is an
open world action-adventure stealth video game developed by
Kojima Productions, directed, designed, co-produced and co-written by
Hideo Kojima, and published by
Konami for
Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 3,
PlayStation 4,
Xbox 360 and
Xbox One. It was released worldwide on September 1, 2015. The game is the eleventh canonical and final installment in the
Metal Gear series and the fifth within the series' chronology. It serves as a sequel to
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, and a continuation of the narrative established there, and a prequel to the original
Metal Gear game. It carries over the tagline of
Tactical Espionage Operations first used in
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Set in 1984, the game follows the mercenary leader
Punished "Venom" Snake as he ventures into
Afghanistan and the
Angola–
Zaire border region to exact revenge on the people who destroyed his forces and came close to killing him during the climax of
Ground Zeroes.