Metal Gear Solid Master Collection datamine all but confirms a Volume 2

Plus, with a subtitle like Volume 1, wasn’t a second one guaranteed anyway?

I’d start placing your bets on a Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 , as a datamine in the first volume certainly points to a follow up.

When you title something as being “Volume 1,” you’d certainly think that that would mean a Volume 2 could be coming somewhere along the line. Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1 just released ( it’s alright! ), but it doesn’t contain all the main games, just the first three, as well as the NES Metal Gear games. That of course implies that at least MGS4 and 5 would be in a second collection, and based on a datamine shared to Reddit earlier today, that certainly seems quite likely.

A couple of images were shared with the Reddit post showing some code with text that makes reference to both MGS4 and 5, as well as Peace Walker, a PSP entry in the series that was released in 2010. The references aren’t much more than that; they’re just listed out as acronyms, with nothing much else to them. But other than just having them listed there for a laugh, I can’t see any other reason as to why they would be other than the fact a Volume 2 is in the works. It would be an absolutely wild decision to subtitle a remaster collection Volume 1 and not release a second part, but Konami isn’t exactly known for its typical business decisions (I’m looking at you, Metal Gear Solid 3 pachinko machine ).

If MGS4 is included in a Volume 2, it’ll mark the first time the game is playable outside of its release on the PS3, as with Volume 1 all other entries are playable on modern hardware.

Of course, this whole remaster is just a way to get the series back into the public consciousness, as it has been a while since we’ve had a new release. Plus, it’s a good way to kill some time while we wait for the MGS3 remake, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater , which doesn’t currently have a release date.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

PS3

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection: Volume 1

PS5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC , Nintendo Switch

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Video Game

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

PSP