If you're a fan of the Metal Gear Solid series, then August 28, AKA today, is a day worth celebrating, as Metal Gear Soli Delta: Snake Eater is officially out. Despite its performance issues, which are plentiful, it will hopefully mark a new chapter in the MGS franchise, with Konami reportedly planning multiple other remakes, provided Delta: Snake Eater is a success.
Success typically refers to financial success, and if there's one thing that can dampen a game's financial outlook, aside from negative reviews, it's piracy, and Delta: Snake Eater has already found itself the victim of the latter.
It Was Only A Matter Of Minutes Before Delta: Snake Eater Became "Free"
As first spotted on Reddit's dedicated "PiratedGames" sub, which is dedicated to all things game piracy, Delta: Snake Eater has already been cracked by bad actors, meaning its files have been ripped and made available to pirates across a number of channels.
Simply put, because the game did not ship with Denuvo, an anti-tampering DRM service that prevents games from being cracked, thus stopping piracy in its tracks, it was all but a foregone conclusion that Delta: Snake Eater would find itself available on the dark side of the Internet within minutes to hours of its global release.
In being cracked immediately following its release, Delta: Snake Eater follows multiple other 2025 releases to have shared the same fate, including The Last of Us Part 2, the remaster of Oblivion and Marvel's Spider-Man 2, the latter of which managed to get cracked and released all in two minutes. In other words, never doubt the ability of bad actors to do just that when presented with an easy out.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 87/100 Critics Rec: 93%
- Released
- August 28, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Konami
- Publisher(s)
- Konami
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Prequel(s)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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