Steel Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater is getting an authentic on-line multiplayer mode, Fox Hunt.
Revealed throughout a Konami digital showcase on Thursday, Fox Hunt is directed by Yu Sahara, a veteran sequence designer who has labored on MGS4, Peace Walker, Floor Zeroes, and The Phantom Ache.
Fox Hunt is described as a “utterly authentic” on-line multiplayer mode, unrelated to Steel Gear On-line, which was launched alongside the PS2 Subsistence model of the unique recreation.
“We actually admire all of the longtime followers of Steel Gear On-line who’ve at all times wished to see it make a comeback, however the panorama of multiplayer video games has modified so much since MGO,” stated Sahara.
“It took lots of cautious consideration to consider what the brand new on-line mode ought to appear to be. Primarily based on the long-lasting stealth and survival parts of the Steel Gear sequence, we’re taking camouflage and hide-and-seek to the subsequent degree,” he added.
“We challenged ourselves to make one thing distinctive, that’s extra than simply one other shootout. We’ve used that back-and-forth pressure of staying hidden, or seeking out the enemy, to create an internet expertise distinctive to Steel Gear.”
Sahra stated extra information on Fox Hunt could be shared sooner or later.
Steel Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater, Konami‘s remake of the third recreation within the sequence, is deliberate to launch on August 28 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection, and PC.
Final yr, VGC went hands-on with the sport and mentioned the modifications that had been made with producer Noriaki Okamura.
“This can be a 20-year-old recreation,” producer Okamura advised VGC. “So once we determined to convey it to trendy platforms, we didn’t need to make it really feel like an previous recreation. We did refine lots of issues to ensure that for individuals who didn’t play the unique, it nonetheless seems like a recreation that got here out at the moment.”
