Final December, Name of Obligation veteran and Battlefield boss Vince Zampella perished in a automobile accident. Zampella had deep ties to the online game trade, and in line with Hideo Kojima, he additionally had concepts about making Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid right into a first-person sport.
The Recreation Awards host and creator Geoff Keighley famous at DICE that Kojima revealed that he had “many discussions” with Zampella a few first-person MGS. It is unclear how far these discussions went, since their collaboration by no means went ahead.
At DICE, Hideo Kojima revealed that he had many discussions with Vince Zampella about creating a primary individual Metal Gear Solid sport collectively after the discharge of Metal Gear Solid 4. pic.twitter.com/hhjbCqG7T2
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) February 11, 2026
Kojima did introduce a first-person mode in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, nonetheless gamers might solely transfer round in a third-person view. The MGS franchise so closely leans in direction of stealth that it might need been troublesome to retain the sport’s signature touches in first-person.
Kojima made these feedback at DICE this week throughout a panel devoted to honoring Zampella’s life and profession. Keighley, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, Bethesda boss Todd Howard, EA government Laura Miele, and different luminaries spoke on the occasion, which was referred to as “Vince Zampella: Remembering A Titan.”
Close to the tip of January, Konami disclosed that the Metal Gear Solid franchise has now surpassed 65.5 million video games bought after the discharge of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater final yr. Whereas that remake of MGS 3 has been very profitable, sequence producer Noriaki Okamura has expressed skepticism a few potential remake of Metal Gear Solid 4.