Metal Gear Solid 5 Investigation Uncovers Impossible Mission

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Dataminers and hackers of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain have debunked a popular fan theory surrounding nuclear disarmament in the game, seemingly proving it's an impossible mission. The 2015 stealth and action game has a wealth of dedicated and detail-oriented fans, and its long-lasting popularity is evidenced through fan art, theories, and ongoing initiatives from Konami, including a Metal Gear Solid 5 prosthetic arm.

This popularity persists in spite of MGS 5's controversies, which revolve around the fraught relationship between video game giant (and current Metal Gear rights-holder), Konami, and series creator Hideo Kojima. Kojima, who was once Konami's Vice President, left the company in 2015, with most accounts reporting a divide between the visionary games developer and the colossal video gaming corporation. The timing of this departure, coupled with the release of the poorly-received Metal Gear Survive, have led many to believe that Metal Gear Solid 5 was released in a somewhat unfinished or compromised state. Still, the game lives on thanks to a devoted Metal Gear Solid 5 modding community and lots of online discussion.

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YouTube channel DidYouKnowGaming recently covered a piece of cut content from Metal Gear Solid 5, exploring whether or not nuclear disarmament is possible in-game, and what doing so could unlock. A cut third chapter of the game is referenced in the Metal Gear Solid 5 game files, and players from the group The Anti-Nuke Gang believed that this chapter can be triggered by disarming nuclear weapons — an act that is also referenced in the game's files. The Anti-Nuke Gang actually did manage to reduce the total nuclear weapons