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Snake's second and third outing will be portable this summer.

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection was originally released this past November for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It contained remastered versions of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. A Vita version of the collection was officially announced earlier this past March and now the release date has been revealed.

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This is a nearly-perfect HD collection of two of the best games in the Metal Gear series. Oh, and Peace Walker is in there, too.

With HD collections of our favorite games of the past becoming a regular occurrence, we here at PixlBit have been trying to decide how best to cover them. When reviewing an HD remake, do we do a normal critique of the original game? Do we evaluate the quality of the HD conversion and special features? Or is the answer found with a little of column “A” and a little of column “B”? Well, I’m going to try a little experiment with this review of Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, and hopefully you wonderful readers will let us know if this format works well for you.

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You'll be able to sneak to your heart's content next month.

HD re-releases of older games are all the rage these days. This year has already seen the releases of HD versions for Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, and a collection of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, just to name a few. That’s not going to stop anytime soon, either; collections for Silent Hill, Zone of the Enders, and Devil May Cry are all in the works. Arguably one of the highest profile collections on the horizon is Metal Gear Solid, and today Konami announced when you’ll be able to get your hands on shiny new versions of some of Hideo Kojima’s most popular games.

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Snake's first five games packaged together under one box.

Konami is rebuilding Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater from the ground up with a few modern additions, like achievements/trophies and updated button configurations. They will also have icons, sound effects, and fonts upgraded to HD, plus a frame rate locked at a steady 60 frames per second.

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