Today's State of Play included a brand new trailer for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater remake that showed off more of the game, a closer look at at the revamped Snake vs. Monkey mode featuring Ape Escape, and... something to do with camoflage?
The trailer focuses on Snake being sneaky, as he is, crawling through areas unseen, in disguise, hiding in bushes, and eventually engaging with the enemy head-on in multiple of the game's infamous boss fights.
However, the end of the trailer is a little sillier. It focuses on the previously-announced revamp of the Snake vs. Monkey mode that includes the monkeys from Ape Escape, with Snake trying to capture them by surprise. When this mode was revealed, we learned that Xbox players would be getting a different, equivalent mode featuring Bomberman instead, so it's possible we see a look at that later this week at Xbox's showcase, or in a future trailer.
And then there's the very end of the trailer that appears to be teasing... something... related to camoflage? It's hard to say, and we may need to wait for the MGS community to weigh in on this one to speculate further.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid 3 that was announced in 2023. Though it's been popping up at a lot of State of Plays, it's not PlayStation-exclusive, and it's coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on August 28, 2025. We previewed it last August, and you can read our thoughts right here.
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