Even though it was far from a full game, Ground Zeroes understandably holds a special place in many hearts.
But it's looking increasingly likely that there will be another Metal Gear Solid collection in the not-too-distant future.
There are a ton of amazing stealth games each with their own sets of merits, and this list is all about the best of the best that the genre has to offer.
The series has collectively generated over $1 billion in revenue for Konami, the publisher confirms.
Placeholder buttons for the three titles, potentially leading to future pages for Vol. 2, have been discovered on Konami's site.
Amidst growing rumours of a long-awaited revival, Konami has confirmed that the Metal Gear series has now hit 59.8 million units sold to date.
Series creator Hideo Kojima is celebrating the ninth anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes by revealing some interesting behind-the-scenes details about it.
Despite much of the franchise being currently unavailable on modern platforms, the Metal Gear franchise has shipped over 59.5 million copies.
Every title helmed by the legendary designer features countless details which are still extraordinary to behold. Check out 15 of them here.
The medium has no shortage of intriguing, surprising, or even double-crossing characters masked as seemingly useless, and here are 10 of them.
How did we go from Metal Gear Solid dominating mindshare and delivering one masterpiece after another over a pretty long period of time, to it suddenly turning into a what is essentially a dead fran...
They're bound to make you go "I understood that reference" more than once.
Now a lot more people can be here just to suffer.
Looks simply amazing.
2015's Game of the Year edition now available.
Always good to get another look.
Includes Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain with all DLC.
Kept you waiting, huh?
Not every masterpiece is perfect.
The former is free on Xbox One and the latter on Xbox 360.