Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience will be released on October 11 in the US and October 13 in the UK for PS4, Xbox One and on PC via Steam. It will retail at $49.99/€39.99/£34.99.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience Box Art

The Definitive Experience comprises Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and all DLC for both single player games, as well as Metal Gear Online.A Konami press release also adds that it includes "additional Mother Base currency".The full list of DLC - including some 38 missions and items across the three games - is available on the Konami website The PC version may differ in some way from the console versions, as the Konami website also indicates that "the Steam version pricing and content details will be confirmed at a later date."It's a heavyweight package - Ground Zeroes garnered an 8/10 , while The Phantom Pain (and Metal Gear Online) earned masterpiece status with a 10/10.As for the Hideo Kojima-less future of Metal Gear, Konami recently announced Metal Gear Survive , itself set immediately after the events of Ground Zeroes... just in an alternate universe.

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