Metal Gear is a series of action-adventure stealth video games created by Hideo Kojima and published by Konami. The first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded the original game’s plot. As of June 2020, over 56 million copies of games in the franchise have been sold worldwide.
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Metal Gear is a series of action-adventure stealth video games created by Hideo Kojima and published by Konami. The first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded the original game’s plot. There have also been a few prequels exploring the origins of Metal Gear and recurring characters. As of June 2020, over 56 million copies of games in the franchise have been sold worldwide. The latest game in the series is The Phantom Pain, which was released on September 1, 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation4, and Xbox One. The series’ main storyline was concluded in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PlayStation 3 in 2008. The game is set after the Patriots and stars Raiden, the protagonist of Sons of Liberty who turned a cyborg into a ninja. The player often takes control of a special forces operative who is assigned the task of finding the titular superweapon \”Metal Gear\”, a bipedal walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. The franchise has also been adapted into other media, such as comics, novels, and drama CDs. Metal Gear V: Ground Zeroes was released March 18, 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox 3, for PC, PlayStation 360, Xbox One, and Steam. It was released as an introduction to the next game, which served as much shorter than previous installments. The games are usually set outside the main storyline and are usually released for the Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.
Several re-releases of the series were produced as well as several games for Sony’s PlayStation Portable and Sony’s Game Boy Game Boy. The most recent of these games was Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, released for PlayStation Portable in October 2013. It is set shortly after the events of Portable Ops, and was set shortly before Peace Walker in April 2010. It also features a multiplayer spin-off called Metal Gear Online, which has been released on the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 since January 2014. It features a character called Raiden who is the main character of the game, but is also known as Raiden in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Jr. Brawl. It has been reported that the game will be released in North America and Europe in September 2015. It will be the first Metal Gear game to be released on both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. It follows the success of the first two games and will be followed by a number of spin-offs and remakes, including Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, released in 2013 on the Playstation 3 and Xbox360, and in Jan 2014 on Steam. There has been a remake of the original Metal GearSolid: The Twin Snakes was made for the Nintendo GameCube in early 2004. The third game in this series was released by Konami in 1998 and marked the beginning of a whole new line of 3D for Metal Gear.
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