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Metal Gear’s Original Solid Snake Wants To Make One More Game

On Oct 05, 2026 7:22 am, by NuclearCoffee

It’s been more than 11 years since the last mainline Metal Gear Solid game, Metal Gear Solid 5, hit shelves on September 1, 2015. Hideo Kojima leaving the studio to form Kojima Productions hasn’t helped matters, and the only post-Kojima release in the franchise, Survive, was dubbed one of the worst games of 2018.

There is hope, however, that it could one day return, especially now that the game’s original Solid Snake actor, Akio Otsuka, has revealed he wants to make “one more Metal Gear.”

Previously, Otsuka said he wouldn’t want to work on another Metal Gear Solid game without Kojima, and in a new interview with Bunshun in Japan, he continued to heap praise on the legendary director. He told the publication he had a “sense of pride” in having worked with Kojima, and because of that, he made the previous comments saying he didn’t want to work on another Metal Gear without him.

Now, though, it seems Otsuka’s thoughts have changed, and he’s eager to get back in the recording booth as Solid Snake for one final time.

Speaking on a previous podcast, Otsuka had said that he thinks Konami should make one more Metal Gear Solid game. He was pressed on this by Bunshun’s interviewer.

“I really do feel that way. There are Metal Gear fans all over the world, and they have been waiting patiently for it. So, for their sake, let’s make one more Metal Gear,” he said, translated by TheGamer. “Since he’s making his own games with Death Stranding, I think, ‘Why not? It’s okay to do it.’ That’s how I feel.”

Let’s make one more Metal Gear— Akio Otsuka

When asked whether he’d spoken to Kojima recently about making another game together, Otsuka laughed and told the interviewer, “I’ll leave that to your imagination.”

These days, Kojima seems more interested in tapping up Hollywood stars for his games. Physint, his action-espionage title recently picked up by Xbox, just revealed its leads, with Bill Skarsgård playing the protagonist and Charlee Fraser supporting him.