Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
2001 video game
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| September 25 2024 | A patch was released for all systems (except Nintendo Switch) increasing the maximum game resolutions to up to 4K and upscaling all full motion videos in Metal Gear Solid 2 & Metal Gear Solid 3 to 4K. |
| December 23 2023 | Konami released an update for the Master Collection adding several video and audio options to the PC version of the games. |
| October 24 2023 | Konami released Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, a compilation of Metal Gear titles for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. The collection includes HD Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3, with Metal Gear 1 and 2 moved to a separate app. |
| 2021 | PC Gamer listed the PC version of the game as one of the worst PC ports, noting technical issues like flickering textures and frequent crashes. |
| November 10 2020 | Metal Gear Solid HD Collection automatically became compatible with Xbox Series X/S. |
| September 5 2019 | Xbox 360 version joined the Xbox Game Pass subscription service catalog. |
| February 5 2019 | PS3 version of the HD Collection made available on PlayStation Now streaming service. |
| 2018 | Adrian Mróz published an academic paper exploring the game's 'Selection for Societal Sanity' concept in relation to post-truth phenomena, information filtering, and social organization. |
| October 9 2018 | Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 added to Xbox One's backwards compatibility program. |
| October 8 2018 | Xbox 360 version of Metal Gear Solid HD Collection became backwards compatible with Xbox One. |
| March 2018 | GamesRadar drew parallels between the game's themes and contemporary events, including the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal and investigations into Russian election interference. |
| March 13 2018 | Xbox 360 version of Peace Walker added to Xbox One's backwards compatibility program. |
| 2017 | Cameron Kunzelman of Vice highlighted the game's continued political relevance in contemporary discourse. |
| 2016 | Alex Wiltshire of Glixel noted the game's prescience in relation to post-truth politics, Facebook's curated News Feed, and the United States presidential election. |
| 2012 | Metal Gear Solid 2 was featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's exhibition, The Art of Video Games, highlighting its significance as an artistic video game. |
| August 28 2012 | Peace Walker released digitally for Xbox 360 and PS3. |
| August 21 2012 | Digital versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 released as a bundle on Xbox 360, and individually on PS3 and PS Vita. |
| 2011 | The game was previously released as part of the HD Edition on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. |
| 2011 | Dugan Patrick of Gamasutra drew comparisons between the game's themes and emerging social media concepts, particularly predicting elements of Facebook's design and user experience. |
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