Virtually 21 years after it first landed, the remake of Steel Gear Strong: Snake Eater will whisk gamers again to a swampy Soviet wilderness on August 28.

The sport’s launch date was first noticed in a leaked trailer on the PlayStation Retailer’s backend by the consumer of a preferred gaming discussion board referred to as ResetEra – and later corroborated by others.

Within the clip, tremendous soldier Bare Snake infiltrates a Russian navy base, dodges alligators and mosquitoes within the surrounding forest, and battles navy mechs and augmented operatives – simply one other day within the wild world of Steel Gear, a paranoid, world espionage collection that’s constructed a religious following because the late ’80s.

The trailer additionally indicators the return of the quirky ‘Snake vs Monkey’ mode from the unique. On this mini-game, unlocked after finishing the principle marketing campaign, gamers should seize cheeky chimps from the Ape Escape collection, which additionally lately popped up in Astro Bot for the PS5.

Right here’s all of the intel we’ve declassified on the upcoming stealth motion sport, together with its new options and early entry interval.

Formally titled Steel Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater, with the Greek letter Delta in its identify (formed like a triangle) to indicate that it’s an replace, the brand new sport preserves the unique’s storyline whereas sprucing up the graphics and including some quality-of-life enhancements.

Motion and aiming have been fine-tuned, with Snake now in a position to crouch-walk, eliminating the necessity to continuously toggle between belly-crawling and sprinting. You too can purpose over his shoulder with the left set off, bypassing the iron sights for extra exact pictures. Plus, the cuts and bruises Snake collects alongside the best way will keep seen, and will gradual him down – so don’t neglect to deal with these wounds.

However, the most important change is within the visuals. Not like earlier Steel Gear video games that have been constructed on Kojima Productions’ proprietary FOX engine, Delta was developed utilizing Unreal Engine 5.

Whereas this reportedly ends in lavish graphics and extra fluid animation, it additionally factors to an enormous dilemma for gamers. As a prequel, Delta is the proper entry level for newcomers to the Steel Gear collection, which is full of unforgettable characters. However for long-time followers, the massive concern is the absence of 1 key, series-defining determine: Steel Gear creator Hideo Kojima.

Following his acrimonious departure from Konami, Kojima has centered on his personal tasks, reminiscent of Demise Stranding and its forthcoming sequel, beneath the now impartial Kojima Productions banner.

As such, the remake is being developed by Konami’s inside crew, with assist from Virtuos, a studio recognized for its work on titles like Darkish Souls Remastered and Uncharted 4. That could be a deal-breaker for some.

Steel Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater is releasing on PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC (through Steam).

Alas, it received’t be out there for last-gen consoles just like the PS4 and Xbox One. However, there are rumblings that it might come to the forthcoming Nintendo Change 2, although nothing is confirmed but.

Wish to be among the many first to dive in? Delta will supply three days’ early entry to those that buy the Deluxe Version, which releases on August 25 for £89.99.

For that value, you get the bottom sport, a particular SteelBook, future expansions and DLCs, a keychain, Fox unit patch and varied different extras.

With a brand new PlayStation State of Play rumoured for mid-February, it’s not a stretch to assume that the leaked Delta trailer was meant for Sony’s upcoming gaming showcase.

The occasion, which ought to air dwell on YouTube, might very nicely flip right into a Kojima fest, with studies suggesting that Demise Stranding 2 will even make an look. The sequel was lately given an age ranking in South Korea in an indication that it could possibly be prepared quickly.