launch.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN will retail with an SRP of $59.99 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Steam; and $49.99 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360. SRP of ‘Collector’s Edition’ will be $99.99 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and the Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft.
As recent reviews have shown, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is Kojima’s masterpiece, and the ultimate swan song of the Metal Gear Solid series. I, for one, am sad to see the end of the series, but I’m excited to see how everything goes down. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain emerges from the shadows on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015.