I must embarrassingly admit that I've never played a Metal Gear game before, though that's partly because the series has focused exclusively on console and portable gaming devices for much of its existence, only recently becoming a regular release on PC.Ĭreated by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami, Metal Gear debuted almost three decades ago in 1987 on the MSX2 (a 3.58MHz computer). A war that is soon to unveil the long-forgotten truth of this world.We're always on the lookout for games that take advantage of the latest PC hardware and although our game performance reviews have included major series such as Battlefield, BioShock, Crysis and Far Cry, we haven't tested any Metal Gear games despite the franchise's age and the number of titles it encompasses. In the forsaken wasteland below, the war between the machines and the androids rages on. To break the deadlock, a new breed of android infantry is sent into the fray: the YoRHa squad. 'The humans develop an army of android soldiers to fight back against the mechanical horde, but succeed only in slowing its advance. In the face of this insurmountable threat, the human race is driven from the earth and takes refuge on the moon. The ARPG looks absolutely amazing and features some of the best talent in the industry, including Yosuke Saito (Dragon Quest X, Nier), Yoko Taro (Drakkengard, Nier) and Takahisa Taura who helped design Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.Īccompanying the announcement, the publisher has dropped some fresh screenshots and a neat description: 'Invaders from another world attack without warning, unleashing their secret weapon: the machines. Square Enix announced the news via press release, confirming that NieR: Automata would launch on Steam alongside the PS4 version in early 2017.

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