What would a Metal Gear Solid movie look like if worked on by the visual artists at ILM? As the years pass and the reality of a Metal Gear film feels less and less likely, we have at least got a glimpse at what could have been.

Step up Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of Kong: Skull Island and self-professed Metal Gear Solid fan, who has been linked to the missing in action Metal Gear Solid movie for more than six years.

Over the past week, Vogt-Roberts has been sharing work from visual effects studio ILM concepting ideas for his Metal Gear Solid movie plans. Oh, and he kicked the whole thing off with a new codec video featuring Mr. Snake himself, David Hayter.

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Metal Gear Solid 5 has a new update - its first in nearly a year - that lets you play as Quiet.

Quiet is the scantily-clad assassin from the main Phantom Pain game. She's scantily-clad because she breathes through her skin. Yes, really.

Now, you can play as Quiet to infiltrate FOBs. You can't change her uniform or head options (because she'd suffocate, right?), but she is great with a sniper rifle. She's proper fast and can jump over high steps you'd normally need a ladder for. She also has a special dash, and staying still for a bit makes her stealthy.

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Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain's nuclear disarmament cutscene was suddenly unlocked over the weekend on PC - and publisher Konami says it has no idea why.

For more than two years, MGS5 players have known about the hidden cutscene, which was designed to be unlocked if all players worldwide choose to disarm their nukes in the game's Forward Operating Base multiplayer mode.

The cutscene itself, which you can see below, was found within the game's files and posted onto YouTube back in 2015. Most fans will have watched it already - but the mystery now is why it suddenly became available.

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