Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2024)

News

Looks like Call of Duty's DMZ mode is getting a Metal Gear Solid-style extraction balloon

Reverse deployment.

News

Turns out Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament was rigged all along

Whatever was chapter three?

News

Metal Gear Solid filmmakers are "searching like Solid Snake" for story, says Oscar Isaac

"We are climbing through airducts".

News

Konami is switching off Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain PS3, Xbox 360 servers

Peace at last.

Feature

Dicebreaker Recommends: Specter Ops, the closest we're getting to a Metal Gear Solid board game anytime soon

Tabletop Espionage Action.

News

Dune and Star Wars' Oscar Isaac cast as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid movie

Kong: Skull Island's Jordan Vogt-Roberts still helming.

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough, guide and tips: All mission checklists, how to unlock Chapter 2 and the true ending

Our complete walkthrough for Metal Gear Solid 5.

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Rescue the Intel Agents: Kiziba Camp, CFA Officials location

How to infiltrate the forest, find the escaped Intel Team member and extract them to safety in Metal Gear Solid 5 - The Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 tape locations: How to unlock all music tapes for the full soundtrack

How to track down every single music tape in the game.

1 Dec 2020 Eurogamer Staff

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 Achievement list and Trophy list

Every Achievement and Trophy in the game.

1 Dec 2020 John Bedford

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 S Ranks: How to boost mission scores, GMP bonuses, reduce penalties

Gain more S Ranks and making more GMP during missions.

1 Dec 2020 Eurogamer Staff

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 Blueprint locations list: How to unlock all Handguns, Machine Guns and Sniper Rifles

How to unlock every collectible Blueprint in the game.

1 Dec 2020 Eurogamer Staff

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Lingua Franca: Afrikaans interpreter location, Viscount location

How to find the Afrikaans interpreter, rescue the prisoners, and locate the Viscount in our Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Voices: Shabani location, Man on Fire boss fight

How to track down Shabani in the Ngumba Industrial Zone, then escape the Man on Fire in Phantom Pain's Voices mission.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Close Contact: Engineer locations for extraction

How to locate the engineers at Ngumba Industrial Zone and then extract them to safety in the Close Contact mission of Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Root Cause: Eli's Challenge, Intel Team member location

How to complete the Eli's Challenge Side Op, then rescue the Intel Team member in Root Cause, the next tricky mission in The Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Skull Face: OKB Zero and how to reach each gate

How to reach OKB Zero and track down Skull Face in the penultimate missions of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

News

Five years on, Metal Gear Solid 5's secret nuclear disarmament cutscene has finally been unlocked

Seemingly without hacking this time.

News

Kong: Skull Island director shares concept art for MIA Metal Gear Solid movie

And David Hayter returns as Snake for lockdown-era codec.

News

David Hayter reprises Snake in this Metal Gear Solid tribute video

Kept you waiting, huh?

News

Surprise Metal Gear Solid 5 update lets you play as Quiet

Keep it on the down-load.

News

Xbox Games with Gold for May includes Vanquish, Metal Gear Solid 5

Plus Streets of Rage and more.

News

Konami says it has no idea why Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament event just unlocked

Trigger happy.

Feature

Digital Foundry| What does the Metal Gear Solid 5 PS4 Pro patch actually do?

A barebones upgrade.

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 Key Items locations: How to unlock all costumes and suits

How to trigger every Key Item in Phantom Pain, so you can unlock new developments and upgrades, and gain some new cosmetic items too.

3 Oct 2017 John Bedford

News

Looks like Call of Duty's DMZ mode is getting a Metal Gear Solid-style extraction balloon

Reverse deployment.

News

Turns out Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament was rigged all along

Whatever was chapter three?

News

Metal Gear Solid filmmakers are "searching like Solid Snake" for story, says Oscar Isaac

"We are climbing through airducts".

News

Konami is switching off Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain PS3, Xbox 360 servers

Peace at last.

News

Dune and Star Wars' Oscar Isaac cast as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid movie

Kong: Skull Island's Jordan Vogt-Roberts still helming.

News

Five years on, Metal Gear Solid 5's secret nuclear disarmament cutscene has finally been unlocked

Seemingly without hacking this time.

News

Kong: Skull Island director shares concept art for MIA Metal Gear Solid movie

And David Hayter returns as Snake for lockdown-era codec.

News

David Hayter reprises Snake in this Metal Gear Solid tribute video

Kept you waiting, huh?

News

Surprise Metal Gear Solid 5 update lets you play as Quiet

Keep it on the down-load.

News

Xbox Games with Gold for May includes Vanquish, Metal Gear Solid 5

Plus Streets of Rage and more.

News

Konami says it has no idea why Metal Gear Solid 5's nuclear disarmament event just unlocked

Trigger happy.

News

PlayStation Plus October games lineup includes Metal Gear Solid 5

Amnesia: Collection! Hustle Kings! More!

News

Metal Gear Solid 5 update adds playable Ocelot to FOB missions

Plus swimsuits.

News

Watch the first Metal Gear Survive gameplay

"It's like a nightmare that you can't wake up from!"

News

Metal Gear Solid 5 Definitive Edition spotted at various retailers

UPDATE: Confirmed, due 13th October.

News

BBC documentary on disabled gamer's Metal Gear Solid limb is worth a watch

Sometimes uncomfortable, ultimately uplifting.

News

David Hayter reprises Metal Gear Solid role in Ford commercials

"Snake is back. And he's driving a Ford."

News

Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter to star in MGS fan tribute project

From the ashes of Shadow Moses.

News

Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter throws shade at Hideo Kojima

Calls The Phantom Pain "60 hours of humiliation".

News

Metal Gear Online will add playable Quiet in March

UPDATE: Release date and Survival mode detailed.

