A new trailer for Metal Gear Solid Delta dropped at the Xbox Games Showcase over the weekend, and, while it did show off more gameplay and treated us to the sound of Naked Snake’s original voice actor David Hayter, it sadly lacked an exact release date. The following day, though, retailer GameStop advertised the game as launching in November, but it has since admitted this isn’t the case at all.
In a now deleted Twitter post from June 10 (which was saved for posterity by IGN), GameStop announced pre-orders were available for Metal Gear Solid Delta, with it scheduled to release on November 17. The deletion of the post made it clear this was done in error, and the official GameStop Twitter account has now clarified the date was never accurate to begin with. All it’s said is that “Our previous pre-order post on Metal Gear Solid Delta had an incorrect release date,” and any details about its launch will be shared by Konami.
On one hand, that November 17 launch did seem very unlikely. After all, that’s a Sunday, and video games typically don’t come out on Sundays, probably because everyone has to go to work or school on the Monday after, leaving them less than a day to play their shiny new game. However, a November 17 release wouldn’t have been too far-fetched since that’s the same day the original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (which Delta is a remake of) launched in North America back in 2004.
A November 17 launch would’ve been quite fitting and a neat way of celebrating the original game’s 20th anniversary but, unless Konami says otherwise, Delta will more than likely not release on a Sunday. So, when will it launch? I personally think it could be out this fall or maybe even closer to Christmas. However, there’s always a chance Konami will opt to delay it and push it into 2025.
Funnily enough, this isn’t the only game from the Xbox showcase to see its release date shared, only for it to be deleted soon afterward. Fantasy RPG Avowed, which only has a vague 2024 launch window, was said to launch on November 12. Unlike the Metal Gear example, this came straight from Avowed‘s developer Obsidian Entertainment in a blog post, but it was quickly updated to excise the date.
