{"id":42508,"date":"2025-01-08T18:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=42508"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:12:00","slug":"metal-gear-voice-actor-david-hayter-associates-the-year-of-the-snake-with-metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eaters-upcoming-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metal-gear-voice-actor-david-hayter-associates-the-year-of-the-snake-with-metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eaters-upcoming-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Gear voice actor David Hayter associates the Year of the Snake with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater&#8217;s upcoming release\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To get fans hyped for <strong>Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater<\/strong>, longtime Solid Snake and Big Boss voice actor David Hayter took to social media to remind fans that 2025 is also the Lunar Year of the Wood Snake. In a stroke of fortuitous circumstance, it is fitting that the Lunar Year bears the codename of some of the franchise\u2019s main protagonists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky wp-block-embed-bluesky\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:q4expjhswzlm6dzs7xoqct6j\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lemwwgngvs2e\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibf7y3pepd3ktadgzuitzbmbhpdgpwcrqtcfofe2pytgs6w5x6hlm\"><p lang=\"en\">Happy New Year to you all.With love,Snake#YearOfTheSnake2025<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:q4expjhswzlm6dzs7xoqct6j?ref_src=embed\">David Hayter (@thedavidhayter.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:q4expjhswzlm6dzs7xoqct6j\/post\/3lemwwgngvs2e?ref_src=embed\">2024-12-31T21:00:41.434Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake was associated with the Year of the Snake. On December 31, 2024, Konami posted a video in which Taiko performers and a calligraphy artist celebrated the upcoming Lunar Year at the Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Featuring a large, stylized kanji of the word \u201csnake,\u201d the video heralded the coming year and the planned release window for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u65b0\u5e74\u306e\u3054\u6328\u62f6\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hig3yTPyiq0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/thedavidhayter.bsky.social\/post\/3lezuwejjwc2x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hayter made a follow-up post<\/a>, linking journalism website WBUR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2025\/01\/02\/gta-6-2025-video-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 predictions for the video game industry<\/a>. In the post, Hayter adds a photo of Naked Snake from Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater with the hashtag \u201c#YearOfTheSnake\u201d. While the game is not mentioned in the article, Hayter took this chance to remind people of his involvement with the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250108-42508-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Metal Gear Solid 4\" class=\"wp-image-42514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250108-42508-001.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250108-42508-001-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250108-42508-001-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Solid Snake and Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 4.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though David Hayter is reprising the role of <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metal-gear-voice-actor-david-hayter-explains-why-he-likes-solid-snake-more-than-big-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his least-favorite Snake<\/a>, he seems elated about returning to the Metal Gear franchise. Hayter\u2019s last tenure as either of the Snakes was in Nintendo\u2019s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which was released in 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-voice-actors-confirm-that-the-remake-will-have-new-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metal Gear Solid Delta will feature new voice-over work<\/a> by Hayter and some of the original voice cast in addition to the lines recorded for 2004\u2019s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is set to be released in 2025 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snake voice actor David Hayter reminds fans that MGS3 remake Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is aptly coming out this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":42513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-42508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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