The Phantom Pain

The Phantom Pain is a trailer that was released during the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards premiere on December 7, 2012. Although the beginning mentioned that the developer was called Moby Dick Studio, some evidence suggests that it was actually made by Kojima Productions for a game related to either the Metal Gear series or Project Ogre. More specifically, Metal Gear Solid 5

Trailer summary
In the trailer, several soldiers were driving a jeep only for it to crash. It then cuts to the first person view of a person in a hospital wing that was implied to be in Great Britain (the Union Jack was seen in the background), and a doctor informing the patient that he was in a coma for "quite some time." The character then sees that his left forearm was replaced with a prosthesis while a bandaged patient helps him up. The man tries to move, but cannot get himself up, forcing him to crawl. The bandaged soldier then escorts him through the halls of the hospital, only to stop when he notices a mysterious man beyond the doorway. Suddenly, the hallway glows orange as dark smoke appears above them. It then cuts to nighttime in the hospital halls. The amputee patient has regained his ability to walk, but then they see lights from both outside and in the halls, forcing them to hide. It then cuts to several disturbing images of soldiers gunning down several patients, as well as a fire breaking out at the hospital. A burning man is briefly seen along with a fiery apparition resembling a unicorn. The amputee then runs out of the doomed hospital only to find a helicopter pinning him down. Then a demonic-looking blue whale appears and consumes the chopper. The trailer then ends with a soldier kicking the amputee over, and then a body rising in the shadows behind the soldier. Throughout the trailer, narrations that are implied to be the amputee has him questioning where he is, why he can't move his body, and whether he's in a dream. He also speculates that he might be in Hell, and states to open eyes.

Extended trailer
The extended trailer was released on December 8, 2012: In it, the Doctor from earlier informs the patient that there is "plenty of time", and that he has to tell him somethng. It then cuts to several soldiers were driving a jeep only for it to crash. It then cuts to the first person view of a person in a hospital wing that was implied to be in Great Britain (the Union Jack was seen in the background), and the doctor informing the patient that he was in a coma for "quite some time." The character then sees that his left forearm was replaced with a prosthesis while a bandaged patient helps him up. The man tries to move, but cannot get himself up, forcing him to crawl. The bandaged soldier then escorts him through the halls of the hospital, only to stop when he notices a mysterious man beyond the doorway. Suddenly, the hallway glows orange as dark smoke appears above them. It then cuts to nighttime in the hospital halls. The amputee patient has regained his ability to walk, but then they see lights from both outside and in the halls, forcing them to hide. It then cuts to several disturbing images of soldiers gunning down several patients, as well as a fire breaking out at the hospital. A burning man is briefly seen along with a fiery apparition resembling a unicorn. The amputee then runs out of the doomed hospital only to find a helicopter pinning him down. Then a demonic-looking blue whale appears and consumes the chopper. The trailer then ends with a soldier kicking the amputee over, and then a body rising in the shadows behind the soldier. Throughout the trailer, narrations that are implied to be the amputee has him questioning where he is, why he can't move his body, and whether he's in a dream. He also speculates that he might be in Hell, and states to open eyes. A woman is then heard stating "He has come to" before a crash is heard, hinting that the entire trailer was a hallucination.

Kojima Productions game?
As noted above, there was some evidence to suggest that the trailer was actually meant to be a promotion by Kojima Productions for a future game :


 * The developer, Moby Dick Studio, was apparently started two weeks prior to the trailer's release.
 * The supposed head of the development company was named Joakim Mogren, of which the first name was an anagram of Kojima.
 * A photo was leaked of Kyle Cooper wearing a T-shirt for The Phantom Pain.
 * The amputated character resembles Big Boss.
 * The doctor in the trailer resembles Kio Marv. He is the Czech scientist who made the oil producing bacteria OILIX in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
 * The soldier who is helping him out has similar sneaking animations to those seen in the Metal Gear series.
 * The figure in the elevator near the beginning has an outline that resembles Paz Ortega Andrade.
 * One of the soldiers was seen wearing a FOX outfit.
 * The burning man seen at one point bears a large resemblance in outline and leggings to Colonel Volgin.
 * The rising body at the end of the trailer resembles either Psycho Mantis or The Sorrow.
 * The negative space of the title screen describes "Metal Gear Solid V."
 * The phrase "From FOX, two phantoms were born" was used in the trailer of Ground Zeroes.
 * On David Hayter's twitter account, Hayter tweeted "'@aganej2: @DavidBHayter so what was your take on The Phantom Pain trailer?' It made my arm hurt.", hinting that David Hayter was going to play a part in the supposed game.

Forbes.com also went as far as to declare it confirmed to be a Metal Gear game.

Etymology
The name of the game, The Phantom Pain, refers to a condition regarding the feeling of detachment regarding amputated or otherwise lost limbs/organs.

Behind the scenes
At one point in the trailer, the face-bandaged soldier says to the main protagonist "On your feet, soldier! The whole place is coming down!" This was actually reused audio dialogue from Sgt. Roebuck, Kiefer Sutherland's character from Call of Duty: World at War.