Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Opening Cinematic September 25, 2013

Once again, Kojima Team has released the opening cinematic for one of their highly anticipated upcoming games in the Metal Gear Solid series, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes.  Ground Zeroes is intended to be a prequel to the events of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and there has been some dispute over whether or not Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain will be released wrapped in the same game package, or if they will be released separately.  This video’s title seems to resolve that dispute.  If you ask me, this looks more like it will serve as a prequel in the same way that Metal Gear Solid 2‘s Tanker mission was a prequel to the rest of the game which took place on the cleanup facility Big Shell.

What you are about to see is what looks to be a final version of the game’s opening.  I know that this footage was originally shown when Ground Zeroes was announced at PAX last year, but this video features the new English voice actors, as well as new credits listing the English cast of the game.  We already know that Kiefer Sutherland will be doing the voice of Snake in this game, but what I didn’t know is that the game will also include the voice work of legendary voice actors Robin Atkin Downes, Christopher Randolph and Tara Strong.  Even if you’ve already seen the original PAX announcement footage, the new English voice work makes this worth a second look.

Releasing the opening cinematic for a game early is nothing new for Kojima’s Team.  The first time I can remember them doing something like this was during Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty’s second major event showing.  Instead of releasing a trailer, they chose to release the opening cinematic of the game, which detailed Snake’s incredible stealth bungee jump off the George Washington Bridge.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is coming to PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.