FAQ

The game takes place four years after the events of MGS4.

No. Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be released on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

1. Metal Gear (1987; original version exclusive to Japan until 2006)

2. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990; original version exclusive to Japan until 2006)

3. Metal Gear Solid (1998)

4. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001; PS2 exclusive)

5. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002; an extension of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)

6. Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (2004; remake of Metal Gear Solid. GameCube exclusive)

7. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004; PS2 exclusive)

8. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2006; an extension of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. PS2 exclusive)

9.Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (2006; PSP exclusive)

10. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008; PS3 exclusive)

11. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010)

12. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013)

13. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014)

14. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015)

These are the games listed chronologically:

1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: 1964

2. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops: 1970

3. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker: 1974

4. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes: 1975 (Some side-ops occur in 1974)

5. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: 1984 (opening and closing scenes occur in 1995)

6. Metal Gear: 1995

7. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake: 1999

8. Metal Gear Solid: 2005

9. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: 2007-2009 (Game spans 2 years)

10. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: 2014

11. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: 2018