Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, “an entry experience and prologue to the events of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in spring 2014, Konami has announced.
The title will “serve to introduce key gameplay components that will be fully realized in the fifth, full Metal Gear Solid epic, and act as a bridge between the linearity of existing titles and the full open-world experience of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” according to Konami.
“The advanced capabilities of the FOX Engine have allowed me to tell the new story in a new way,” Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima said in a press release. “There will be a significant difference in what Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain brings to the series, so we want to ease players into the new open world environment and its potential. As such, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes has been designed to introduce key elements, allowing them to fully benefit from all that the new game will offer.”
The game follows a rescue mission as users infiltrate a Cuban prison camp, setting to motion a series of event that culminate the plot lines of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Time of day and weather will have a “dynamic effect” on the game and its missions. These elements play a vital role in the game’s story set up, and will familiarize users with the possibilities they offer in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Konami said.
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes will be released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at retail for $29.99 / £29.99 and via digital download for $19.99 / £19.99. On PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the game will be released digitally for $29.99 / £29.99.
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Game Overview
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes acts as a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and takes place one year after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Assuming control of the legendary Snake (a.k.a. Big Boss), players are charged with the infiltration of Camp Omega where both Paz and Chico are held. The hostages hold key information concerning Snake and his private military organisation that Snake and his ally Kaz Miller must prevent from being exposed. Ground Zeroes charts the rescue and the subsequent fallout that leads into the beginning of the The Phantom Pain. Ground Zeroes also acts as a bridge between previous Metal Gear Solid titles, easing players into the vaunted open world of Metal Gear Solid V.Key Features
- The Power of FOX Engine – Ground Zeroes showcases Kojima Productions’ stunning FOX Engine, a true next-generation game engine which revolutionizes the Metal Gear Solid experience.
- Introduction to Open-World Design – The first Metal Gear Solid title to offer open world gameplay. Ground Zeroes offers total freedom of play: how missions are undertaken is entirely down to the user.
- Unrestricted Stealth – Imagine classic Metal Gear gameplay but with no restrictions or boundaries. Players use intelligence and cerebral strategy to sneak their way through entire missions, or go in all guns blazing. Each will have different effects on game consequences and advancement.
- Multiple Missions and Tasks – Ground Zeroes boasts a central story mode and additional side-missions ranging from tactical action, aerial assaults and “covert” stages that will be sure to surprise.
- Redesigned Interface – Ground Zeroes users will benefit from a clean in-game HUD that shows the minimal amount of on-screen data to give a more intense gaming experience.
- Various In-Game Weather Settings – Ground Zeroes will test the player in a variety of time and weather environments that will be central to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Use night conditions to your advantage, or poor weather as strategic cover.
- Truly Next-Generation Gaming – Available simultaneously with the current generation of gaming consoles, Ground Zeroes will give PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consumers the chance to showcase the power of their new machines.
