Konami announced the temporarily removal of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater from digital stores while it renews the…
In brief: Nothing lasts forever, especially licensing. Konami is learning about the pitfalls of borrowing someone else’s property as it works to re-up its rights to historical footage used in Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3. In the meantime, it pulled both titles from all digital stores and streaming services. Konami announced the temporarily removal of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater from digital stores while it renews the licenses of the historical footage they contain. The company hopes to make the games available again once it has restored licensing. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all have versions of the games available on their platforms.
