The Phantom Pain, announced at tonight’s Video Game Awards, might be a new Metal Gear Solid game. NeoGAF users have picked apart the trailer for the supposed new IP, which is in development at the unheard of Swedish developer Moby Dick Studio.
Here’s why the internet thinks this is Metal Gear:
Joakim Mogren is the founder of Moby Dick Studios. Joakim is an anagram for Kojima (Kojima Productions’ boss).
According to their Whois record, MobyDickStudio.se has only existed since November 19, 2012.
The man in flames looks like Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater‘s Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin.
The hallucinating petals look similar to those from Metal Gear Solid 3‘s ending.
Floating figure with audible breaths muffled by a mask bears resemblance to Psycho Mantis.
The character in the trailer looks like Snake.
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes‘ Snake bears similar facial scars to the character in the trailer.
The word “phantom” is used in the tagline for Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes: “Two phantoms were born.”