METAL GEAR SOLID / 13 AUG 2014
GAMESCOM 2014: KOJIMA STILL INTERESTED IN METAL GEAR SOLID REMAKE
212 With The Phantom Pain on the way, the creator is looking to the past.
BY MIKE MAHARDYWhen asked if he's still interested in a potential remake of a Metal Gear Solid game, creator Hideo Kojima said he would consider doing so for the original title.
"Personally, I’m not too fond of remakes," he said on his Twitch channel. "But I would have to go with MGS1. If it was going to be a remake, I wouldn’t want to make a standard remake, but something similar to what Planet of the Apes is doing: Bringing the best of the past to the present and doing something new."
Kojima has made plans for a remake public before, saying he was looking for a studio to update the stealth classic with the Fox Engine, which is now being used for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. In the past, Kojima hasn’t been averse to outsourcing the franchise to other companies –– after Kojima Productions failed to bring the spinoff Metal Gear: Rising to fruition, he approached Platinum Games with the offer. Although the original MGS was included in Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection on PS3, it wasn't updated visually –– it was only included in the same form as it is on PSN.
As for the upcoming The Phantom Pain and its prequel Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Kojima Productions announced today that both are making their way to PC. The release dates have yet to be announced but the prequel, naturally, will arrive first.