Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-17468962-20140610143947/@comment-17468962-20140610160706

192.160.117.141 wrote: What we really need to wait for is a bigger version of this image. Shit's small.

That said, it certainly looks like "Venom Snake" is who he's going to be. It's got "Rescue Kazuhira Miller" under it and everything. The word "venom" appeared prominently in the E3 2014 trailer too.

So where does that leave "Punished Snake", which is conspicuously absent? Well, maybe he's one and then the other. The new trailer gave us a glimpse of Big Boss touring a metal gear hangar staffed by XOF men, and he was with Skull Face and was still armed - he wasn't a captive. And at the end, he shoots four men wearing MSF/Diamond Dogs uniforms (although their insignias can't be seen). We know he's going to evolve; it's possible that includes allegiances and code names as well. Yeah, it´s a shame the image doesn't allow proper reading; but I think under Venom Snake the following is written: Affiliation - Diamond Dogs; Area of Operation - Afghanistan; Mission - Rescue Kazuhira Miller. Could it be that he only uses this code-name for the duration of the Afghanistan mission? I just don't know; maybe they just can´t show more info without releasing some spoilers. Maybe that's just the image from the loading screen of that specific operation as is, and further similar screens will show on the game with the corresponding mission info.