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Metal Gear Solid 4 Database

Metal Gear Solid Database is an encyclopedia of the entire saga and catalogs every piece of Metal Gear in-game lore from all canonical entries in the series at the time of its release: Metal Gear, Metal Gear…

19 June 2008

Metal Gear Solid 4 Database is a video game developed by Kojima Productions, released 19 June 2008 on PlayStation 3.

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What Metal Gear Solid 4 Database is

Metal Gear Solid 4 Database was developed by Kojima Productions and released in 2008. It was published by Konami Digital Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Metal Gear Solid Database is an encyclopedia of the entire saga and catalogs every piece of Metal Gear in-game lore from all canonical entries in the series at the time of its release: Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Data and files for Metal Gear Solid 4 are only unlocked after completion.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction.

Where it sits in the Metal Gear series

Metal Gear Solid 4 Database is the 36th of 70 entries we hold in the Metal Gear series. The next entry was New International Track & Field in 2008.

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What it launched against

Metal Gear Solid 4 Database launched on 19 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008) and Battlefield: Bad Company.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company.

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When did Metal Gear Solid 4 Database come out?
Metal Gear Solid 4 Database was released on 19 June 2008 for PlayStation 3.