Metal Gear Solid 4 receives first modded map after 18 years

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-09-06 20:44

A modder has created the first modded map for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, 18 years after the game's initial release. The new map recreates Groznyj Grad, a significant location from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, which was the mountain redoubt of GRU Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin. AI

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