Metal Gear 30th Anniversary

The Metal Gear 30th Anniversary was a event that happened during July 13, 2017 to celebrate the release of the first Metal Gear game released on this day, 30 years ago.

First Anniversary Without Kojima
Unlike the previous anniversaries, this is the first Metal Gear Anniversary to not involve series creator Hideo Kojima after his departure from Konami, as well as any official logos, parties, announcements, OSTs, or any other celebrations towards the first game's release. The only celebrated mention the series got was a few posts from official Konami accounts on Facebook and Twitter wishing it a good 30 years. The quietness and non-acknowledgement from Konami leading up to the anniversary was dubbed by fans as "depressing."

KonamixSK Hynix Promotion
Not related to the Anniversary in any way, Konami had a collaboration with SK Hynix and were giving away Metal Gear Solid V related goodies in a raffle competition. Prizes consisted as mugs, dog tags, t-shirts and replica cardboard boxes seen in the game. The competition was exclusive to Japanese residents only.

Metal Gear Movie Updates
The Metal Gear movie that was announced last anniversary is still in works. In a interview in May, 2017, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts talks about how important the series is to him and how he managed to become the one to bring it to the big screen, He explains when looking for writers he made them explore through the whole series from the Metal Gear on MSX to Metal Gear Solid V. He also told that his biggest goal is to translate a series like Metal Gear into a successful movie. He also states that Hideo Kojima after spending time with him, is his hero. At E3 2017, Jordan Vogt-Roberts and Hideo Kojima sat down and had a presentation about their careers, plans and influences. As, well as discussing the fusion between video games and movies. Kojima gave Vogt-Roberts the advice of 'Do the same thing as me: betray your audience' when it came to writing and directing the movie.

Metal Gear In Concert
On June 2, 2017, Konami announced that a Metal Gear concert was going to be held in Osaka on July 30th and in Tokyo on August 2nd. Tickets will be sold at 9500 yen each. The conductor is Nucholas Buc, with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra for the Tokyo show and the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra for the Osaka show. Donna Burke who provided vocals from the ending themes for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will be performing at both shows. At the concert, a big screen will show various images and clips from Metal Gear games. So far, only 2 shows have been announced, but they're plans for a North America and Europe tour very soon.

Metal Gear Solid x First 4 Figures
On July, 10 2017, First 4 Figures, a company known for making high-quality resin statues based on video games has announced they are now working with Konami to release their new line of statues based around the first Metal Gear Solid game. There's no details as of what the statues look like or who the first one will be, as of yet.

Trivia
Various video game review websites like Gamespot and IGN, mistakenly announced the 30th Anniversary was on the 7 July, 2017, whilst the NES version was on the 13 July, 2017. This error was reported by many fans of the series.

Also See

 * Metal Gear 20th Anniversary
 * Metal Gear 25th Anniversary