#Konami Delists Metal Gear Solid Remasters Due to Rights Issues

Konami announced today that they have had to box up the digital versions of the 10-year old HD editions of the first three Metal Gear Solid video games and delist them on every digital storefront due to rights issues.

The issues refer to some of the “historical archive footage” that was used in the games for which Konami has to renew the license, and thus, starting November 8, have had to suspend sales of the game temporarily until they’re able to do so.

The games included with the delisting are:

• METAL GEAR SOLID HD EDITION on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Now, and Vita
• METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SONS OF LIBERTY HD EDITION on PlayStation 3, Vita, and Nvidia Shield
• METAL GEAR SOLID 3 SNAKE EATER HD EDITION on PlayStation 3, Vita, and Nvidia Shield
• METAL GEAR SOLID HD EDITION: 2 & 3 on Xbox 360
• METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D on Nintendo 3DS
• METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SUBSTANCE on GOG.com

The games affected by this issue are the ones that were released on the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection that came out in the United States on November 8, 2011, coincidentally exactly 10 years ago. 

Though don’t worry, you don’t have to go full Solid Snake to find the games, as physical versions of them should still be available wherever physical games on now-classic consoles are sold.

Source: Konami

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.