Metal Gear 35th anniversary website spotted and no one knows if it’s even real

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No one is quite sure whether a new anniversary website for Metal Gear is legit or not and, if it is, if we should even be excited.

Given Konami’s recent track record with its classic franchises, no one was really expecting it to do anything for Metal Gear’s anniversary, with the series turning 35 in July.

However, that trademark exclamation mark popped up over people’s heads when they spotted a new website specifically designed for said anniversary. It’s currently completely featureless, save for a new logo, but if taken at face value, this suggests Konami does have celebration plans.

While it does look legitimate at first glance, with the Konami logo in the top left corner, plus links to the official Konami website and a copyright trademark at the bottom, there is unfortunately enough reason to suspect that it’s actually a hoax.

This is partly due to the timing, what with today being April Fool’s Day. Although Konami would have to be extremely tone deaf to prank fans with a fake anniversary website when it has thoroughly neglected the series for so long.

ResetEra user Jaded Alyx has also claimed to have found the contact information for whoever registered the website, which they think proves that Konami didn’t make it.

Konami’s name isn’t mentioned anywhere, and the registrant is based in Brea, California. Konami’s US office is in California too, but in the city of Hawthorne, according to the company’s website.

It’s worth remembering that Konami doesn’t even own the official website for Silent Hill, another one of its beloved and seemingly abandoned franchises. Earlier this year, someone snapped it up after Konami let its ownership expire and it now only consists of a tweet by Silent Hill artist Masahiro Ito, which reads ‘I