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It looks like Metal Gear Solid’s Master Collection won’t support keyboard and mouse on PCAccording to pulled Steam pages

According to pulled Steam pages

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Naked Snake aims his gun in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater gameplay from the HD Collection

If you want to playMetal Gear Solid’s Master Collection - which willbring MGS3: Snake Eater to PC for the first time- when it releases this autumn, you’ll need to have a controller.That’s what it looks like, anyway, after the Steam pages for Master Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 and 3 recently went live before being quickly pulled minutes later - but not before Twitter userLordEmmerichmanaged to grab some screenshots. (Thanks for the spot,PCGamesN.)No Keyboard controls it seem. Ahhh…Well It doesn’t bother me but it probably will bother a few.https://t.co/3mZ7qkaueDpic.twitter.com/PrZv5Iljp3— LordEmmerich (@LordEmmerich)June 21, 2023To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThe since-vanished Steam pages for the first three entries in Hideo Kojima’s sneaky-shooty series all featured a prominent warning at the top of the page stating clearly that the games will “[require] a controller in order to play. Playing with a keyboard and mouse isn’t supported.”This might come as somewhat of a surprise, given that the previous PC ports of Metal Gear Solid and Sons of Liberty - which werere-released via GOG a few years ago, beforebeing pulled againdue to licensing problems - both supported keyboard and mouse controls. However, these new portswill be based on the console-only HD Collection from 2011, potentially resulting in the control changes.METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 | Gameplay and Platforms Reveal | ESRBWatch on YouTubeWere the pages pulled to correct the control options available when the Master Collection launches in October? We’ll just have to wait to find out. For its part, Metal Gear Solid maker Konamitook to Twitterto say: “We are currently working on releasing the pre-order page for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 on Steam. We will release details about the page as soon as possible.”

If you want to playMetal Gear Solid’s Master Collection - which willbring MGS3: Snake Eater to PC for the first time- when it releases this autumn, you’ll need to have a controller.That’s what it looks like, anyway, after the Steam pages for Master Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 and 3 recently went live before being quickly pulled minutes later - but not before Twitter userLordEmmerichmanaged to grab some screenshots. (Thanks for the spot,PCGamesN.)No Keyboard controls it seem. Ahhh…Well It doesn’t bother me but it probably will bother a few.https://t.co/3mZ7qkaueDpic.twitter.com/PrZv5Iljp3— LordEmmerich (@LordEmmerich)June 21, 2023To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThe since-vanished Steam pages for the first three entries in Hideo Kojima’s sneaky-shooty series all featured a prominent warning at the top of the page stating clearly that the games will “[require] a controller in order to play. Playing with a keyboard and mouse isn’t supported.”This might come as somewhat of a surprise, given that the previous PC ports of Metal Gear Solid and Sons of Liberty - which werere-released via GOG a few years ago, beforebeing pulled againdue to licensing problems - both supported keyboard and mouse controls. However, these new portswill be based on the console-only HD Collection from 2011, potentially resulting in the control changes.METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 | Gameplay and Platforms Reveal | ESRBWatch on YouTubeWere the pages pulled to correct the control options available when the Master Collection launches in October? We’ll just have to wait to find out. For its part, Metal Gear Solid maker Konamitook to Twitterto say: “We are currently working on releasing the pre-order page for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 on Steam. We will release details about the page as soon as possible.”

If you want to playMetal Gear Solid’s Master Collection - which willbring MGS3: Snake Eater to PC for the first time- when it releases this autumn, you’ll need to have a controller.

That’s what it looks like, anyway, after the Steam pages for Master Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 and 3 recently went live before being quickly pulled minutes later - but not before Twitter userLordEmmerichmanaged to grab some screenshots. (Thanks for the spot,PCGamesN.)

No Keyboard controls it seem. Ahhh…Well It doesn’t bother me but it probably will bother a few.https://t.co/3mZ7qkaueDpic.twitter.com/PrZv5Iljp3— LordEmmerich (@LordEmmerich)June 21, 2023

No Keyboard controls it seem. Ahhh…Well It doesn’t bother me but it probably will bother a few.https://t.co/3mZ7qkaueDpic.twitter.com/PrZv5Iljp3

The since-vanished Steam pages for the first three entries in Hideo Kojima’s sneaky-shooty series all featured a prominent warning at the top of the page stating clearly that the games will “[require] a controller in order to play. Playing with a keyboard and mouse isn’t supported.”

This might come as somewhat of a surprise, given that the previous PC ports of Metal Gear Solid and Sons of Liberty - which werere-released via GOG a few years ago, beforebeing pulled againdue to licensing problems - both supported keyboard and mouse controls. However, these new portswill be based on the console-only HD Collection from 2011, potentially resulting in the control changes.

METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 | Gameplay and Platforms Reveal | ESRBWatch on YouTube

METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 | Gameplay and Platforms Reveal | ESRB

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Were the pages pulled to correct the control options available when the Master Collection launches in October? We’ll just have to wait to find out. For its part, Metal Gear Solid maker Konamitook to Twitterto say: “We are currently working on releasing the pre-order page for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 on Steam. We will release details about the page as soon as possible.”