This Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain launch trailer feels like Kojima's goodbye

The launch trailer for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is a great big "here's to you" for Metal Gear fans. Edited by Hideo Kojima himself, it dedicates a solid three minutes to the "Evolution & Harmony" of the Metal Gear series before broaching The Phantom Pain - the last and final missing link of Kojima's military/political/philosophical saga.

Fair warning, there are some slight story spoilers ahead, but nothing you won't find out just from watching the trailer.

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Connor Sheridan
Former GamesRadar+ News Writer

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.