{"id":1914366,"date":"2026-05-02T15:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1914366"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:26:52","slug":"full-metal-gear-solid-2-source-code-leaks-online-on-30th-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1914366","title":{"rendered":"Full Metal Gear Solid 2 source code leaks online on 30th April"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                   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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-02T15:26:52+00:00\">May 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"fb70fe5f-a691-40a7-99bb-3ac3e56e41d2\" data-name=\"Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" 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YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ngySxUOj-VI\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">We Try to Explain Metal Gear in 12 Minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>We Try to Explain Metal Gear in 12 Minutes.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ngySxUOj-VI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Metal Gear Solid 2 source code (HD version) just leaked alongside raw uncompressed assets. Yes it&#8217;s real, I never thought this would happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BIA8sDI2Oa\">pic.twitter.com\/BIA8sDI2Oa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vin\u00edcius Medeiros (@VinciusMedeiro6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinciusMedeiro6\/status\/2050243026916667796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Already, fans are building wishlists of what modders could do with access to the source code, including new POVs, VR, raytracing, co-op, or even restoring deleted cut-scenes (although it&#8217;s unclear if this is possible given the code seems to be from the later HD version, not the 2001 original).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As some fans have noticed, the date of the leak \u2013 30th April \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XXS_S92JHuQ\">is particularly significant to the game&#8217;s story<\/a>. In fact, in a bizarre coincidence, the creator of the Metal Gear series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a>, tweeted about the date just days ago, appending a snapshot of Snake himself:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">4\/30\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6VJvX6HGGj\">pic.twitter.com\/6VJvX6HGGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u5c0f\u5cf6\u79c0\u592b (@Kojima_Hideo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kojima_Hideo\/status\/2049624414803939681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a further coincidence, the code for the HD version was created by remaster experts Bluepoint, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-closes-acclaimed-demons-souls-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-remake-studio-bluepoint-despite-acknowledging-it-had-delivered-exceptional-experiences-for-the-playstation-community\">which Sony closed down in March<\/a>. Some are speculating that the code was therefore intentionally leaked in retaliation, or perhaps someone carelessly discarded a hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t, of course, the first huge game to have its source code leaked \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/far-crys-entire-source-code-has-leaked-online\">Far Cry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/part-of-grand-theft-auto-5s-stolen-source-code-leaks-online\">GTA 5<\/a> are just two recent examples \u2013 but in some instances, the studios themselves distribute the code willingly, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-releases-team-fortress-2-source-code-opening-door-to-completely-new-fan-made-games\">Valve, which shared the full source code to Team Fortress 2<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/classic-command-conquer-strategy-games-open-source-code-for-modders\">classic Command &amp; Conquer games have also shared code with the community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The full source code for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/metal-gear-solid-2-sons-liberty\">Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty<\/a> has leaked online.<\/p>\n<p>The files, posted to 4chan, reportedly include the raw, uncompressed source code for &#8220;every version up to [the PS] Vita&#8221;, as well as &#8220;30+GB of assets, including unused stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"We Try to Explain Metal Gear in 12 Minutes\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ngySxUOj-VI?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ngySxUOj-VI\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">We Try to Explain Metal Gear in 12 Minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>We Try to Explain Metal Gear in 12 Minutes.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ngySxUOj-VI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Metal Gear Solid 2 source code (HD version) just leaked alongside raw uncompressed assets. Yes it&#8217;s real, I never thought this would happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BIA8sDI2Oa\">pic.twitter.com\/BIA8sDI2Oa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vin\u00edcius Medeiros (@VinciusMedeiro6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinciusMedeiro6\/status\/2050243026916667796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Already, fans are building wishlists of what modders could do with access to the source code, including new POVs, VR, raytracing, co-op, or even restoring deleted cut-scenes (although it&#8217;s unclear if this is possible given the code seems to be from the later HD version, not the 2001 original).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As some fans have noticed, the date of the leak \u2013 30th April \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XXS_S92JHuQ\">is particularly significant to the game&#8217;s story<\/a>. In fact, in a bizarre coincidence, the creator of the Metal Gear series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a>, tweeted about the date just days ago, appending a snapshot of Snake himself:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">4\/30\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6VJvX6HGGj\">pic.twitter.com\/6VJvX6HGGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u5c0f\u5cf6\u79c0\u592b (@Kojima_Hideo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kojima_Hideo\/status\/2049624414803939681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a further coincidence, the code for the HD version was created by remaster experts Bluepoint, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-closes-acclaimed-demons-souls-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-remake-studio-bluepoint-despite-acknowledging-it-had-delivered-exceptional-experiences-for-the-playstation-community\">which Sony closed down in March<\/a>. Some are speculating that the code was therefore intentionally leaked in retaliation, or perhaps someone carelessly discarded a hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t, of course, the first huge game to have its source code leaked \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/far-crys-entire-source-code-has-leaked-online\">Far Cry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/part-of-grand-theft-auto-5s-stolen-source-code-leaks-online\">GTA 5<\/a> are just two recent examples \u2013 but in some instances, the studios themselves distribute the code willingly, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-releases-team-fortress-2-source-code-opening-door-to-completely-new-fan-made-games\">Valve, which shared the full source code to Team Fortress 2<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/classic-command-conquer-strategy-games-open-source-code-for-modders\">classic Command &amp; Conquer games have also shared code with the community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Full Metal Gear Solid 2 source code leaks online on 30th April &#8220;Do you know what day it is today?&#8221; News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on May 2, 2026 Follow Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty The full source code for Metal Gear Solid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1914366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1914366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1914366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1914366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1914366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}