News

Hideo Kojima stars at DICE, chats about "edgy" new game

"I feel extremely free right now."

News

Metal Gear Solid 5 has shipped 6m units

Konami's Pachinko revenue declines, despite Silent Hill and Castlevania cabinets.

News

Metal Gear Online PC emerges from beta to full launch

Offers free 3000 Gear points if you play this week.

News

Konami is hiring for a "New Metal Gear"

Franchise publisher has a lot Raiden on this.

News

Kojima: "My role in this world is to keep on making big games for as long as I can"

And he can do it quicker independently, he says.

Review

Essential| Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain review

Living the dream.

Preview

Metal Gear Solid 5: A phantom battle waged by the vanished

A brave new world.

Preview

Managing Mother Base in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

Big Snake, little Snake inside an upgraded cardboard box.

Preview

The strange evolutions of Metal Gear Solid 5

Ground Zeroes introduces the cornerstone of a new type of Metal Gear - but are the foundations solid?

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough, guide and tips: All mission checklists, how to unlock Chapter 2 and the true ending

Our complete walkthrough for Metal Gear Solid 5.

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Rescue the Intel Agents: Kiziba Camp, CFA Officials location

How to infiltrate the forest, find the escaped Intel Team member and extract them to safety in Metal Gear Solid 5 - The Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 tape locations: How to unlock all music tapes for the full soundtrack

How to track down every single music tape in the game.

1 Dec 2020 Eurogamer Staff

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 Achievement list and Trophy list

Every Achievement and Trophy in the game.

1 Dec 2020 John Bedford

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 S Ranks: How to boost mission scores, GMP bonuses, reduce penalties

Gain more S Ranks and making more GMP during missions.

1 Dec 2020 Eurogamer Staff

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 Blueprint locations list: How to unlock all Handguns, Machine Guns and Sniper Rifles

How to unlock every collectible Blueprint in the game.

1 Dec 2020 Eurogamer Staff

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Lingua Franca: Afrikaans interpreter location, Viscount location

How to find the Afrikaans interpreter, rescue the prisoners, and locate the Viscount in our Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain walkthrough.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Voices: Shabani location, Man on Fire boss fight

How to track down Shabani in the Ngumba Industrial Zone, then escape the Man on Fire in Phantom Pain's Voices mission.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Close Contact: Engineer locations for extraction

How to locate the engineers at Ngumba Industrial Zone and then extract them to safety in the Close Contact mission of Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Root Cause: Eli's Challenge, Intel Team member location

How to complete the Eli's Challenge Side Op, then rescue the Intel Team member in Root Cause, the next tricky mission in The Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 - Skull Face: OKB Zero and how to reach each gate

How to reach OKB Zero and track down Skull Face in the penultimate missions of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

1 Dec 2020 Matt Wales

Guide

Metal Gear Solid 5 Key Items locations: How to unlock all costumes and suits

How to trigger every Key Item in Phantom Pain, so you can unlock new developments and upgrades, and gain some new cosmetic items too.

3 Oct 2017 John Bedford

Feature

Dicebreaker Recommends: Specter Ops, the closest we're getting to a Metal Gear Solid board game anytime soon

Tabletop Espionage Action.

Feature

Digital Foundry| What does the Metal Gear Solid 5 PS4 Pro patch actually do?

A barebones upgrade.

Feature

Eurogamer's Games of 2015 no. 2: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

Grinding gears.

Feature

Where can Metal Gear go from here?

Who's the Boss?

Feature

The wolf in Snake's clothing: Metal Gear's twisted hero

Is Kojima's stealth series gaming's Fight Club?

Feature

Metal Gear Online needs major work

Despite bugs, there's fun to be had, but will Konami stick with it?

Feature

Metal Gear Solid 5: The unfinished swan song

Wow them in the end. Or don't.

Feature

All about that base: Metal Gear Solid 5's FOBs are glorious

And the microtransactions aren't an issue, yet.

Feature

Digital Foundry| 1080p60 and beyond: the best PC hardware for Metal Gear Solid 5

How The Phantom Pain on PC improves over console - and the hardware you'll need for the best experience.

Feature

Digital Foundry| Can last-gen consoles handle Metal Gear Solid 5?

Digital Foundry on the highs and lows of MGS5 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Feature

Digital Foundry| Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 5

Can Xbox One's 900p upgrade sustain 60fps? And how does it compare with PS4?

Feature

The Phantom Pain is unlike other Metal Gear games

And unlike other open world games, too. Our early impressions ahead of review.

Feature

Rich Stanton on: The Koj delusion

Is Metal Gear Solid provocative or just perverse?

Opinion

When the new becomes old - why 2015 should be a stellar year

Reasons to be cheerful.

Opinion

Japan's slumbering giants awake at Tokyo Game Show

Metal Gear and Final Fantasy prove there's still plenty to get excited about from gaming's spiritual home.

Opinion

Snake moves with the times, Lara doesn't

The Tomb Raider deal dominated headlines, but Metal Gear's move onto Steam is the true harbinger.

Feature

Digital Foundry| Life after Ground Zeroes - what's new with MGS5: The Phantom Pain?

Digital Foundry explores the 30-minute E3 demo.

Feature

Digital Foundry| Watch the latest Metal Gear Solid 5 trailer at 60fps

The full monty.

Interview

Stealth vs stealth

One is making Metal Gear Solid 5, another Volume. Both discuss the current state of stealth.

Feature

Developers' Most Anticipated Games of 2014

Titanfall! Destiny! The Witcher 3! The Last Guardian (hopefully)!

Feature

The next-generation will be open-world

Ubisoft and more on connected freedom.

Feature

Digital Foundry| Tech Analysis: Metal Gear Solid 5's FOX Engine

Kojima's quest for photo-realism.