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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain announced

Metal Gear Solid V is both The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes combined.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has been announced at GDC.

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Speaking on stage during Kojima Productions' presentation on its new Fox engine, director Hideo Kojima says Metal Gear Solid V is both Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain combined. Snake has been in a coma for nine years, and awakens in hospital at the start of the game alongside Ishmael, the figure from The Phantom Pain whose face is in covered in bandages.

During the gameplay demo, which is set in the Metal Gear Solid V's tutorial level, Snake can't walk or move properly due to his comatose state. When he regains his mobility Metal Gear Solid V will become an open-world game, says Kojima.

Showing the first trailer for Metal Gear Solid V, footage from previous Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain trailers were spliced together alongside a handful of new scenes. Longtime series character Kazuhira Miller is also seen in the trailer.

It is currently unclear if David Hayter is reprising his role as Snake.

Kojima Productions first teased The Phantom Pain at the Spike VGA awards, saying the game was in development at Moby Dick Studios. Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes was announced in August 2012 during the Metal Gear Solid 25th Anniversary event in Tokyo.

The game was shown running on PC using Kojima's new FOX Engine, but the trailer showed logos for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Haha someone needs to help this studio out with names that sound classy in English. "Phantom Pain" is something you get when your arm hurts a little but you don't know why.

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@JoshDPU did you notice that Big Boss lost one one of his arms actually ? and that kojima loves teasing ? i´m sure that will refer to the story after what i have seen ( hospital loss of an arm and 9 years koma do i need to say more ?)

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@lowdan666 That's a good catch, you might be right :)

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@JoshDPU Not exactly - Phantom Pain is a phenomenon people who lost limbs do experience. It does mean that they still can feel pain in the limb that is actually missing.

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@Snake_Eater @JoshDPU I cant wait to see the les enfants terribles

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@JoshDPU Phantom pain is the sensation you feel in any of your extremities that is recently amputated..you feel like your amputated arm or feet are still there but they're not

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@wcwj26 the wiiu is out already and i know it sucks everybody knows it sucks the ps4 looks awesome and its not out yet

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@WantYouBad I mean HUGE sales and a solid future on all fronts.

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@queuing_for_PS4 were you ever featured in feedbackula?

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is that solid snake, and when it takes place?

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@PETERAKO little after peace walker. That's Big Boss

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where is Joakim ? :D

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@queuing_for_PS4 Talking shit won't get you the attention you so desperately crave on here either ;-)

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@WantYouBad I mean't 99m sales sorry XD

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MIND BLOWN!!!!!!!

Maybe its like this MGS GZ will be the prolouge to MGS 5 and Phantom Pain will be take place in the present time.

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@WantYouBad Nope, spelt it right. You wanna see gimmick, go look at Dual Shock 4.

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@emptycow @wcwj26 @queuing_for_PS4 Only sinking ship is the PS brand. It comes to something when your handheld is s**t and nobody is buying your console other than to watch TV.

PS4 will make Wii U look like a whirlwind success!

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Phantom pain sounds like when I got my leg cramped while sleeping last week, only in a reverse form.

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@GunBladeHero Phantom pain is the state of pain after losing an organ, which symbolizes Snake's pain after losing his arm.

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@raiden-94 @GunBladeHero When you lose an arm or got amputated but still feel pain in that arm

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@raiden-94 Maybe I lost an organ too, crap. Either way, I did not know he lost a an arm.

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@GunBladeHero @raiden-94 it'll be revealed in the game I think..

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@wcwj26 @queuing_for_PS4 LMFAO yea you fucking wish this game was on wiiu nobody wants to get on that fucking sinking ship

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Fox Engine is great... Kojima is Master

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@queuing_for_PS4 It'll be on Wii U for the innovation and PC for the graphics.

No need to buy it on the doomed, cookie cutter PS4.

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Is this game gonna come on pc anybody who saw the conference tell me ?

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@DevilArK1993 Lolno

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@8Nicholas8 what lolno

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@Random_Matt @DevilArK1993 @8Nicholas8 damn it then we wont expect any future games from kojima for pc.

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@DevilArK1993 @8Nicholas8

It states that was demo'd on pc

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Not for PS4? im cry... ;,(

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All hail Mr Hideo Kojima, God of Gaming!

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@queuing_for_PS4 It probably won't come to PS4. Who wants to buy a console who's PS3 fanbase is mostly made up of people who ONLY use it for Netflix and Blu Ray!

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@wcwj26 wait for it! . . . . . .

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I'm Shocked : | |

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Well this is interesting.

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So it is strange for a game, that is made on a PC, to be shown on a PC? Or did you just make a reply that is completely meaningless?

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@WantYouBad @queuing_for_PS4 @Winchester01 They Can ! But on LOW setting I guess ! If we have any


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and soon Metal Gear Solid VI: The Snake wars...

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@tachsniper Revenge of the Snake: Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeee!?!?

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Doubt they were just testing this title out on a pc engine for fun, or maybe they were.

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I knew it! I KNEW IT!

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Something tells me you knew it.

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@FAIL_TR0LL @eddyoshi Dang...was I that obvious?

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@FAIL_TR0LL @eddyoshi Clearly! No one else notcied so far...

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I can read people pretty well - it's a gift.

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I'm NO fan boy !!

But I trust this MAN

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This canon is getting more confused than the Zelda timeline.

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@TheBlackSpy Getting?

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@AK_the_Twilight @TheBlackSpy This was the time when big boss was on comatose and they cloned him..

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@MazusCrowley @AK_the_Twilight @TheBlackSpy Really? and why this is taking place after peace walker (1974) when the ending of MGS3 says that they cloned big boss in 1972?

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@WantYouBad @AK_the_Twilight My mistakes. I meant metaphorical Game of the Year.

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@WantYouBad @soheil_m That's Something !!

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OK

I guess NOT :-D

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@WantYouBad @soheil_m I got to think about that !
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SOLID snake

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Hmm ...

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Nope, I need more time to THINK !!! :-D

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@WantYouBad @soheil_m Does it have any Big boss in it ?!!! :-)

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