Metal Gear Solid infiltrates PSN June 18

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jun 4, 2009 3:54 pm PT

E3 2009: Konami and Kojima's original stealth actioner heads to Sony's online platform later this month for $10.

LOS ANGELES--Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII and EA's Medal of Honor aren't the only sought-after original PlayStation games to be announced for a rebirth on the PlayStation Network this week. Konami said today that it will be bringing Konami and Hideo Kojima's classic Metal Gear Solid to the PlayStation Network on June 18. The downloadable game will be available for $9.99.

Can I get an ooh-rah?

Billed as "the originator of the stealth-action genre" by Konami, Metal Gear Solid drops players into the light-stepping shoes of Solid Snake. As detailed in GameSpot's review of the original Metal Gear Solid from 1998, the retired soldier known as Solid Snake is tasked with bringing down Fox Hound, a genetically enhanced unit of supersoldiers who have acquired a nuclear weapon.

For more from the show floor, check out GameSpot's complete coverage of E3 2009.

155 Comments

  • kurza

    Posted Aug 15, 2009 3:09 pm PT

    I just found it! For anyone who can't (and is using the pc store), do this: in the store menu, click the "Downloads" button, sign in, and then click "Continue Shopping". You should now be able to find it!

  • kurza

    Posted Aug 8, 2009 3:57 pm PT

    Where is it???????

  • dolenraug

    Posted Aug 4, 2009 2:00 pm PT

    Yeah, I was trying to find it today, too, and it doesn't seem to be there. What gives?

  • BlackRing

    Posted Jul 26, 2009 7:44 am PT

    Absolutely fantastic! This is the best game ever written. I hope the franchise never dies. Live on Hideo Kojima of Konami!

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Jul 6, 2009 9:01 am PT

    i cant find it

  • batmanboy11

    Posted Jun 26, 2009 8:32 pm PT

    I'll probably buy it again digitally just to play it on my PSP.

  • adragen

    Posted Jun 21, 2009 7:00 pm PT

    Is this the reason the old "Metal Gear Solid screens" keep popping up under In The Mix on the homepage? I saw that and I was like, umm, that's a little dated to be "in the mix".

  • anik786

    Posted Jun 21, 2009 11:46 am PT

    Finally!!! I hope they do mgs 3 and the original metal gear 1/2 as well.

  • skywalkerforce

    Posted Jun 19, 2009 5:50 pm PT

    Sweet MGS and FFVII are gonna be downloadable, AWESOME! Dang, now i'm gonna have to beat Psycho Mantis with out switching controllers, CRAP!

  • Krazy-K

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 8:12 am PT

    To have MGS on my PS3 and PSP and be able to play it whenever, wherever,... I'll buy it.

  • Storm_Marine

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 2:05 pm PT

    Europe too?

  • ascalon94

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 12:25 pm PT

    BIG BIG question.... whats the point of switching controllers?????

  • KroNfs

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 3:52 am PT

    I remember the first time I played and finished the game in Japanese, I killed psycho mantis without changing controler, it was very hard but I found a pattern to do it avoid all the stuff and 1 bullet on him something like that, it was like awesome game back in 98. It still is one of the best games ever.

  • mido321

    Posted Jun 11, 2009 8:56 pm PT

    yea i like to se Silent Hill to but in time it will come.... i but the final fantasy VII on psn and i own the game... i onl

  • mido321

    Posted Jun 11, 2009 8:54 pm PT

    all right finely mgs on psn..... i love it the best games of all time... Solid Snake and Liquid Snake

  • gamepunk86

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 11:39 pm PT

    bring silent hill to psn. i could never get that game w/o paying 50 bucks for online

  • leonard88

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 4:00 pm PT

    well it wont serve any use to me since i have the two discs mgs

  • x-2tha-z

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 2:15 pm PT

    I think it's great Sony are releasing some genuine classics on the PSN. I bought FFVII the other day and I'm loving it. I never played it back in the day so I'm glad I can play it now. I still have the original 2 disc retail version of MGS so I won't be buying it from PSN but I think this is great for those who want to play it again.

  • SMUNirvana1

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 9:46 am PT

    Love the MGS series - played them all and will probably play again. It would be really cool though if they released the old school Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2

  • Joshuayeah

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 3:11 am PT

    * i was 9 when MGS came out.
    still more interested in climbing trees those days!

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