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Radar Reacts: Kiefer Sutherland is Snake in MGS5

By Henry Gilbert published 6 June 2013

Jack Bauer and Big Boss now share the same voice

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Back at GDC last March, Metal Gear Solid boss Hideo Kojima confirmed that Snake's established voice actor, David Hayter, would not be returning in Metal Gear Solid 5. Today Big Boss' new voice was revealed to be Kiefer Sutherland, a movie star most famous as 24's Jack Bauer, was chosen to play the 49 year-old Snake of 1984. Watch the GamesRadar editors react not only to that shocking news, but also some interesting developments in Konami's Castlevania franchise. Check it out...

When news breaks, you can count on GamesRadar to bring it to you right away. But there's more than the news--with Radar Reacts we go over what it means, what we think, and what we think it means. Check it out, and let us know in the comments what you think about the biggest news stories, and we'll be here to answer your questions.

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Henry Gilbert is a former GamesRadar+ Editor, having spent seven years at the site helping to navigate our readers through the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation. Henry is now following another passion of his besides video games, working as the producer and podcast cohost of the popular Talking Simpsons and What a Cartoon podcasts.

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