GAME · 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Publisher
- Konami
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
14 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
10 Facts From the Development of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- #001
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots entered development because fans demanded it, following Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, which was intended to close the series.
- #002
Hideo Kojima said he would retire as director of the Metal Gear series after Snake Eater and leave the position open for someone else on Metal Gear Solid 4.
- #003
After substantial negative fan reaction, including death threats, it was announced that Hideo Kojima would co-direct Metal Gear Solid 4 with Shuyo Murata.
- #004
Doubt about the exclusivity of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots persisted among non-PlayStation 3 owners long after its initial release, and the company confirmed that the 25th Anniversary edition released in late 2012 remained a PlayStation 3 exclusive.
- #005
The score for Metal Gear Solid 4 was led by Harry Gregson-Williams, marking his third Metal Gear Solid soundtrack, alongside Nobuko Toda, who had provided music for Metal Gear Acid and Metal Gear Acid 2.
- #006
Norihiko Hibino directed the music for Metal Gear Solid 4, with GEM Impact employees Yoshitaka Suzuki and Takahiro Izutani composing late in the game's production.
- #011
In an interview with Electronic Gaming Monthly, Norihiko Hibino said the company had difficulties with "Russian composers who said we stole their music", after Russian games journalists showed Hideo Kojima a composition by Georgy Sviridov and claimed it had been plagiarised for the theme; Hibino said "they didn't actually" but the company was "too sensitive about the situation" and chose to drop the theme.
- #012
The official soundtrack for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was released on May 28, 2008, by Konami Digital Entertainment under catalog number GFCA-98/9.
- #013
The Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots official soundtrack comprises two discs containing 47 tracks.
- #014
A soundtrack album was included in the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Limited Edition package.
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