New Leak Dates Metal Gear Solid V For a September Release

<p>Just hours ahead of its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;major-announcement-regarding-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-inbound&sol;">intended announcement<&sol;a>&comma; <em>Metal Gear Solid V<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s release date has wandered into the wilds of the Internet&period; According to reports across multiple sources&comma; designer Hideo Kojima&&num;8217&semi;s stealth-action epic is set for a <strong>Sep&period; 1st<&sol;strong> release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news was originally leaked via an IGN video interview that&&num;8217&semi;s now been taken down&period; If true – and true it might be <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;404&sol;">by all accounts<&sol;a> – the release date is only a bit surprising given the game&&num;8217&semi;s rumored Q2 release for 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recent fan theories have purported that a <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;did-hideo-kojima-secretly-reveal-metal-gear-solid-vs-re-1668201143">t-shirt donned<&sol;a> by Kojima himself at last year&&num;8217&semi;s The Game Awards implicated a summer release for the fifth numbered installment of the Metal Gear Solid series&period; If <em>Metal Gear Solid V<&sol;em> is indeed a September release&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;ll just be shy of the truth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though Konami&&num;8217&semi;s big announcement may be inevitably relegated to far smaller news than planned&comma; IGN&&num;8217&semi;s video allegedly featured Kojima discussing the game&&num;8217&semi;s lead of Big Boss&sol;Solid Snake&period; The character will be more of a strong&comma; silent type this time around&comma; instead letting his friends tell more of the story than he&period; Big Boss is voiced by TV&&num;8217&semi;s Kiefer Sutherland &lpar;<em>24&comma; Touch<&sol;em>&rpar; who further performed motion-capture for the character&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When <em>Metal Gear Solid V&colon; The Phantom Pain<&sol;em> does release&comma; it will be for Xbox One&comma; Playstation 4 and 3&comma; Xbox 360&comma; and Windows for PC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ll wait &&num;8217&semi;til tomorrow to confirm more to you&comma; but in the meantime&comma; what do you think of these rumors&quest; Should Big Boss keep quiet and let others do the talking&quest; And can you wait until post-E3&quest; Stick around for more news on everything <em>MGS V<&sol;em> and more at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;knight-living-dead-dark-souls-prepare-die-edition-review&sol;">BagoGames<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;metal-gear-solid-v-will-be-out-september-1-1689162309">Kotaku<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gameinformer&period;com&sol;b&sol;news&sol;archive&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;03&sol;hideo-kojima-confirms-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-release-for-september&period;aspx">Game Informer<&sol;a>&comma; &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pcgamer&period;com&sol;metal-gear-solid-5-the-phantom-pain-release-date-leaks&sol;">PC Gamer<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;