Konami shared a brand new Metallic Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater gameplay trailer throughout its Press Begin information occasion on Thursday, revealing that the sequence is returning to multiplayer with a brand new sport mode known as Fox Hunt.
The brand new teaser confirmed a soldier character managed from a third-person POV, mixing components discovered within the base sport for Metallic Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater whereas exhibiting how the camouflage tech can be utilized to cover from different gamers.
Yu Sahara, director of the brand new Fox Hunt mode, detailed within the video that the multiplayer expertise will take “camouflage and conceal and go search to the subsequent degree” whereas constructing upon the “backwards and forwards pressure of staying hidden or seeking out the enemy” to create a contemporary new tackle MGS multiplayer. As he continued, Sahara talked about 2008’s Metallic Gear On-line, a multiplayer sport mode that was included with Metallic Gear Stable 4: Weapons of the Patriots, and insisted that Fox Hunt and MGO are nothing alike.
“Fox Hunt is a very authentic on-line multiplayer mode,” Sahara stated within the teaser trailer. “Though it shares the identical world with Metallic Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater, the gameplay is totally totally different…After we say Metallic Gear multiplayer, many followers will most likely consider Metallic Gear On-line, however Fox Hunt shall be its personal new sort of mode. We very a lot respect all of the long-time followers of MGO who’ve all the time wished to see it make a comeback, however the panorama of multiplayer video games has modified quite a bit since MGO. It took a number of cautious consideration to consider what a brand new on-line mode ought to appear to be.
“Primarily based on the stealth and survival components of Metallic Gear, we’re taking camouflage and hide-and-go-seek to the subsequent degree. We challenged ourselves to make one thing distinctive that’s greater than only a shootout. We’ve used that back-and-forth pressure of staying hidden or seeking out the enemy to create a web based expertise distinctive to Metallic Gear.”
Elsewhere, Konami confirmed a bit extra in regards to the Ape Escape-adjacent mode, Snake vs. Monkey, and the Xbox-exclusive model, which options Bomberman. The teaser trailer even provided a glimpse on the reworked UI for Metallic Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater and revamped fight mechanics throughout boss battles whereas staying true to the unique essence of the critically acclaimed 2004 sport.
Metallic Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater shall be launched on Aug. 28 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X, and PC.