After completing Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, you couldn't help but ask yourself what's next? It wasn't just that the remake was good for longtime Metal Gear Solid fans, it was that the remake asked a question Konami had yet to answer for 10 years: does Metal Gear Solid have a future, or did Delta represent a one-off victory lap?
The quick response is that it's moving. It's moving and slow, and without Hideo Kojima.
Will a New Metal Gear Solid Game be released?
By February 2026, Delta had shipped more than two million copies worldwide, in just about six months from its launch in August 2025. It's a pretty impressive result for a remake of a 2004 release and it provided Konami with the kind of leverage executives pay attention to.
In reality, preparations for a more significant endeavor have been underway since 2020. Konami had been developing an in-house console development team for years before Delta even shipped and evidence suggests it was a group specifically put together to continue the franchise without its original creator. Delta was not only a nostalgia trip, however, it was also a proof of concept, that Konami's new team was capable of producing a AAA console game people would actually take seriously.
But it's not a slam dunk that it will be a numbers sequel. In public, Konami has been cautious not to promise a "Metal Gear Solid 6. What the company has said is that it is confident in its ability to build one, rather than a statement.
The secret to Delta's success was actually what?
When you're successful, you have options and Konami certainly has two now: continue on with the classics or move forward with something new.
Just before the introduction of Delta, the developers indicated that the team is working hard on Snake Eater first, but that if the fans continue to demand remakes then that could happen in the future. It is a very common executive hedge, though that does put the ball in the hands of the fans. Each Delta sale is a strike for additional.
Master Collection Vol. 2: The Bridge Between Old and New
As the industry waits and sees if Konami will continue to develop or not, it is providing fans with something concrete – Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 on August 27, 2026.
This is not a remake, it is a preservation project. The pack includes the HD version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the HD version of the Game Boy Color spin-off Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (for the first time playable on non PS3 platforms since 2008). The MGS4 in-game database, which was previously a menu screen, has also been rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 for Vol. 2, allowing players to fully interact with the series' infamous tangled lore.
It's a good idea no matter what happens. It means that all the potential laggards who will want to get up to speed on the story before another game (remake or new) demands interest in a new chapter will have, at least until now, the greatest hurdle: MGS4 on the PS3.
chapter.
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Approach |
What It Gives Fans |
The Risk |
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More remakes (like Delta) |
Modernized classics, lower financial risk for Konami |
Diminishing excitement if it never moves the story forward |
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A new mainline entry |
Fresh story, first real sequel since 2015 |
Highest risk — no Kojima, unproven creative direction |
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Compilations (Master Collection) |
Easy access to the back catalog, preservation |
Doesn't answer the "what's next" question at all |
The need for the Delta to be a Test Case.
First, let's dwell a bit on how Delta did so well, as that's where everything in this article is based. Konami didn't go out of its way to reimagine Snake Eater. The remake didn't aim for an open-world reimagining or a complete rewrite of the original's pacing and camouflage system, but still rolled out the visuals of Unreal Engine 5 and quality-of-life improvements. That's the right amount of restraint, and fans that had gotten tired of other legacy remakes going too far appreciated it.
It is a significant indication for what is to follow. When Konami's new team adopts a similar attitude — don't mess with what works, update what doesn't, and don't promise more than they can deliver — there's a blueprint here, even if they don't get Kojima's signature on it. The risk was never really going to be "can Konami make something technically competent. Delta answered that. If that same team can write something with it that feels like it's a part of the Metal Gear Solid universe and not just named after it is another question.
The Rainbow Six Siege Curveball
Konami isn't the only entity showing signs of life. Early in 2026, Ubisoft announced that Solid Snake will be a full playable operator in Rainbow Six Siege, not just a skin. Notably, that's Konami's IP, and a crossover this extensive suggests some genuine cooperation from the game's publisher, something they only really grant when they wish to bring a franchise back to the mainstream.
Whether or not that goes anywhere, it gets Snake into the hands of an enormous audience, most of whom may not have played a mainline Metal Gear Solid game, at least. Just the sort of publicity Konami would like before announcing something bigger.
But is there a future for Kojima?
Not officially. Konami no matter what Kojima does next at Kojima Productions, except for the rights to Metal Gear Solid, which he left behind in 2015. It is a sequel at best, not a return to the franchise, with his new project an action-espionage game he has termed as the culmination of his career.
For any real continuation of Metal Gear Solid this will have to be the case without him. It's hard to hear for those who have been fans of the franchise for a long time, but this is nothing new – it has been the case since 2015, and Delta has already demonstrated that Konami's current lineup can be a game worth playing irrespective of the story mode.
What would a new entry even look like?
As of yet, no one apart from Konami has any idea what platform it will run on, when it will come out or even if it is being actively worked on. The window has been floated as 2026-2028 based on the typical AAA development cycle, but this isn't a leak, it's just an estimate.
What is more likely to happen in the short term however is for Konami to continue to build goodwill: more remakes if demand is present, more compilations to make the back catalog more accessible and more licensing deals like the Rainbow Six Siege crossover to keep the brand in the limelight. If there is a brand new mainline entry it is very likely the long game and not the next announcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Has Metal Gear Solid 6 been announced?
As yet – and as announced at the end of 2026 – no new mainline entry has been officially released, although No. Konami has said it is confident it could do so.
What year was Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater published?
It became available on August 28, 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows, and had sold over 2 million copies globally as of February 2026.
So what can you expect from Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2?
Vol. 2, which will be released on 27 August 2026, will feature Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the HD version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the Game Boy Color game Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, as well as a revamped Metal Gear Solid 4 lore database.
Does Hideo Kojima have a new Metal Gear Solid in the works?
In 2015 No. Kojima exited Konami, and he doesn't own the Metal Gear Solid IP. He is currently working on an independent action-espionage project at Kojima Productions.
So why is Solid Snake in Rainbow Six Siege?
As part of a licensing crossover with Konami, Ubisoft added Snake as a full playable operator in 2026, introducing the character to a brand new audience, many of whom were younger.
Are there going to be more Metal Gear Solid remakes by Konami?
It's possible. If the fans responded well to Delta, which developers say they did, they can see the potential of remaking more classic entries.